{"id":1550,"date":"2018-07-26T20:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humorproject.com\/2014\/?page_id=1550"},"modified":"2018-07-26T20:14:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T20:14:20","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.humorproject.com\/2014\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>2002 Gems of Educational Wit &amp; Humor by Susan and Steven Mamchak<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a sparkling collection of humorous anecdotes, jokes, and stories relating to today&#8217;s schools. All ready for instant use, these gems of humor are presented in encyclopedic fashion under more than 830 topics from A to Z. Use them to enliven and enrich your speeches, lessons, memos, and letters to parents, students, faculty, and the community. Since each entry has been gathered by and for educators, this will be an invaluable resource for all teachers and administrators. In fact, you&#8217;ll find at least 2002 reasons to buy this book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>A Bad Case of the Giggles: Kids&#8217; Favorite Funny Poems selected by Bruce Lansky<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis new anthology includes a funderful collection of poems that have tickled kids of all ages (including the young and the young-at-heart). Judging from the success of Bruce&#8217;s previous anthology which we carried in HUMOResources, we know you&#8217;ll love this one. This attractive book is enhanced by 100 humorous illustrations by Hallmark Cards Creative Director, Steve Carpenter. You&#8217;ll have a good case of the giggles if you buy this book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>The Bottomless Bag Again!? by Karl Rohnke<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis new book offers over 300 playfully pedagogic, off-the-wall, hands-on, curricular activities&#8211; more than you could possibly present during a semester or series of training workshops. Karl has distilled 25 years of Outward Bound and Project Adventure experiences onto these pages. If you want user-friendly ice breakers, sit-down-no-sweat activities, trust-building exercises, cooperative games, challenging initiatives, and exciting adventure stunts that you can use with educational, recreational or corporate groups&#8211; you got &#8217;em! Includes over 200 photos and illustrations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Bringing Up Parents: The Teenager&#8217;s Handbook by Alex Packer<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGive teenagers the power to create a healthier, happier home environment. With straight talk, specific suggestions, lots of ideas and laughs, Dr. Packer tells teens how they can raise parents who act like adults. Along the way, there will be more fun and fewer fights for everybody. This book helps teens learn how to build a &#8220;trust fund,&#8221; commit &#8220;acts of goodness,&#8221; actively listen, and even learn to apologize. A special Problem Appendix covers common battlegrounds including mealtimes, bathroom habits, chores, money, dating, driving, grooming, and sex. Not for teenagers only; parents can learn a lot from this book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Candid Classroom by Gil Dannenberg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWith over 33 years of teaching experience throughout America, Gil Dannenberg has just about seen and heard it all! Now he is sharing it with you&#8211; a priceless collection of unintentionally funny excuses written by parents, innocent gaffes by students, forgivable faux pas committed by teachers, and dozens of humorous anecdotes sure to bring a smile your way. If you&#8217;ve ever been a teacher, parent or a kid, you&#8217;ll love Candid Classroom. It gets &#8220;straight A&#8217;s&#8221; for amusement!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Cartooning For Kids Who Draw And For Kids Who Don&#8217;t Draw by Val Cheatham<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis unique book does for cartoons what story starters do for creative writing. \u00a0It offers examples and stimulators that show how much fun it can be to create your own cartoons. \u00a0It&#8217;s as easy as writing your name&#8230; and it&#8217;s never too late to learn! \u00a0,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Comedy Improvisation: Exercises And Techniques For Young Actors by Delton Horn<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nOne of the most exciting forms of comedy is improvisational comedy, and here is a unique resource for students of all ages&#8211; for both amateurs and professionals&#8211; to learn the structures, techniques, and exercises of this art form. \u00a0You&#8217;ll learn everything from how to develop a character to how to form your own &#8220;improv troupe&#8221; and put on a show! \u00a0If you want to &#8220;live on the fault line of comedy&#8221;, then this book is your &#8220;earthquake insurance!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Doing Children&#8217;s Museums: \u00a0A Guide To 265 Hands\u2011On Museums by Joanne Cleaver<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nExperience the wonder, delight, pure joy, and excitement of fine children&#8217;s museums across America through this one\u2011of\u2011a\u2011kind guidebook. \u00a0Included are participatory museums, discovery rooms, and innovative exhibit spaces that unlock the joyful world of learning through doing. \u00a0Now expanded and revised with the latest listings, this is a treasure chest of educational riches for children, parents, friends, and grandparents!