Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Happy New Year 2025
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Happy Holidays 2025
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Winter Solstice 2024
The slow fall descent toward Winter Solstice, where shorter days and longer nights are multiplied by daylight savings time, is always a long slide for me. This fall, in some ways (perhaps with the election and political noise being a contributing factor), has seemed particularly dark in many ways.
Because of all of this the shortest day of Winter Solstice (this year December 21) always hits me as a magical, pivotal moment. I think that is why this Winter Solstice Blessings meant so much to me when I ran across it on Intersections: Faith Culture Politics Facebook Page.
May this weekend of the longest nights and the shortest days bring you peace, guidance, and hope as you enter the holiday season, the new year ahead, and the season of new cycles.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Crystals in Action
- Kids Discover: "It's Snowing. Fun with Crystals"
- Kiddle: Ice Facts for Kids
- Cool Kid Facts: Crystal Facts
- KiwiCo: 5 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Snow & Ice
- Mental Floss: 15 Blissfully Cool Facts About Ice
- Milwaukee With Kids: 50 Mind-Blowing Facts About Snow For Kids (2024)
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Online Advent Calendars For This Season
Advent calendars are fun way to celebrate the season during the month of December. Here are two wonderful ones I ran across for 2024, both accessible by way of the wonderful world of Facebook.
#OneGreenThing Advent Game
Author Heather White (who has written Eco-Anxiety and One Green Thing) has created a digital daily advent calendar where she is posting new small, bite-sized eco-actions you can do every day. Posting daily to her Heather White, Author Facebook Page, you can find her daily inspirations. Given she's a week in already, some ideas include: using little libraries for your next read, going outside for a winter walk and connecting with nature, reducing your plastic footprint and more. Great daily doses of little things to make your day and help the planet!
The 25 Days of CANVAmas for Teachers
Created by Canva Education Creator LaNedra Johnson, this private Facebook group is an amazing collection of Canva creations. LaNedra Johnson has a public FB page, then she created the CANVAmas group for special for this advent season. Some special treats she has in there for teachers are a teacher planner page for 2025, lesson plan template, substitute teacher guid template, and more. Additionally she has another private group entitled "Canva Creators for Teachers" (with 40,000+ members). She's a great resource for teachers on how to maximize Canva creations for your classroom!
Title header created at Canva.com; Screenshot from https://www.facebook.com/heatherwhiteofficial and https://www.facebook.com/groups/1219727522639849