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Earth Day
Clip art from Peecheey.com Earth Day first began on April 22, 1970. Inspired to improve environmental protection laws in the United States, Gaylord Nelson, a Senator from Wisconsin, together with...
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The Late-Awakened Heart
So I’m reading The Heart of Learning and love it, but I’m also left with a feeling of failure. I feel like I failed my 9 and 5 year olds. My 1.5 year old, too, but I still have time with her. Anyone...
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Sound Waves and Sonic Booms
Why am I playing a Pink Floyd album as I write my blog? Well, I just couldn’t resist after reading about the newly found shrimp that is named after the band! The legend goes that Pink Floyd once played...
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Great idea!
Benjamin Franklin My father is about to turn 94 and consequently, we go all out for his birthday parties! We have a tradition of having him tell us what he was doing at the present age of each member...
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An Appreciation of TEACHERS!
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward Last week, May 1-5, was Teacher Appreciation Week, but it...
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National Inventors Month
“Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child’s hand to make it a reality. One’s invention is another’s tool… “ – Samuel Morse National Inventors Month is a month-long event in May...
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Where’d Ya See That?
Photo credit: Lucy Enge(Oak Meadow Archives) Recently one of my students found it interesting to support her ideas about music by submitting some examples in YouTube videos that she found on the...
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A Day to Remember: Memorial Day
Memorial Day, celebrated in the United States on the last Monday of May, is a day in which we honor those men and women (and service dogs) that died while serving the country in the United States armed...
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“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live...
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Stamp Collecting!
“The word ‘philatelist’ means a person who practices philately or stamp collecting. It comes from the French word ‘philatelie’, which was derived from the Greek words ‘philos’, meaning loving, and...
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