Creating Delight
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Bradenton, Florida, United States
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Eclectic defines me. My experience ranges from helping first offenders in the Florida prison system earn their GED’s to teaching a college course on the anatomy of aging. I’ve taught at a public high school, been a trainer for a major pharmaceutical company, and developed multi-media educational materials used by the Australian government. In the 1990s I began training family and professional caregivers in the art of communicating effectively with people with dementia. That evolved into a focus on wellbeing in aging that further evolved into developing hundreds of trivia quizzes, word games, and imaginative exercises to positively stimulate our minds. While some of those exercises are aimed specifically at the long-term memories of older adults, hundreds of them work equally well with children and young adults.
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Beautiful Butterflies - Part 2
This lovely slide show offers a trivia quiz on butterfly facts, a word game ending with other fun facts about butterflies. This slide show was designed as an accompaniment to Beautiful Butterflies Parts 2 as well as The Buzz about Bees - Part 1 & 2.
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Science), Science
Buzz About Bees - Part 2
This honey of a slide show has two exercises that include a trivia quiz on more bee facts and a note to discuss other types of bees (like a quilting bee). This kind of learning doesn’t sting at all and will keep everyone buzzing. This slide show was designed as an accompaniment to The Buzz about Bees - Part 2 as well as Beautiful Butterflies Parts 1 & 2.
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Science), Science
Buzz About Bees - Part 1
This honey of a slide show has two exercises that include a discussion of fun bee facts and a word game about Trying to Bee funny. This kind of learning doesn’t sting at all and will keep everyone buzzing. This slide show was designed as an accompaniment to The Buzz about Bees - Part 1 as well as Beautiful Butterflies Parts 1 & 2.
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Science), Science
Beautiful Butterflies - Part 1
This lovely slide show offers a trivia quiz on butterfly facts, a discussion on how butterflies escape their predators, and a reminiscence activity on memories of butterflies. Scattered throughout are other fun facts about butterflies. This slide show was designed as an accompaniment to Beautiful Butterflies Parts 2 as well as The Buzz about Bees - Part 1 & 2.
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Science), Science
Animal Antics
This wild slide show focused on zoo animals and forest creatures includes: Individual trivia quizzes on elephants, giraffes, and big cats, and three more on baby zoo animals, animal sleep habits and myths about forest creatures (6 trivia quizzes total)Word games on zoo animal puns, animal group names, wildlife expressions, and matching beginnings and endings of animal quotes (4 word games)A reminiscence exercise on your wildlife experiencesDiscussions about animal superstitions and symbolism, if
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Punny Titles and Fun Writing Prompts
This visually appealing slide show ready for your screen features an opening word game of matching fake book titles to their punny authors, with encouragement for participants to also write their own. This is followed by four writing prompts with lighthearted examples that cover your book dedication and beginning, plus, writing a 6-word novel (as in the Hemingway challenge) and writing a new ending to an existing novel, using as one example, Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara getting together afte
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (ELA)
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About the store
Experience
Eclectic defines me. My experience ranges from helping first offenders in the Florida prison system earn their GED’s to teaching a college course on the anatomy of aging. I’ve taught at a public high school, been a trainer for a major pharmaceutical company, and developed multi-media educational materials used by the Australian government. In the 1990s I began training family and professional caregivers in the art of communicating effectively with people with dementia. That evolved into a focus on wellbeing in aging that further evolved into developing hundreds of trivia quizzes, word games, and imaginative exercises to positively stimulate our minds. While some of those exercises are aimed specifically at the long-term memories of older adults, hundreds of them work equally well with children and young adults.
Teaching style
I am known for being both practical and lighthearted. When I train staff in long-term care, whether through live webinars, in-person workshops, or online courses, I measure my success by the number of instantly usable ideas participants leave with. I want their behavior to change. But I also believe fun fuels the brain. Relaxed learners learn more. My goal is also always to build connections – both in the brain as students learn something new, and with one another as they interactively discuss the topic.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am the 2019 recipient of the “Make a Difference Award” for the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH)
My own education history
B.A. in English and journalism, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<br />
M.A. in Instructional Technology, University of Central Florida<br />
C.H.P. – Certified Humor Professional from AATH
Additional biographical information
While currently the author of five books, it is my Creating Delight: Connecting Gratitude, Humor and Play, which sums up my life and work goals and What's Left? - Holidays and Seasons.<br />
Please visit my websites www.WiserNow.com and www.CreatingDelight.com to learn more or write to me at Kathy@WiserNow.com if you have any questions.
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