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Getting organized is a great way to save yourself considerable time and effort around the house. As grandma used to say, “A place for everything, and everything in its place!” And while it is possible to spend a lot of time and a lot of money on organizing your home, you shouldn’t have to! In fact, a lot of my own organizing projects usually take place in a spare 5- or 10-minute window throughout the day, using stuff I already have lying around the house. These super quick and resourceful organizing methods are a specialty of mine, so I thought...

I’ve been seriously enjoying making my own home remedies. It’s amazing how much you can do with a few simple ingredients, and after I made my first batch of homemade cough syrup, I knew that I had to follow it up with homemade cough drops. I’m a huge believer in the power of cough drops on those bleh nights when you need to soothe a cough. Probably the biggest drawback with making home remedies however, is that it can get expensive really fast. I tend to fight that tendency by using the most common ingredients I can. Would it be better to use...

 I worked with LeeAnn Raible recently as part of our Go Beyond Challenge. She had the idea of letting students make word problems using addition and subtraction, then they'd record their solutions with Seesaw. I'll embed some of their examples at the end of the poast.She called the project Number Story Ninjas, and we also connected with another elementary school in our state to get feedback. Giving the students an authentic audience was a fun addition.Here's the process we went through.Step 1:  LeeAnn assigned each student a role of Writer, Editor, Graphic Designer and Problem Solver. Step 2:  Six Writers each created...

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The heartwarming beauty of country life captured in a charming new video. There’s something about countryside life in Japan that holds a special sparkle you won’t find in the big cities. The sky seems wider, the scenery more beautiful, and the people more inviting, and that’s no truer than at a little country train station in Kagoshima called Nishi-Ei. The beauty of this small station was recently captured on video by Limited Express Numeri, a railroad videographer who specialises in filming scenes of nostalgia on Japanese railways. The nostalgia is strong in this video, where we get a glimpse into what it’s...