Blog of Josh Hall

A new category for the blog! I read an interesting article that a dad friend posted – http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/more-screen-time-for-kids-who-create-instead-of-watch/ It differentiates between simply consuming entertainment during screen time and actually being creative with screen time.  It reminded me about teaching the LEGO classes.  The students would love to just be given a pile of bricks and […]

I can’t take all the credit for the work involved in this one.  There are 9 32 x 32 stud plates (which makes this 30 inches by 30 inches!) that I divvied up to the 9 kids in my class this year.  I used software to break a standard image down to 96 x 96 […]

Cry That is all you know Knees to the floor And away you go   Wide eyed Reach out to touch Giggle a little bit You’re impressed by so much   Scared Who are these others? Why are we all here Instead of home with our mothers   Accepting Fragile, but developing a core Understanding, […]

Growing up at my dad’s house, we had an above ground pool.  I think it was about 4 feet high and 24 feet wide.  We loved when the water got low, because that meant that  Jay Gillis was coming over with his water truck to fill it up.  He’d take the hose from his truck, […]

Last year they didn’t have the class, but after 2 years, I walk back in to the class, see a few familiar faces, and all of them remember me.  They asked me if I’m bringing back in my large LEGO man I brought in for them last time.  They remember the class and what we […]

Thanks to Beckie Hollerman for reminding me that today, the first Tuesday of February, should be used to educate ourselves about common misconceptions! Some quick excerpts from the wikipedia page: Nowhere in the Bible is Satan described as ruling over or being in Hell. Throughout the Bible Satan is described as constantly on Earth, and […]