(Elaborating on a story by Wayne Dyer, quoted here [link now no longer functions].) Have the class, or your family stand up with the goal of jumping as high as they can. Maybe have a goal on the wall or doorway or something to measure how high to jump. In the first situation, no one […]
Source: From a book by Robert Folgrum, as quoted here [link no longer functions] Turn the light off in the room. Have one person hold the flashlight up and shine it down on the mirror. (You'll have to experiment to find the best way to do this.) The person with the mirror's task is to […]
Items needed a lazy Susan or turntable unbreakable object Lesson You need a lazy susan or turntables that go in your cupboard for your spices. Place an unbreakable object, like a plastic cup, on the turntable. Demonstrate what happens if the cup is moved toward the edge of the turntable while it is spun. If […]
Between the kids and I working yesterday, and Paige's help on Wednesday, we've planted 400 daffodil bulbs! I can not wait until next spring to see how they look. I've planted some by the gate, on our side of the fence, and some in drifts by the road. the last 100 will probably go along […]
I have decided that presidential elections are like that TV show Survivor. The best candidate never wins, because the other contestants attack them and beat them down early in the game. The worst candidates get ignored. So what you're left with is the mediocre middling candidates without any major flaws: not _too_ good looking, not […]
Gather children in the doorway of a room leading out into a long hallway, have the light on in the room (or ask them to imagine such a hallway). Point out to the kids that you can't tell exactly where it becomes totally black in the hallway, it gradually darkens. Just as some activities we […]
Good grief. I booked a great price on RT tickets to Orlando during the slowest week of the year on AirTran so our family could use up the rest of the un-expiring DisneyWorld tickets we bought back in 2005. So far our entire itinerary has changed 3 times (by the Automated System "that we don't […]
"Dream" Relief Provided in Louisiana - More than 1,400 Mormons from six surrounding states converged on southern Louisiana September 27 to help Houma residents dig out from the aftermath of two September hurricanes. Hailing from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, they joined volunteers from the Realizing the Dream Foundation, the AFL-CIO, and local […]
I bought a copy of the Old Testament Institute Manual to help me with my study of the OT. It's been really helpful! Sometimes the commentary is not terribly useful (like the section on is it appropriate for a prophet to use the phrase "piss against the wall" in the Bible--???), but most of the […]
We're back from our now traditional trip to Shenandoah National Park to see the Autumn colors. It's always so nice to be up there, especially for DS. While on our long hike, he said: "I love the narrow steep parts. I feel ALIVE, Daddy!" It's good for him to understand there's more to living than […]
