Sharpen your pencils (and your minds): it’s time to celebrate National Crossword Puzzle Day! We celebrate this day every December 21st in honor of Arthur Wynne. Mr. Wynne created and published the very first crossword puzzle on this date in 1913. This puzzle (click here to view) appeared in the New York World Newspaper. The… read more >>
Did you know that April 23 is William Shakespeare’s birthday? Not only that, but it has become known as “National Talk Like Shakespeare Day” as way of celebrating his life. This ‘holiday’ began in 2009 through the efforts of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In 2011, the Governor of Illinois recognized their work by proclaiming April 23rd at “Talk Like Shakespeare Day.” The… read more >>
Dust off your dictionaries, put on your thinking caps, and pull out your Scrabble boards because today is National Scrabble Day! The ever-challenging, yet highly entertaining word game has been helping people practice their spelling skills and build their vocabularies for over 70 years! To celebrate National Scrabble day, let’s take a look at the… read more >>
The teen take & make craft for April is a Tic Tac Toe Travel Game. Supplies are included with this craft except for scissors and glue. Tic Tac Toe Travel Game Instructions Step 1 … read more >>
So many of us are feeling alone in a world full of people, and the year 2020 has been especially hard. Even those of us with the best mental health are wringing our hands trying to keep connected to friends and family. The closing of bars and other social gathering spaces has made it very… read more >>
Do you know the basic elements of matter? Do you know some basic things that make up matter? The discovery of the periodic system for classifying the elements represents the culmination of a number of scientific developments, rather than a sudden brainstorm on the part of one individual. Yet historians typically consider one event as… read more >>
Hi Everyone! My name is Renee and today I will be talking about games. Growing up, you have probably played traditional games like hide-and-seek, tag, dodgeball, red rover, and hopscotch. Games can be passed down from generation to generation and can be common knowledge shared between people. Today I am going to discuss some popular… read more >>
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