As I write this weekly blog, I'm listening to Koine. The song is about the eternal God, and how He found me when I wasn't seeking Him. Thanks be to God!
I know my job is to teach, but I pray that each day the students see God's connection to them in all of our subjects and activities.
This past week's activities included three enrichment days looking at and playing with stamps. Last fall, Miss Schmidt showed me an email about joining, Stamps Teach. Both she and I are part of a pilot program for introducing students to stamps and possibly stamp collecting. Their mission is to provide educators with lesson plans, activities, and
worksheets that use postage stamps as hands-on learning tools.
Educators can use these tools to add some fun and interest to their
current curriculum while exposing students to postage stamps.
One day we found people, place, and things on the stamps. Another day we made math equations and used the world map to find the countries from which the stamps came. The third day we looked for uses of simple machines. They were all very excited. I heard my name over and over again as they wanted to share with me what they had found.
The
American Philatelic Society, the nation’s largest stamp collecting
organization, will provide free youth memberships to all children who
send in an application for the Young Stamp Collectors of America (YSCA)
program. I have this information and will get it to the students in the near future.
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