Δευτέρα 31 Ιανουαρίου 2011

SMILE.....SMILE........SMILE !!!

 Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.  It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.  ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


A smile confuses an approaching frown.  ~Author Unknown


People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.  ~Lee Mildon


A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.  ~Phyllis Diller


Smile.  Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends?  Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.  ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997


The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.  ~Author Unknown


Start every day with a smile and get it over with.  ~W.C. Fields


Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.  ~Jim Beggs


A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.  ~Charles Gordy


Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  ~Mark Twain, Following the Equator


The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.  ~William Shakespeare, Othello


A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home.  ~Author Unknown


If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.  ~Andy Rooney


If you smile at someone, they might smile back.  ~Author Unknown


Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.  ~Author Unknown


Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.  ~Author Unknown


Everyone smiles in the same language.  ~Author Unknown


If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine.  ~Author Unknown


I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.  ~Author Unknown


Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.  ~George Eliot


She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.  ~Raymond Chandler


Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too.
~Author Unknown


A smile appeared upon her face as if she'd taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there.  ~Loma Chandler


A laugh is a smile that bursts.  ~Mary H. Waldrip


Smile - sunshine is good for your teeth.  ~Author Unknown


The shortest distance between two people is a smile.  ~Author Unknown


If you don't start out the day with a smile, it's not too late to start practicing for tomorrow.  ~Author Unknown


Is a smile a question?  Or is it the answer?  ~Lee Smith


Smiling is my favorite exercise.  ~Author Unknown


I have a tickle in my brain.  And it keeps making the corners of my mouth point toward the heavens.  ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com


Wear a smile - one size fits all.  ~Author Unknown


No matter how grouchy you're feeling,
You'll find the smile more or less healing.
It grows in a wreath
All around the front teeth -
Thus preserving the face from congealing.
~Anthony Euwer


Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day.  ~Author Unknown


Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.  ~Mother Teresa


A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile.  ~Author Unknown


A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.  ~Washington Irving


Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.  ~Charles Reade


A smile is the universal welcome.  ~Max Eastman


Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to.  ~Author Unknown


You're never fully dressed without a smile.  ~Martin Charnin


A smile can brighten the darkest day.  ~Author Unknown


It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.  ~Author Unknown


Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.  ~Janet Lane


All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.  ~Chris Hart


If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile.  ~Author Unknown


Smile - it increases your face value.  ~Author Unknown


Peace begins with a smile.  ~Mother Teresa


A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.  ~Author Unknown


Most smiles are started by another smile.  ~Author Unknown


A smile is something you can't give away; it always comes back to you.  ~Author Unknown


A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.  None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it.  Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you a smile.  Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.  ~Author Unknown


It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart.  ~Author Unknown



http://www.quotegarden.com/smiles.html 

Παρασκευή 28 Ιανουαρίου 2011

PROJECT AS A TEACHING METHOD

Working on projects as a method of teaching your students is a dynamic approach to teaching which helps increase student motivation, encourages them to explore and use their abilities, deal with real-life problems, and leads to better understanding of the subjects they are studying. A site with a lot of useful material to create a project is the following:
http://www.teach-nology.com/
http://www.u4energy.eu/web/guest/resources
http://www.need.org/needpdf/GreekAll1.pdf

HAVE FUN ON VALENTINE'S DAY

Puffy Heart

By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Easy
Age: 5 and up.                       

What you'll need:

  • Pink and white tissue paper, cut into 1” squares
  • White craft glue
  • Scissors
  • Piece of card stock or construction paper
  • Pencil with an eraser

How to make it:

  1. Cut out a heart shape from the construction paper or card stock.
  2. Put white craft glue into the center of the heart, shaped like a heart.
  3. Using the eraser end of a pencil, place the eraser into the center of a white tissue paper square. Twist the tissue paper square around the eraser and dot it onto the glue. Continue this process until entire middle of the heart is covered with white tissue paper. See photo.
  4. Repeat the process from step #3 with pink tissue paper for the border of the heart.
  5. Glue a hanger to the back if you like.
http://crafts.kaboose.com/puffy-heart.html

Δευτέρα 10 Ιανουαρίου 2011

CHINESE NEW YEAR 3rd February

What Is Chinese New Year?

3rd February 2011 will welcome in the next Chinese New Year - the Year of the Rabbit! 
 Chinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, celebration, fireworks,  and gift-giving. It is a 15-day holiday, beginning on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival.
The Chinese calendar is based on the lunar year, so the date of Chinese New Year changes every year. The Chinese calendar follows a 12-year pattern with each year named after an animal. There are various stories which explain this. The simplest is that Buddha (or the Jade Emperor) invited all of the animals to join him for a New Year celebration, but only 12 animals turned up. To reward the animals that did come, Buddha named a year after each of them in the order that they arrived, starting with the Rat, followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (or Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. (Find another version of the story to print, below)
Depending on the year you are born, you are believed to have the various character traits of that year's animal.
 

Τετάρτη 5 Ιανουαρίου 2011

MAKING PUPPETS



 

TIRED OF HOKEY POKEY???





      


BE A PUPPET!! LET'S DO THE PINOCCHIO!

ART IN EDUCATION - PUPPET TOOLS !


HOW TO INTRODUCE A PUPPET IN YOUR CLASS

ART IN EDUCATION - PUPPET TOOLS !

ARTISTIC EDUCATION AND ITS VALUE

Always among the highest expression of every culture, the arts teach us much about every historical period through its literature, visual arts, music, dance, and drama. Today it is recognized that to be truly well educated one must not only learn to appreciate the arts, but must have rich opportunities to actively participate in creative work. The arts are languages that most people speak, cutting through individual differences in culture, educational background, and ability. They can bring every subject to life and turn abstractions into concrete reality. Learning through the arts often results in greater academic achievement and higher test scores. 
http://www.marthalakecov.org/~building/strategies/arts/front_arts.htm