Growing up in what the south describes as "tornado alley", I learned early on that destruction can come rapidly in a person's world. Houses that stood strong the night before could quickly succumb to the powerful winds that a tornado could bring. Families that felt success through acquiring of earthly possessions could lose that confidence … Continue reading Rebuild and Restore
When my daughter was young, many connect the dots pictures were part of our story. She started with simple pictures that I could recognize the image immediately. The pictures became more difficult as she needed more of a challenge to the point that we were completing pictures with hundreds of dots. The fun of the … Continue reading Connecting the Dots
Achievement testing week. Senior trip week. Week before spring break. Snow day on Monday (yes, in April). Covering classes for teachers that are absent. Year long projects coming due. Many things to finish in our classes. Limited number of weeks to complete those things. Kids that needed spring break three weeks ago. Teachers that needed … Continue reading The Teacher Crunch
This past week in math class, we have been studying the art of tessellating. A tessellation is defined as "an arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without gaps or overlapping" (Oxford Dictionary). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GiKeeWSf4s "What is Tessellation? by M.C. Escher This project has turned out to be one of … Continue reading Tessellating In Our Lives
A few weeks back, my Bible class and I started diving into the Gospels. Each week we specifically study one of the lessons that spans across all four Gospels. This has allowed us time to develop our understanding of Jesus throughout these stories. During each story we add descriptors of Jesus (God come to earth) … Continue reading Lessons from the Gospels
Welcome to the "stone tired" part of the school year. If you have not already arrived, you will soon. What is "stone tired" you might ask? It looks slightly different on all of us, but it focuses around this time in the year where we have exhausted our new strategies, great ideas have become old, … Continue reading Be Wary of the Weary
While recently scrolling through my wall on my most heavily used social media account, I came across this article from the International Mission Board. https://www.imb.org/2018/04/02/salvation-bracelets-africa-no-thanks/ The article quickly grabbed my attention as I have used this evangelism tool myself while on missions trips and even in US settings. Intrigued with the idea that this simple … Continue reading Importance of Understanding Our Crowd
Recently, my 6th graders were learning about mixtures, compounds and solutions. A simple lab included with this content tests solubility. How much sugar and salt can water hold at varying temperatures? As science teaches, my students found that the cold water held less than the hot water. We see this often in day to day … Continue reading Finding the Solution
This week my website host notified me that I have been blogging for a year! When I started, I was a bit unsure about the endeavor, quite timid in this arena , but following a powerful prompt that I felt from my Lord. While I am not the best blogger or the most convincing writer, … Continue reading Happy Blogging Anniversary!
May I share you with my excitement from when I stumbled across the cable series "Hoarders" several years ago? I was a bit behind with this binge trend but once I arrived, I was captivated. I could not turn away. What grown adult needs a collection of 500 clowns? Why leave 100's of those five … Continue reading The Teacher Hoard
Teaching Beyond the Norm 