Thinkfun periodically sends products to me for review. When Compose Yourself arrived on my doorstep, I knew that I should find someone with a musical background to give it a test drive. Our school music teacher, who is also the President-Elect for the Texas Music Educator’s conference, volunteered to try out the game with her class. Here is … Read more
For this week’s “Gifts for the Gifted” post, I have another great product from ThinkFun. It’s called, “Shell Game.” The concept of the game is to place the colored hermit crabs under the shells as directed at the top of each challenge page. You are then supposed to slide the shells around (without peeking underneath) … Read more
Every year I do a “Gifts for the Gifted” series of posts during the holiday season. It’s a bit early for that – although many retailers would disagree with me – but I have a recommendation that will definitely be on this year’s list. For my Phun Phriday post this week, I am enthusiastically suggesting … Read more
Note: ThinkFun gave a copy of Last Letter to my GT class to review. However all opinions are my own – and those of my daughter and students 😉 ThinkFun always lives up to its name with its products. Over my 14 years of teaching elementary GT students, we have enjoyed and learned from a lot … Read more
This is going to be the Phunnest Phriday ever because I get to share some awesome news with you! If you recall (though I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you don’t recall), I posted about a game called “Robot Turtles” last December during my Gifts for the Gifted Series. I debated whether or not to … Read more
In yesterday’s post, I stated that I would publish a post about the Vi Hart videos today. However, I forgot that it is Friday. Now, that my “Gifts for the Gifted” series is over until next holiday season, I would like to return to my Fun Friday posts. So, I will “post”pone my Vi Hart … Read more