All good things come to an end. We are here for a good time….not a long time….but it did feel kind of long right? Wasn’t it actually forever ago that we were just diving into this learning project? Now, here we are at the end. What a journey! I have made it no secret that technology is not my strong suit. I have enough knowledge to get by….but not enough to look like a tech rock star! Even after this…
There is nothing I love more than connecting and learning. I am always searching for new resources and ways to improve my teaching and I love networking! So, in reflecting and wondering if any of my posts, comments, or actions throughout this course could have contributed to the learning of others….I certainly hope so, but you’d have to ask them 🙂 I know that I have a hard time keeping good resources and materials to myself, they kind of just…
Since hands on learning is truly my jam, I decided to use some internet sources to search for Floral Arranging classes available near me. I started with a simple Google search. The closest one listed was from a shop in Saskatoon called Twig & Bloom. Next, I hopped onto Facebook to have a look at some local florist profiles. The first one was the Lumsden Florist. They had a TON of options for Take and Make kits that could be…
This week, I am preparing our next Inquiry project for my Grade 1 classroom. With my head in the inquiry learning clouds, I thought I would play around and create a Canva compiling some ways to organize and explore a Flower Inquiry with students. I think about all of the new vocabulary and ideas I have assembled over the weeks from various sources. Being able to incorporate these into my inquiry plans, in my role as a facilitator, would prove…
I took myself on a little field trip this week. A new florist opened in town and I was excited to see what they had to offer. I also needed some birthday flowers for a friend. It was such a beautiful store and the walk- in cooler was stocked with the most amazing looking flowers. As she was arranging my purchase, I explained my learning project to the florist, who also happened to be the store owner, and I ended…
So, I have hit a wall. I had a moment this week where I felt guilty for not actually putting my learning to use. I have actually only created one arrangement…shouldn’t I be making more? I felt like I needed to reflect on that a little. And I realized this. I simply chose something that is not super practical. Although, I am interested in it, and I love flowers and arranging, unless I have 24/7 access to the supplies, or…
So I took an easy road this week. It has been a wild one and I was just not feeling the motivation for creation. I turned to Netflix for some good reality TV, and stumbled upon a series that fit kind of perfectly. The Big Flower Fight, which is described as such: Ten pairs of florists, sculptors and garden designers face off in a friendly floral fight to see who can build the biggest, boldest garden sculptures. This was pure…
After completing my fall planter arrangement blog post, one of my followers commented and was curious about the pricing. I thought I would do a quick breakdown of the cost of my first arrangement and my plan going forwards. The key here- I am Ukrainian and if you know anything about these kinds of humans, you will know that means we are CHEAP. So, anything I do is often done during a sale or after I have extensively sniffed out…
Thank you Inshot for helping me document my first project- a Fall planter arrangement. InShot is a new mobile editing app for me. It had a lot of features and options. You can trim, speed up, apply filters etc. I kind of experimented with this video and used a lot of the different options. The video was a bit disjointed, but now that I know what the features do, I will know for next time which ones are necessary. This…
This week, I decided to compile a list of the essential items I will need for this project and to do some shopping. A little help from Team Flower Education, and a trip to Dollarama, and I am set! Some of the essential tools required are: Lightweight gloves Clean snips or clippers Bouquet ties Bouquet wrap Scissors Containers I decided that I would start with some artificial flowers so that no beautiful things shall be ruined on my first real…