Today’s Frivolous Friday post is in honor of my colleague, Angela Leonhardt, who is a music educator extraordinaire. She just made it to the finals for our district’s Teacher of the Year. That honor and many more are well-deserved by this wonderful teacher, who enriches our community with her dedication. If I had any music … Read more
I am a huge fan of all things Harry Potter. When I was hunting around my Flipboard magazines for this weeks “Frivolous Friday” post, I realized I had “flipped” quite a few Harry Potter items of interest. So, I’ve curated the recent ones for you. Magical Objects of the Wizarding World Poster Butterbeer Hot Chocolate … Read more
So, traditionally, Fridays are what I call Phun Phridays – when I blog about something that pretty much has no educational value. But I’m tired of called them Phun Phridays. So I used an online Scrabble dictionary to help me find something more realistically alliterative. The new name is – drum roll, please!!!! – Frivolous … Read more
A few years ago, I thought I would help out the parents of my gifted and talented students by writing about some games, toys, or books that I thought might make good purchases during the holiday season. I called the series of posts, “Gifts for the Gifted,” and I have continued to do it annually on every … Read more
Kid President covers the topic of the scariest thing in the world in his latest video, and gives us all the best advice – to live our awesome lives to the fullest. Shout out to Damien for a great dance! I will be adding this my collection of “Inspirational Videos for Students.”
For this week’s Phun Phriday, we have a collection of unusual maps that you probably won’t find in any atlas. Don’t worry; these aren’t election maps (they are far more interesting, in my opinion). First of all, head on over to this article on Thrillest to find out the favorite television shows in each of … Read more