by Sergio Dias of kedublock.com

Coloured paper, flour and invisible objects… looking forward to exploring this idea with the children in the weeks to come.

Kedublock “is a project by Sérgio Dias in a collaboration with Nature focused on creating original handmade wooden toys.”

Mesmerized by the patience, creativity and skills of freelance designer and paper artist Bianca Chang.

Bianca Chang – Recent Works, June 2011 from Bianca Chang on Vimeo.

via visual culture

I am not a Raffi fan but this song paired with the video, is very moving.

Just one of the many STORIES OF CHANGE taking place around the world!

DESIGN FOR CHANGE “is the largest global movement designed to give children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world and put them into action.

Children and adults learn through the Design for Change Challenge that “I Can” are the two most powerful words a person can believe. Children who have discovered this are changing their world.

This year, Design for Change reaches 33 countries and over 300,000 schools inspiring hundreds of thousands of children, their teachers and parents, to celebrate the fact change is possible and that they can lead that change!

The challenge asks students to do four very simple things : Feel, Imagine, Do and Share. Children are dreaming up and leading brilliant ideas all over the world, from challenging age-old superstitions in rural communities, to earning their own money to finance school computers to solving the problem of heavy school bags – children are proving that they have what it takes to be able to ‘design’ a future that is desired.”

Kiran Bir Sethi. Founder. Design For Change School Challenge

photo by xavier encinas

Happy Summer Everyone! Thank you for providing me with inspiration, sharing your knowledge, broadening the world of education online – to those of you who contribute on a daily basis, a BIG high FIVE, full of respect – and for all that you give to the children in your life.

Jolayne