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Viva Sarah Press
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Apple picking indoors
Every day at 5 pm, we do a creative family project. This routine kicked off during the Coronavirus Isolation predicament. Today, we went...
Viva Sarah Press
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Scavenger hunts at home
Before Covid-19, my kids attended scouts twice a week. Now, during social distancing and home isolation, they have semi-regular meetings...
Viva Sarah Press
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Coronavirus Rube Goldberg
The Coronavirus pandemic has created a space for family time. Lots of family time. And every day, we make time for something creative....
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Art interpretations: Museum from Home challenge
We did it! The latest Coronavirus social media challenge. Find a famous artwork and create an interpretation of it using objects and...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 29, 20201 min read
Coronavirus creativity: Country cubes
The 10-year old decided to make flags of countries battling Coronavirus with a Rubik's cube. He also wanted to know if I could trademark the
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 26, 20201 min read
100 meters radius: Coronavirus lockdown
Israel announced a tighter lockdown policy: up to 100 meters from home. How far is 100 meters? I took the kids out to check. It was our...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 25, 20201 min read
Sharing my work space with 3 colleagues under the age of 12
The coronavirus changed my work from home schedule to include three kids as my new WFH colleagues. Water-cooler talk is usually about...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Here’s what I learned when I taught a Zoom class
When the Education Ministry can’t decide if distance-learning is good for elementary school pupils or not, the parents step in to keep...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Outlawed Playgrounds
Police tape at the playground. Slides, swings, seesaw, monkey bars. All cordoned off. You know the situation is serious when local...
Viva Sarah Press
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Good morning digital classroom!
This morning, less than 24 hours after Israel announced the shuttering of schools as part of the country’s measures to curb the spread of...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 3, 20202 min read
My daughter asked me to speak at her school. So, I created a new talk on health, sports & food tech.
When my daughter asked me to come to her new school to give a talk, her friend’s eyes nearly popped out. “You WANT your mom to come speak...
Viva Sarah Press
Jan 13, 20201 min read
What does Israel mean to you?
That’s my opening question to many groups when I give a talk about Israeli innovation and creativity. Religion. War. History. Those are...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 27, 20191 min read
What do you do that you love?
It’s a simple question. What do you do that you love? It was asked. I answered three things. My answers did and did not surprise me. ...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 20, 20191 min read
An ode to teachers
For just over one year, I have spent a few hours a week as an educational clown in schools around Israel. It doesn’t matter at which...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 19, 20191 min read
Innovation stories with the Wisconsin State Assembly
Talking about innovation from my journalistic point of view means talking about crazy ideas before they become global solutions. Which...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 15, 20191 min read
Sirnea, Magura and Pestera: 3 villages you’ve never heard of but should add to your bucket list
When we decided to go to Romania, I put three places on my must-see list: the villages of Sirnea, Pestera and Magura. I had read about...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Did you take a Bucharest bookstore selfie?
Bookstores sell other people’s stories. They also tell the stories of the place they’re in. Bucharest's impressive Carturesti, on...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 2, 20191 min read
Applying clowning principles to parenting
My 12-year-olds had a tweenager quarrel. He said. She said. It happened suddenly while we were sightseeing. On a hot day. In the sun. So,...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 19, 20192 min read
Humor in the classroom
As an educational clown, adding humor to the school day impacts the openness to learning. Sometimes, being silly and offering another...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 1, 20192 min read
Luck vs. Lack of Lockers
Here's what I learned this year as two of my kids moved from primary to middle schools: You need luck (which comes with a side order of...
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