Tag: inspiration

Mr. Jenson Makes a Difference

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A.J. Juliani says that this short inspirational video has changed the way he thinks “about being a teacher, leader, parent, coach, and friend” (source). The powerful video shares a story of how a teacher changed a student’s life. Who is your Mr. Jenson? How can you be a Mr. Jenson in someone’s life? 

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Inspiration from the “Differently-Abled”

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Music video by X Ambassadors performing Renegades
Directed by: ENDS and Alex Da Kid
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Children’s Book Author Encourages Our Youngest

As I mentioned last week our youngest and I had a great time reading The Pout-Pout Fish. It was an evening filled with lots of silliness and laughter. We had such a great time and I liked the book so much I wrote a blog post about our fun and included a few ideas regarding educational connections that could be made with the story, rhymes, etc. Less than 3 hours after my blog entry posted I received the following message on Twitter from the book’s author, Deborah Diesen.

It would be an understatement to say that our youngest was excited to have received a message from the book’s author. The reaction was so strong that I felt compelled to tweet the following reply to Deborah.

Needless to say, we since have read The Pout-Pout Fish many more times, we have enjoyed Pout-Pout Fish-inspired videos, a full-scale search is underway to get access to Deborah’s other children’s books, and our youngest has a renewed interest in reading and writing.

Many, many thanks, Deborah!

The Left Thumb Blogger

Glenda Watson Hyatt shares her experiences living with cerebral palsy to motivate and inspire others to think about how they perceive their own situation and their own world around them. She does all this by typing with only her left thumb! (Source)