Engaging Students with Mystery Action Figures
Could we make Mystery Action Figure packages of notable people from history?
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Revisiting “The King of the Island,” A Reminder of the Everyday Heroes
The days have often seemed dark to me of late. But one bright moment I have to look forward to each week is Brad Montague’s newsletter, “The Enthusiast.” For those of you who don’t know, Brad was one of the brilliant minds behind the successful “Kid President” series, and continues to spread creative happiness with … Read more
Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?
It’s been awhile since I’ve published a blog post. So long, that when I tried to add a post on my desktop I could only access a black screen. It looks like I need to do a little site maintenance, but in the meantime I’m using my iPad. Where did I go during all of … Read more
Origami
Origami is an activity that strengthens several skills. Two of the most important are spatial reasoning and using a growth mindset to work through difficult challenges. In this video that was featured on the Kuriositas blog, a young man’s grandfather creates a beautiful origami dragon and tasks the grandson with making one of his own. … Read more
A New Look!
You may have noticed that I have been playing around with changing the look of the site. I apologize if it has caused any inconvenience for you. I think I finally found a style that I like, so any additional changes I make in the next week or so will probably just be cosmetic. In … Read more