Animal Crossing: The “New Horizon” in Distance Learning

What is Animal Crossing? Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed by Nintendo and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. This is an open map type game that doesn’t have an end goal. It is designed for continuous play; there is no way to “win” or “complete” it. You are a […]

Let’s play with Beautiful Oops!

A torn sheet of paper.  A little drip of paint.  A smudge and a smear.  “OOPS!”   Often times, children (and adults!) are paralyzed when they have an oops.  However, what if we were to take an oops and turn it into something beautiful?  This is the wonder-filled lesson of the children’s book, Beautiful Oops, written […]

When Lightening Strikes: Brainstorming with Pa

Background When COVID 19 hit this Spring, my wife and I agreed to homeschool our ten and seven-year-old grandsons for two weeks. Those two weeks turned into nine, and they were weeks of pure joy for everyone involved. My wife, Judy, was an elementary teacher and reading specialist for over 40 years.  In my first […]