I hope you will take this day as an opportunity to learn more about each other and more about the history of this day and this important man. To get you started here are a few Fun Facts about Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
–Brandy
In the Iliad Athena visits Achilles just before he attacks King Agamemnon with a sharp sword. Only he could see, recognize and listen to the wise goddess. She warns him that his anger-filled intentions are not the wisest decision, and asks him in her name and in Hera’s name to face the king only with…
One of my favorite board games is Clue. It is about that a murder has occurred and it is the duty of the players to become detectives and find out who was the murderer, with which weapon and in which room of the huge mansion the crime occurred, and it is the same players who…
Unless you live in North Korea or are a caveman, you must surely know what a Phone is. You probably even have a smart one, a Smartphone. But I don’t blame you if you don’t know where the word Phone comes from, as not everyone knows Greek! After these definitions, I’ll tell you where the…
It is clear that we need air to live, but it seems that we are also dependent on air for language. We use the word air for many things that are not directly related to breathing, so much so that for the selection of definitions that I leave you below I took only those that…
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, also known as STEM. These days we often add art into this making it STEAM. But whatever the acronym, we all can agree that a thorough education in STEM/STEAM can give our children a leg up as they progress through their educational journey. SEL Social Emotional Learning, also known…
We learn our language when we are still pretty young. We learn how to speak and then how to read and write. We grow and we keep learning more and more new words. First we learn only the words we need to survive. Then we learn what we need to improve our communication with others…