Have you heard that it’s bad luck to open an umbrella indoors? It’s a pretty common superstition, right up there with walking beneath a leaning ladder and not letting a black cat cross your path. But how did the superstition originate? Many believe that it arose during the Victorian period, when umbrellas with metal spokes…
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Cookies!
’Tis the season for cookies! In fact, I just had a cookie for breakfast. (Listen, we eat coffee cake and doughnuts for breakfast, so a cookie really isn’t a big stretch.) This Friday is National Cookie Day, and I know some neat ways to celebrate it in the classroom. Check out the following activities for…