Last week I did a refresher on how Bill Nye is really the Disney Science Guy. Of course, I also teased a little about having the chance to see Bill Nye. Flash back almost five years ago. I was sitting at the desk in my classroom, and the phone rang. It was the principal of…
Walt Disney World Adventure: A Field Guide and Activity Book for Explorers, by Tracie A. Cook, Vacation Field Guides, 2010, 173 pp. In an earlier review, I wrote that it had “been a very long time since I toured Walt Disney World with preschoolers.” The same can be said about 8 to 12-year-olds, the target…
Teacher, geek, scientist, neurotic Disney mom/wife/daughter/child at heart. What do these words have in common? Well, they pretty much help describe who I am. Now imagine how said person would react to the opportunity to meet Bill Nye. Yes, I mean Bill Nye the Science Guy. Do you remember Bill as the host of the…
Getting kids to practice items that are tedious is a challenge, especially while trying to boost their self confidence. Imagine attempting to motivate your three-year-old son to practice his language skills for speech therapy. Yes, this is the “homework” that we have had to do recently. JSL started speech back in September 2010 while at…
What do you do when a child tells you that they don’t like to write? As a teacher, I have had worked with reluctant writers many times. Even children that once liked to write, may not always be enthusiastic about sitting down to write an essay, story, or general assignment. The fact is that most…
Imagine being trapped at home with your children thanks to a storm. Oh wait, I’m living this right now as I type. Rather than whine too much about the current weather, I have been thinking outside the box for something educational to do with my boys. Of course, something Disney immediately came to mind. A…
Memories of nearly annual trips to Walt Disney World as a child are plentiful. My parents are the first generation in our family’s Disney Driven Life. Disney items filled our house, and we always were doing things related to the House of Mouse. My husband and I continued this with our honeymoon in Disney almost…
Disney isn’t just all fun and games like most people think it is. It has so much to teach, and you have so much to learn. My first experience in Disney was when I was just three years old. Right then and there I thought it was just made for fun, then I got older…
Here is the third beta episode of The Disney Driven Life’s new LIVE show, Inner Mouse. In this week’s show Scott, John, and JL continue to work out the bugs of their new venture while discussing how the Disney brand can be incorporated into the realm of education. JeniLynn KnoppJeniLynn was born and raised in…
