Celebrate School Library Month With These Two New Posters by Peter H. Reynolds!

Here are two posters Peter created for the American Association of School Librarians. Enjoy!

Your Library is Where It's at

Lives Change at Your Library

March is Creativity Month!

March is here! We are happy to re-release one of our popular classroom posters: March is Creativity Month. You'll find great tips for celebrating creativity month. Our lead ambassador (and dear educator friend) Terry Shay wrote the tips, while Peter H. Reynolds provided the illustrations. Keep in mind — you can take these tips and apply them to celebrate creativity in ANY month!

March (2014) is creativity month!

Download this poster.

New Poster from Peter H. Reynolds — Let's Share This Wonderful Message All Year Long

We encourage you to print this beautiful new poster by Peter H. Reynolds and hang it on your wall to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and his powerful message all year long. Wishing you all an amazing Martin Luther King Day!

New Peter H. Reynolds Poster! Creativity, Courage, Collaboration

As a special thanks to all the amazing educators who joined us in celebrating International Dot Day this year — and to ALL the creative, courageous, and collaborative educators moving the world to a better place — Peter H. Reynolds, the Reynolds Center for Teaching Learning, and Creativity, and FableVision Learning are happy to offer this new downloadable poster.

Enjoy! Please let us know how you inspire students to develop these essential 21st Century skills in your classroom.

Another Great Resource for the National Day on Writing - Peter H. Reynolds' "Finding the Words That Feel 'Write'"

Do you sometimes feel "stuck" when it comes to writing? Download a PDF of this article by New York Times best-selling illustrator and author Peter H. Reynolds — he offers great advice on "finding the words that feel write" and reclaiming the joy of writing just for oneself.

Happy National Day on Writing! 8 Tips to Inspire Students to Write & Other Resources

In honor of the National Day on Writing (October 20), we are re-posting these helpful writing resources for you! Be sure to comment below and let us know how you're inspiring your students to write — we love hearing what creative educators are doing in the classroom.

Peter H. Reynolds' 8 Tips for Inspiring Students to Write

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In his post "The Brave Heart: Protecting the Passion, Keeping Wings Outstretched for a Daring Journey," NY Times best-selling author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds discusses how the pressure to write "correctly" can cause many beginning writers to pack up their creative wings. Encourage your students to write with wings outstretched! Here are a few quick tips from Peter to inspire bravery in your students.

1. Step off the path and write with your wings outstretched. Break a rule or two as you go.

2. Don't let a jumbled thought stop you — plant it and keep going.

3. Don't let a misspelled word slow you down. Go back and attend to it later.

4. Listen to your inner voice and transcribe what you hear without trying to edit it.

5. Try writing for yourself. Not for your audience. Try to ignore the critics' voices you may hear.

6. Invent a word.

7. Skip punctuation or invent your own ...__...> and see what it feels like.

8. Borrow an idea from your favorite author and twist it a few times. Turn it inside out. Make it your own!

What do you do to encourage your students to write? Let us know!

New Peter H. Reynolds Posters! The Most Creative Year The World Has Ever Seen

At FableVision Learning, we're more confident than ever that the educational climate is changing for the better — with more creativity in the classroom, more outside-the-box thinking, and more self-directed learning. In that spirit, Peter H. Reynolds whipped up these two posters. Inspire your students to make this the most creative year the world has ever seen! Here's a ready-to-go colored poster from Peter:

With this black and white version, have students add their own colors and art — and be sure to have them sign it, too!

The School District of Palm Beach County is Celebrating Dot Day District-Wide!

International Dot Day participation has soared above 1,252,000 teachers and students as of today, September 14th. WOW! We are so thankful to all of the educators around the world joining us in celebrating creativity this year.

We were thrilled to find out that the School District of Palm Beach County is holding a district-wide celebration of Dot Day this year. The school district is the 11th largest in the continental U.S., with more than 176,700 students. John Long, Technology Program Specialist, organized this tremendous creative endeavor — and he was kind enough to send us this Dot Day flyer he shared with his creative technology staff and colleagues. The flyer features activity ideas, links to resources, tips for getting started, and more. It might give you some great ideas for how your district can celebrate next year!

The School District of Palm Beach County has several groups facilitating events from kindergarten all the way up through 12th grade. John is collecting photos, stories, and videos for their "dot"-cumentary (we can't wait to see it!). John even created a website for their district initiative.

We've already started receiving cool stories and videos from John, but the celebrations will continue on for some time. According to John, "We are stretching Dot Day from September 15th-ish to be more like Dot Week."

We are so inspired by John's district, and by all the other districts and schools who are making their mark this September. Please consider sharing your school or district's story in the comments below!

Dot Day Fun! Watch Your Dot Come to Life in Amazing 3D in the colAR App

Thanks to our fabulous ambassador Suzy Brooks, we've connected the dots with awesome New Zealand-based company Puteko to bring you this fantastic new International Dot Day colAR coloring activity. By following these steps and using thecolAR app (which utilizes augmented reality), you can watch your dot go from 2D to stunning 3D! Here are some photos from Peter H. Reynolds, author of The Dot. Peter created his dot, followed the instructions below — and voilà:

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INSTRUCTIONS:

First, get a sense for how the colAR app works by watching this playful video demo. Then...

