Blackboard Notes

Sheldahl, C. 2011. Media Center. Perhaps not every moment a teacher experiences a teachable moment is inside the classroom (or a media center.) In this case, I experienced very personally, right on the floor of the family room in my house. My kids, when decided that they are not  going outside to play, develop this ravenous cabin fever (or at least the older siblings love to stir up the younger ones like a top; sound familiar?).  But when they got some Legos(TM) out (that at least was their initiative, not mine, unless my wife prompted them to), I plopped down on the floor and started to make something with the "pretty" colored Legos(TM) y daughter was using. (My next older child had brought his own "boy" Legos(TM) to the play scene). I was wasn't sure what I was going to make, since I didn't have directions or a map of what I was going to make...but remembering a ride cart from Walt Disney world, I fashioned something of the same design with Patr