We’re back, gang, with another review of a book from the Creative Activities Dot-Dot-Dot Program series: Producing! Yes, we’re gonna learn all about “getting the show on the road.” That includes aspects including make-up, costumes, props, scenery, stages, special effects, the script, and the production… Read More »#8 Producing: Creative Activities…Program Series
It’s been a while since we endured a flip-through of one of these Creative Activities Cryptic-Out-of-Place-Ellipses Program books, and this time, we’ll be Communicating! Considering how well these books have communicated ideas so far… Jesus. See, there was an example of how to use ellipses… Read More »#7 Communicating: Creative Activities…Program Series
When my maternal grandmother died, she left behind a pretty decent-sized collection of vintage comics that included Creepy, Eerie, MAD, and Cracked. These, paired with my dad’s Conan the Barbarian comics, made for some pretty educational reading material for Third-Grade Me in the mid-’90s. I… Read More »Tie-Dyed Creepy Comics
That’s right, gang—it’s time for another review of a book in the Creative Activities …Program series! We’re now on #5 Creating, and I had high hopes for this one; the idea of being creative and creating anything is super exciting to me. But I gotta give… Read More »#5 Creating: Creative Activities…Program Series
Today I’ve got another book review for you: Performing from the Creative Activities …Program series! I assure you: This book is on par with the last when it comes to “creative” “activities.” Yes, I need to put quotes around everything; it’s all that confounding. Let’s get… Read More »#4 Performing: Creative Activities…Program Series
The Series Last fall, my husband and I popped into a secondhand store (urgently titled OMG THRIFT). I wanted to find some interesting little-known games so I could do a review for my-frien’-Jen’s board-game blog, Idle Remorse. In addition to two games, I came across… Read More »Creative Activities…Program Series: Book #3 Discovering
Beyond the pond and on the other side of the tributary lies the jungle. Usually it’s dark when I tromp through it, but let’s add a bit of daylight to see what’s around…
Sixth grade was a time of real inspiration for me. I wanted to get into some real-life Wayside School is Falling Down-type adventures. I did my best to create them, as evidenced by the fantastical Wayside-esque novel my twelve-year-old self wrote, incorporating real-life friends and classmates in… Read More »The Sixth Grade Scrapbook
Today we return to Imagination Land, the imaginary world of incredible landscapes I think of before I fall asleep. When I close my eyes, I always picture myself in the same spot: lying in the tall grass on some bluffs, overlooking the ocean. Sometimes the sun is… Read More »Imagination Land: The Forest: Part 1
Sometimes I incorporate them into practical solutions, like fixing the latch on the door:
