Life App: Honor - letting someone know you see how valuable they really are. Theme: Hall of Fame: Everyone's a VIP Date: November, 2019 A Bit of a Twist I'm excited about next month's stage design for our K-3rd grade environment! As I looked over the Get Ready section in...
OC20 Registration is NOW OPEN! Registration for the 2020 Orange Conference opened today and to celebrate, I'm digging a post out of my draft bin that never got published. Each year at the Orange Conference, the main sessions offer so much insight, wisdom, and inspiration. This...
Life App: Service, Lending a hand to help someone else. Theme: Always Open, Service With a Smile Date: February, 2019 I probably say this about almost every set, but I think this was by far one of my favorites! It was so much fun to create and so much...
I love movies. I love Broadway shows. I love books. Basically, I love a good story. But what I love even more is a when a good story is based on a true story. Musicals like Hamilton, books like Unbroken, and movies like A League of...
A Yearly Rhythm of Rest 2019 started off with a bang as we kicked off the Life App of Self Control! I love the way this set turned out, but you'll notice it's one of our more simplistic sets. This is intentional! Each year, we try to...
Life App: Peace - proving you care more about each other than winning an argument. Theme: Jump Ball, Finding Peace in The Madness Date: March, 2018 This is an old set and a post that never got finished, but it is in my Top 5 for favorite sets, so I figured...
Romcoms Live In My Heart I love romcoms! Romantic comedies are my favorite genre of movies, specifically movies like Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Okay, maybe I'm showing my age, but I love the whole Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan duo. If you've never seen these movies, you should!...
Life App: Contentment - deciding to be okay with what you have Theme: More or Less, The Choice is Yours Date: October, 2018 Another Game Show Theme? When I first saw that 252 Kids and Preteen where using a game show theme for the month of October, I was a bit confused....
Life App: Initiative - seeing what needs to be done and doing it Theme: Dirty Jobs, Somebody's Gotta Do It Date: September, 2018 We're two weeks into September and we are having a blast with our Dirty Jobs theme! The kids are starting to get the idea behind the at-home competition...
I'm Both If you've read my blog for any length of time, you know that I will occasionally step away from my usual "environment/set design" posts, to discuss leadership topics or share about my experience with the Orange Strategy. Today is one of those days, as...