It's crazy to think that in just a few months time, we've all had to change the ways we celebrate the milestones of life. As a mom of a high school senior, we've certainly felt the disappointment of missed events like prom and graduation. We have missed vacations and spring break trips, cancelled concerts, plays,… Continue reading New Ways to Celebrate – A Virtual Baby Shower
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The Power of Creativity Breaks
Do you ever feel like your brain is just too full and your plate too weighted down with day to day tasks that you can barely trudge through one project to the next? I think we've all been there at some point. It's that overwhelming feeling ...
Snow Day Creativity
How often do we talk about the need for creativity in the classroom? Time for students to pursue "passion projects", to practice the 4 C's, to prepare for their future world where they will have to be able to work together, problem solve and find solutions?
It's a common theme these days, that most educators would agree is important. But much like the conversation around integrating technology in the classroom in meaningful ways, it's often not given enough emphasis or time to actually happen. For that matter, how often are educators given time to be creative? With deadlines, paperwork, assessments, grades, intervention.... well the list goes on and on......
Words of the Year for 2018
"This is your very first post." - It's amazing how starting (or restarting, yet again) something new can be intimidating. Those six little words have been staring at me for a few weeks now as I have been trying to start down the blogging path again.
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