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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A Pet to Fit Your Astrological Sign
This exercise lists the 12 horoscopes that are tied to various pets. Included is a brief list of mostly positive characteristics associated with each animal and its year. The questions asked are: • Do you like your sign? • Does it describe your personality? You might also take this a step further and ask students if their parents’ and siblings’ horoscope animals describe their personalities. The material is suitable for all ages.
2nd - 6th
Astronomy, Creative Writing
Halloween Word Game: Secret Code
What’s Left? This word game asks students to cross out words in a grid that correspond with a clue given. The words that remain will create a quotation. Answers are provided. The material is suitable for all ages.
3rd - 8th
Other (ELA)
Pumpkin Hodge Podge-- Trivia Quiz
Looking for a fun trivia game to engage students? This trivia game is intended to teach students fun facts about pumpkins. This product will prompt meaningful discussions as students answer and discuss various pumpkin facts. This FUN fact trivia game can be used to get students up and moving while learning facts. It can be used as a whole group activity for movement, a trivia game, in a research/writing center or for early finishers. The goal is to provide both new information to students, and
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts
Nature Nurtures - Secret Code
What’s Left? Word games ask readers to cross out the words on a grid that fit five or six clues until all that remains is a clever or inspirational quote. I have written a book of these puzzles, What’s Left? – Holidays and Seasons, in addition to ones like this that belong in other categories. Examples of clues about the words that need crossing out in this one: • Are animals you might find in the woods • Are names of birds you will be lucky to see in the wild • Form a new word when you put the
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Disruptive Eruptions Volcano Trivia
This trivia quiz on volcanos has 12 multiple-choice questions followed on a separate page by detailed notes. A colorful introduction to a volatile subject!
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Earth Sciences, Informational Text, Science
Time Words Trivia and Experiments in Time Perception
English has dozens of expressions related to time passing fast or slowly. This trivia quiz provides 12 phrases and asks readers to match the correct multiple-choice answer about the origins of each. This is followed by two experiments which show how we all view time surprisingly differently. If I say, “I always do that,” how often is that? 100% of the time? 75% of the time? And if I say, “Just a little bit longer,” is that 2 minutes? 5? 10? 30? These experiments are part multi-cultural and part
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Good Luck Superstitions
We tend to think of superstitions related to bad luck (broken mirrors, walking under ladders) but many superstitions are associated with good luck. This fortunate 13-question trivia quiz asks readers to guess the multiple choice answers. It’s followed by a discussion with questions on superstitions related to the biological world. Good luck with it all!
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Poetry Programming Demystified
This teaching guide offers many interesting ways to introduce a variety of poetry styles and exercises to wary students. It begins with the nonsense poems learned in childhood (nursery rhymes and “Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear,” for example), and moves on to other humorous poets, including Ogden Nash, Dr. Seuss, and Shel Silverstein. It covers poetry forms such as limericks, acrostics, riddles, haiku and Senryu, and demystifies iambic pentameter. It discusses “bad poetry” with Edgar Guest as a candidat
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry
How Many Words Can You Make from Spring Flowers?
People who create word puzzles in which the goal is to make as many words as possible from another word or phrase will frequently put the words in a circle, because that tends to expand creativity by taking away the visual limits of seeing the word in a line. Based on this principle, “The Clock Game” was developed by ElderGames using one letter for each of the 12 numbers on a clock. The product is no longer available, but I have made multiple examples and you can make up your own, too. As I have
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Rabbits and Ribbits Trivia
This unusual trivia quiz compares two hoppers – rabbits and frogs (which sometimes make a sound like “ribbit”). Participants will learn quite a bit about these creatures within the quiz and the notes that follow. Want to make science fun? Hop to it!
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Science)
Pizza Trivia
This 14-question trivia quiz on pizza topping preferences around the world is followed by notes on the International Pizza Expo and links to the “I Love Lucy” episode of her pizza crust twirling and Dean Martin singing, “When the moon hits your eye Like a big-a pizza pie, That's amore!” An easy way to introduce diversity of tastes – We don’t all think alike!
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Peanut Butter Trivia
The 12-question trivia quiz on facts about peanut butter is followed by detailed notes and discussion questions. Plus, we’ve added ideas for making painted toast and peanut butter/apples/marshmallow smiles, and a link to taking a sandwich personality quiz from Subway. A separate page adds a discussion of the possible origin of sandwiches, facts about Earl Montagu, and a mini-quiz on celebrity peanut butter combo preferences. It adds up to a lot of sticky fun sandwiched between the learning exerc
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Golden Words- Expressions about Gold
The English language has dozens of expressions related to colors. This matching quiz asks participants to match 14 idioms related to gold with their definitions. When they succeed, their smiles will be pure gold!
4th - 8th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
How Many Words Can You Make from Conservation?
People who create word puzzles in which the goal is to make as many words as possible from another word or phrase will frequently put the words in a circle, because that tends to expand creativity by taking away the visual limits of seeing the word in a line. Based on this principle, “The Clock Game” was developed by ElderGames using one letter for each of the 12 numbers on a clock. The product is no longer available, but I have made multiple examples and you can make up your own, too. as I have
4th - 10th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Choose One - Sharing Values
This is both an energizer when you need a break from concentrated study, and a valid means of building relationships by helping participants get to know one another’s preferences and values. The premise is simple: Participants are asked to identify which of two things is more like them. Are you more of an Early Bird or a Night Owl? Are you more of a spender or saver? Are you more like a rose or a daisy? But as they elaborate on their answers, they soon discover what they have in common with othe
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Barbie Doll Trivia Quizzes
Barbie Dolls have been around for more than 60 years, which mean people of all ages are likely to have an opinion about them and/or are curious to see what they know of their history or of the dolls’ biographies in these two trivia quizzes. The quizzes are supplemented by two brief articles, one on the Barbie Liberation Organization that switched the voice boxes of 300 talking Barbies and G.I. Joes just in time for the 1993 holiday season, and the other on a more recent attempt to make Barbie mo
3rd - 6th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Apple Expressions
Apples are used often in everyday speech and this little quiz which asks students to match 12 expressions to their definitions is likely to make them apple polishers aiming to become the apple of your eye.
4th - 8th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Vocabulary
How Many Words Can You Make from Serendipity?
People who create word puzzles in which the goal is to make as many words as possible from another word or phrase will frequently put the words in a circle, because that tends to expand creativity by taking away the visual limits of seeing the word in a line. Based on this principle, “The Clock Game” was developed by ElderGames using one letter for each of the 12 numbers on a clock. The product is no longer available, but I have made multiple examples and you can make up your own, too. as I have
4th - 10th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Chinese Lantern Riddles
On the final evening of the 15-day Chinese New Year festival is the Yuan Xiao festival, known in English as the Lantern Festival. Children are especially drawn to the lovely lanterns that compete with the full because it is traditional to attach to the lantern’s bottom a riddle on a paper strip. While Chinese riddles can be quite complex, in this exercise we have provided a simpler English language version. This exercise includes: • A brief explanation of the festival and sample riddles • 30 sa
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Chinese Horoscope
This exercise lists the 12 signs of the Chinese horoscope that are tied to birth years rather than months. Included is a brief list of mostly positive characteristics associated with each animal and its year. The questions asked are: • Do you like your sign? • Does it describe your personality? You might also take this a step further and ask students if their parents’ and siblings’ birth year animals describe their personalities. This exercise pairs well with the Creating Delight Chinese Lanter
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Informational Text
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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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