Tag: kid-collab

  • “I’m Bored” Toolbox

    “I’m Bored” Toolbox

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    @catmooy and I opened this old draft blog post and asked people to help us finish it. We asked what people do when they’re B O R E D and they (@kirkorovfan @thewitchqueen908 @serenagermany @simoneboss @theanchor @heartabby @aidenstarwars) helped us come up with this list: Read a book. Play with stuff that’s here. Look at…

  • Earworms

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    This one is for @thewitchqueen908 @yapyapwizard @pigcraft8 and everyone who went “HUH?” when I used the word earlier… We have our own ever-evolving language at ALC-NYC, and much of it is comprised of earworms. PenPineappleApplePen MakingBaconPancakes I’mNeverGonnaDanceAgain, TheWayIDancedWithYou  Cuz,BabyYou’reAFirework It’s a real word. Wikipedia has my back: An earworm, sometimes known as a brainworm, sticky…

  • Kid Imagines the Final Battle Between Horace and Seth

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    Doing homework for my comic hero MOOC (Last week @douglasawesome!), I started researching Egyptian deities. I was talking with @thewitchqueen908 @shadowjack and @jacobcb about Isis, Orisis, Seth, and Horace, and @thewitchqueen908 asked whether Horace kills Seth. The internet (and Jack) wasn’t sure…apparently there are lots of different accounts of how the final battle between Horace…

  • Next year list from office conversation RIGHT NOW

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    Movies to Watch: Monster House (Javair) Coraline (Ash) Triplets of Belleville (Douglas) Corpse Bride (Douglas) Pan’s Labyrinth (Jacob)   Books to Read: Don Quixote (Abby)  

  • Suggested adventures for while school’s closed this week!

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    Check out the NYCxDESIGN festival (*cough* @shadowjack *cough*)! Dig through this hard-to-read website to find cool events for Bronx Week! We saw Basquiat’s work last week and talked about his friendship with Andy Warhol. Now you can go see Warhol’s work at MoMA… …or Frida Kahlo’s work at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden! Another Botanical Garden…