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Art Education Meets Disney – Catch Me There

Posted on August 7, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

When you bring a child to an event where they need to be creative, you never know what may inspire them. Case in point was when the boys and I went to our local library for a Story Tower event run by the Tang Museum. I wrote about the actual program here on my blog in a post titled When Art Meets Library.

I hinted that NHL was inspired by Disney’s Animal Kingdom when it was his time to make a story tower. I expanded on this for my most recent Education post for The Disney Driven Life titled When Disney Collides with Art Education. NHL showed me that he learned a great deal during our trips to Disney. He knew about different animals, their habitats, and where they were within the types of vegetation. I loved how he mimicked this knowledge by creating his own animal kingdom complete with Fast Pass. To read more about this, please stop by and read the rest of the story.

Please stop by to say hello and check out the other magical posts from my Disney Drive Life friends. My other posts there can be found under NDM183 – that’s me!

Have your children ever used things from your travels at times you least expected? Please be sure to share in the comments below.

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Living With The Land – Catch Me There

Posted on May 22, 2011 8:45 am by TheAngelForever

The sun was supposed to come out today, but it looks like that has changed again. After over a week of nearly non-stop rain, we are going a bit stir crazy here. The week has been filled with rain, headaches, and flash flood warnings.

Yesterday, when there was a break in the rain, we went to buy some vegetable plants. The cold and then constant rain did not allow us to start our modest little garden from seeds this years. Still, we are hoping to have some of our own tomatoes and zucchini (all that we bought at this point) to prepare with the boys.

Growing a garden has definitely been inspired by our love of Disney. This week, I wrote about being inspired by Epcot’s Living With The Land. Over on The Disney Driven Life, I make a connection with Epcot, growing a garden, and learning. Be sure to head on over to check out my latest on connecting Disney with education. My other posts there can be found under NDM183 – that’s me!

While at Disney World in March, I decided to capture a little video while on Living With The Land. Here is little teaser of the ride. You can hear my very active three year old in the background.

I hope to see you at A Disney Driven Life to say hello to everyone else that writes there as well.

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You Can Catch Me There – April 17, 2011

Posted on April 17, 2011 5:05 pm by TheAngelForever

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? It is! To celebrate, I have been combining my love of Disney and education together at The Disney Driven Life. First I wrote about acrostic poetry, and now cinquain. Do you know how to write a cinquain poem? It is really fun and easy. My son even helped write one for my article.

I also shared the following book with everyone:

Yes, a member of the Disney Driven Life team has published a book of Disney inspired haiku. More details about that in my cinquain article.

So what is your favorite type of poem? Please let me know and be sure to stop by the DDL to say hello and share one of your own poems.

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You Can Catch Me There – April 10, 2011

Posted on April 10, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Spring may officially be here in the Capital District. As the weather warms up, I hope to be able to spend more time with my family outdoors. In addition to writing here, I have also been busy contributing to other places.

Since my last update, I have written two new posts on The Disney Driven Life:

Early Learning With Bear in the Big Blue House – Learning, growing, and teaching with Bear in the Big Blue House DVDs from Disney.
Disney Inspiration for National Poetry Month – April is National Poetry month. Stop by to learn about acrostic poems and read one from me, along with a hidden one by

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I have also been working on more articles for the KidsFunPlaza magazine. The April issue should be out in the Capital District within the week. You can check out the March Digital Issue here:

I have also had some new blog posts on the KidsFunPlaza blog:

My recent posts on KidsFunPlaza:

Some of the latest posts from my KidsFunPlaza colleagues:

Please stop by A Disney Driven Life and KidsFunPlaza to say hello to everyone else that writes there as well.

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Time to Write to a Disney Character

Posted on February 20, 2011 10:55 am by TheAngelForever

Is you child a reluctant writer? Do you want something fun to inspire him/her to write more?

This week on The Disney Driven Life, I wrote about Character Letter Writing Fun using a dialogue journal. Please stop by to brain storm on ideas to inspire children to write more and practice their skills.