Recently, my husband came home from a trip to Lowes with an unexpected purchase. Impulse buys in Lowes aren’t unheard of in our home, but I certainly wasn’t expecting his impulse buy to be lip balm – specifically Duke Cannon Offensively Large Lip Balm. He had to show it to me since it was being […]
In this post I want to talk about my use of “extension assignments” as a way to extend student learning in class and give students the ability to focus their learning, in a relatively low-stakes assignment, on material that interests them. My extension assignments are 5-10 minute presentations on a topic of a student’s interest […]
Earlier this year, I was able to spend time with some of the little humans in my life. One wanted us to play with a wooden doll set they had where you could dress up the dolls and their pets in different magnetic clothes. The toy set is from the Melissa & Doug company. On […]
Last week, Kate talked about an activity she developed to help make the idea of intersectionality more concrete for her students. I’ve love this since the first time I heard about this from her, but I don’t have a kitchen handy for cake making and baking, so I’ve adapted it to fit a more traditional […]
With award season upon us, it’s hard to ignore Barbie. Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar summer sensation has officially broken the record for the most Critics’ Choice nominations – 18 in total! It’s clear Barbie has made its cultural mark. It’s almost impossible to teach Psychology of Women and Gender without someone referencing Barbie. And, much like […]
