Creating Delight
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Bradenton, Florida, United States
About the store
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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Alfred Hitchcock: Thriller Filmmaker
Alfred Hitchcock is a well known mystery movie director! This product would be a great introduction to Alfred Hitchcock because it gives students great discussion topics. This can be used at the beginning or end of a movie/novel study.
6th - 10th
Drama, Literature, Social Studies
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
Soda Shop Lingo and Coke Discussion
Once upon a time ice cream shops and most drug stores had a counter with swiveling stools where you could order your drink from a soda jerk. The job title came not from his temperament, but from the jerking action he needed to use on the fountain handle when adding the soda water to the ice cream and syrup in your ice cream soda. Along with the job came a special vocabulary, and this 24-question quiz asks participants to match term to definition for phrases like “Break it and shake it,” “Bucket
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
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
Genealogy: Smiths Abound
Inspired by a day to honor people named Smith (January 6) the most common name in the U.S., this discussion covers its many variations (Koopersmith, Smithwick, Smithers, etc.) in many languages (Ferraro, Haddad, Herrera, Kovacs, McGowan, etc.) It also discusses other common names in the U.S. (Johnson, Williams, Jones) and common names of those with Spanish heritage (Garcia, Rodriguez, etc.) The discussion also notes the implication for a name holiday in China where it’s estimated that 87% of the
6th - 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)
Quirky Food Festivals
This trivia quiz on quirky worldwide food festivals asks participants to choose the one fake in eight. It’s followed by a discussion of five quirky fruit and vegetable festivals vegans could love. Participants may learn something about various cultural events around the world, but mostly they will learn that people everywhere just want to have fun – and sometimes choose quirky ways to do it.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Commenting on the Common Potato Trivia
This 20-question quiz is followed by detailed notes related to the answers and 10 mostly humorous quotes about the pleasures of potatoes. It’s all so interesting, everyone will be hungry for more.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Positive Attitude Metaphors
Positive Attitude Month is officially October, but anytime is a good time for a positive attitude. This exercise uses the metaphors of a dozen people on how to deal with life’s adversities by adjusting how we view them, then asking participants to write their own metaphors.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Informational Text
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
Outspoken Women
This trivia quiz that asks participants to match 16 women (in groups of four) to their accomplishments covers civil rights, women’s rights, and women who were pioneers in their fields. The last page includes information on Betty Williams who was a co-recipient of 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The seven tenets of the First Declaration of The Peace Pe
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
National Park Trivia
This trivia quiz has only 8 questions, but it’s packed with facts, supplemented by notes to the answers on page 3. Added bonus: info on the volcanos that are part of our national parks. It’s about nature at its most awesome.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Social Studies)
Money Word Origin - Who Coined the Word?
This trivia quiz offers two choices of explanations for the origins of 12 words like dough, dollar, and moolah, plus a couple of bonus explanations. It’s fun to guess and more fun to learn and share.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text, Other (Social Studies)
Laundry Trivia and Discussion
This 4-part exercise begins with a trivia quiz on how our laundry habits have evolved over time, continues with a discussion on the environmental and other benefits of hanging laundry outdoors and then provides a brief look at Extreme Ironing as a sport and a giant clothespin as art – with other clothespin art suggestions. You’ll have a squeaky clean smile on your face when you finish.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Hot dog Trivia
This 18-question trivia quiz on hotdogs with answers and notes, plus discussion questions at the end covers the history of hotdogs, biggest consumers, preferred toppings by city and hotdog etiquette. For older participants, there’s a link to Perry Como’s 1956 hit song “Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity Boom,” which is sure to give younger students fodder for noting the strange music of their grandparents’ era. This quiz is purely for fun.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Hearty Thoughts -- Word Game
As noted elsewhere, the English language has dozens of expressions related to body parts. This fill-in-the-blank word exercise aims to help participants come up with 27 hearty expressions (with answers at the end). Perhaps surprisingly, the quiz follows an introductory page of many more heartfelt expressions. Obviously good for Valentine’s Day, consider this exercise, too, anytime you want to remind others of the importance of love in our lives. Consider combining this with other body part expr
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Informational Text
Hair Expressions -- Word Game
As noted elsewhere, the English language has dozens of expressions related to body parts. This word game asks participants to match 16 hairy expressions to their definitions. Answers are given at the end of the exercise, and we don’t think anyone will tear their hair out over it.
6th - 10th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Vocabulary
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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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