• Print this PDF and have fun coloring your dot. Make your mark — make it your own, unique creation!

• Install the colAR app on your mobile device. The app is now available for free on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

• Open the colAR app on your device.

• Click "Play."

• Hold your device over the colored page to view it on your device screen (as if you are about to take a photo of it). When you are holding your device in exactly the right position above the page, the page will look blue on your screen.

• Your dot will come to life! Click the little purple icon at the bottom of the screen to switch between different 3D views — watch your dot pop up off the page, become a dot galaxy... and more! You can tilt your device to admire your dot from different angles.

• Please consider sharing a screenshot or photo of your dot at the Dot Day Facebook page or on Twitter with #DotDay and @DotClubConnect. We'd love to see what you're creating!

For more information about colAR, check out Puteko's official website. Questions? Please contact the colAR team and they will be happy to help you!

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Have fun!

International Dot Day Website, Posters, and Certificate!

Join more than a million educators and students for International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity in the classroom based on Peter H. Reynolds' award-winning book The Dot. Learn more by visiting the official Dot Day website.

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Will you be joining in the fun this September 15th? Please let us know by signing up — you'll also receive the free Educator's Handbook for International Dot Day.

We're all looking forward to Dot Day, but we'll be celebrating creativity all year long — and we encourage you to do the same! Here are some new posters by Peter...

I'm Celebrating Dot Day All Year Long - Poster 1

¡Estoy Celebrando el Día del Punto Todo el Año! - Poster 1

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I'm Celebrating Dot Day All Year Long - Poster 2

¡Estoy Celebrando el Día del Punto Todo el Año! - Poster 2

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We're Celebrating Dot Day All Year Long

¡Estamos Celebrando el Día del Punto Todo el Año!

Here are two more - an English poster and a Spanish poster to celebrate getting ready for Dot Day 2013:

We're Getting Ready for International Dot Day Poster

Here's another new poster — this one features the official International Dot Day logo:

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And here's the new Spanish version — we LOVE seeing the International Dot Day logo en español!

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Enjoy this other wonderful poster in French — it's such fun to see the logo en français!

Celebrating on September 13th this year? Download this special poster by Peter, in English or in Spanish!

Or maybe you plan to celebrate on September 16th? We've got a English poster and a Spanish poster for that too!

Download this certificate of participation that Peter designed for educators, students, and all other creative individuals who are making their mark:

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If you want to help spread the word about Dot Day, please feel free to also download this poster by Peter H. Reynolds:

Many schools are also celebrating on September 14th, during the school week. If your school is celebrating on the 14th, Peter whipped up another poster for you! Enjoy:

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Are you connecting with another school via Skype in the Classroom this year? Click here to get this as a printable poster!

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Make your mark by printing out this Dot Day poster.

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Here's a Dot Day poster in Italian! (Clicca qui per leggere tutto Dimensioni Poster Day Dot stampa.)

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Here's an alternate version in Italian. (Clicca qui per un supplente piena di poster formato Giorno Dot stampa!)In closing, here is a Spanish version too! (Haga click aquí para una versión imprimible de este cartel.)

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How will you or your school be celebrating on Dot Day? Let us know!

Animate Your Dot for International Dot Day! It's Easy & Fun

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This International Dot Day, make your mark MOVE! There are many ways to animate a dot, including using software, apps, a paper flip pad, stop motion with clay or objects... the options are endless. Here's one easy way to bring your dot to life:

1. Create your film in Animation-ish. Start in the first level — in just three drawings, you can animate your dot. Save your files, and be sure to sign them.

2. When you're done, click the "Share" button to export as a Quicktime movie (.mov).

3. Proudly share your animated dot! If you want, email us your movie and we'll post it to our blog. Or tag us on social media @fablelearn on Twitter and Instagram.

Here are a few fun samples by students and the FableVision team:

Don't worry about making your animation perfect! Be brave like Vashti - start by making your mark and then building from there.

Remember to send us your animations so we can share them with the world. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Blast Off With These Stellar Posters by Peter H. Reynolds!

UPDATE: This poster is no longer available to download for free, but you can now download it from our online store, along with other inspiring posters by Peter H. Reynolds.*** Peter H. Reynolds and the FableVision Team were over the moon when we hosted astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield and his wife Helene last week. In fact, we were so inspired that we're sharing these two stellar posters by Peter:

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Share this poster to get students excited about STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Show them that arts-fueled STEM is out of this world!

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Display this classic poster to encourage your students to look beyond the test and towards the future — and to remind them of the "fuel" they can harness on their journeys toward their own bright futures.

You can learn more about Col. Hadfield by watching his spectacular YouTube videos - many of which were filmed in outer space!