Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 27
June 17, 2024
Music for Centering and Focus
As circumstances of all sorts continue to shift, and information of all sorts arrives from all directions, making time for centering and focus can be useful.
It can also be challenging.
Music can help with that. Giving the time needed to focus on one song, to center on repeated listenings of a favorite—or a whole orchestra piece or a whole album—can be refreshing. It can also offer space for new ideas to appear, new perspectives to evolve. Both of those may well be need...
3D Cube Painting: The Perfect Gift Solution
The Challenge of Gift-Giving
Gift-giving occasions abound throughout the year, from birthdays and holidays to weddings and anniversaries. However, finding the right gift can be a daunting task. Many struggle to strike the perfect balance between affordability and personalization. While expensive gifts may be luxurious, they are not always practical for every budget. On the other hand, inexpensive gifts may lack sentimentality and fail to make a lasting impression....
June 15, 2024
Five Essential Bits of Trivia About the Arenal Volcano
If you’ve ever been to Costa Rica, you will know that this Central American country is famous for its volcanoes (as well as its beaches, climate, and food - but that’s a subject for another time!).
In Costa Rica, there are over two hundred volcanic formations, some dating back sixty-five million years, with at least one hundred volcanoes commonly listed and six which are considered active.
Out of those six, the best known one is Arenal Volcano, which crowns a n...
June 14, 2024
Reignite Your Passion This Summer: 5 Tips for Teachers
As the school year draws to a close, teachers often find themselves balancing relief with anticipation for the months ahead. While summer vacation is commonly viewed as a time for rest and relaxation, it also offers a unique opportunity for personal growth and creative renewal. At Curiosity 2 Create, we believe summer can be both enjoyable and profoundly productive for educators, ensuring they return to the classroom with renewed energy and enthusiasm.
Here are fi...
June 13, 2024
Read This: The 50 States Bucket List: The Ultimate Journal for a Journey Across America
Oh, I have SUCH a great travel journal to recommend to our wandering educators today! The 50 States Bucket List: The Ultimate Journal for a Journey Across America, written and illustrated by Jessica Laughlin and published by Quarto, is THE most fun travel journal I've ever seen.
Beautifully illustrated and vegan leather–bound its organized by region, with fast facts about each state, like the state's nickname, state bird, and state flower. Theres’s also write-...
June 6, 2024
Beyond the Notes: Unleashing the Cultural and Educational Power of Music
When Ken Burns completed his film about jazz, he said, “I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people.” And in his film Country Music, he quotes Merle Haggard saying that country music is “about those things we believe in, but can’t see.…” In these observations, Ken Burns and Merle Haggard capture music’s special impact and role as it touches and enriches all of our lives.
Music...
Punjabi Language
The Punjabi language is the mother tongue of Punjab. It has a rich history. Before partition of India in 1947, there were two groups of Punjabi speakers: Punjabis living in western Punjabi (which is now part of Pakistan), and Sikhs living in East Punjab (which is now part of India). The Punjabi language first developed in the 10th century and gained prominence. The Punjabi language was adversely affected by the arrival of the British in 1849, because they emphas...
June 5, 2024
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: From Glory To Carnival
When we talk about “military,” what exactly are we thinking? Or rather, what do we imagine for this word? From my perspective as a visitor who grew up in an authoritarian country, before I travelled to Edinburgh, I thought the “military tattoo” was just a synonym for “military parade.” The latter often uses strict formations, precise marching, and almost mechanical uniformity to demonstrate collective power. However, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (hereafte...
Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
Golden temple is a famous religious place in India, which is located in the center of the Amritsar city. It is also known as Harmandir sahib. This building is made purely with gold and is surrounded by a beautiful pool of water. I visit there by road with my family because it is 150 km away from my city.
I have visited this place many times in my life, and enjoy the peaceful environment.
My brother went to the temple yesterday and captured this photo.
The tem...
A Local's Guide To Visiting Guangzhou, China
Welcome to my hometown, Guangzhou, a metropolis in South China. Guangzhou is located close to Hong Kong, and shares the same language and a similar culture.
If you are planning to visit Guangzhou, here are four places I highly recommend:
Pearl River Night LandscapeWalk in the city center, enjoying the city lights and shining skyscrapers along the river. Since the river is quite long, a good choice is to cruise across the river, feeling the cool breeze blowin...