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t Teach! \u00a0Let Me Learn! \u00a0About Tear Jerkers, Humor, Cartoons, And Comics And The Newspaper by Nina Crosby and Elizabeth Marten<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis is chock-full of experiences to help students become more skillful in the interpretation of materials and in the stimulation of creative thinking. \u00a0The four sections of the book are color coded and may be used in total or in part to supplement the regular school curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Educator\u2019s Lifetime Library of Stories, Quotes, Anecdotes, Wit <span style=\"color: #b42721;\">and<\/span> Humor by Susan and Steven Mamchak<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere is an extraordinary treasury of wit and wisdom you can use to enliven speeches, perk-up classrooms, add comic relief to tense situations, delightfully drive home a point, and generate laughter. Featuring 1000+ humor items (arranged A-Z by topic), this timeless classic also contains a special section on \u201cWhat Do You Do If\u2026 A Troubleshooter\u2019s Handy Guide to Every Speaking Occasion.\u201d This book will be a welcome and practical addition to any speaker\u2019s or educator\u2019s library\u2026 it will not gather dust.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Educator&#8217;s Treasury of Stories for All Occasions: 501 Effective &amp; Entertaining Anecdotes for Speeches &amp; Letters by Susan Mamchak and Steven Mamchak<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAn endlessly useful resource with 50 icebreakers and speech openers; 50 stories for introducing people; 50 commentaries on the classroom; 50 anecdotes about administrators; 50 stories about parents and teachers; 50 anecdotes about family living; 50 stories for after\u2011dinner speeches; 50 ways to introduce or discuss troublesome topics; 50 anecdotes about the educational process; and 51 powerful, inspiring conclusions. That&#8217;s at least 501 reasons to buy this book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Encyclopedia of School Humor: Icebreakers, Classics, Stories, Puns &amp; Roasts for All Occasions by Susan Mamchak and Steven Mamchak<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis handy reference book includes humor about virtually every aspect of school life today, from real\u2011life bloopers to classroom classics. You&#8217;ll enjoy tales about the lighter side of schools like &#8220;Stories That Make a Difference,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s The Principal of the Thing,&#8221; and &#8220;Where Do the Teachers Sleep?&#8221; Each selection includes a special note on the topic, the intended audience, and how to use the humor most effectively. An extensively cross\u2011referenced Topic Finder helps you locate material to fit the occasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #b42721;\">Energizers and Icebreakers<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #b42721;\">More Energizers and Icebreakers by Elizabeth Foster-Harrison<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are a teacher, counselor, group leader\u2014these books are for you! For learning to occur, the body must be alert, the mind acutely focused and the spirit motivated to pursue the task at hand. This two-volume set contains 64 icebreakers, 79 energizers, and many other practical tips (e.g., group management guidelines, creative strategies for dividing into groups). These highly-adaptable activities can be used with all ages and stages\u2026 and can help to keep you energized, too!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Explorabook: A Kid\u2019s Science Museum in a Book by John Cassidy<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFull of over 50 fun and funny experiments and activities, here\u2019s a one-inch thick interactive museum that children will love! Including demonstrations of magnetism, bending and bouncing of light waves, optical illusions, ouchless physics, and much more, this hands-on museum-in-a-book is the #1 national children\u2019s best-seller! The kids will have so much fun they won\u2019t even know that they\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Get Out of My Life\u2011\u2011 But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? A Parent&#8217;s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony Wolf<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe title says it all! Teenagers today really are different\u2011\u2011 and parents are frustrated and confused. Dr. Wolf describes the &#8220;new teenager&#8221; and offers concrete suggestions on how to deal with a wide range of issues, from chores to defiance, sex to suicide. He explains why teenagers do what they do so we can respond with love, compassion, and effective guidance. Numerous dialogues capture the way parents and teens really interact. &#8220;This book has Spock&#8217;s common sense, the insight of Freud, and the wit of Bombeck.&#8221;\u2011\u2011 Dr. Dorothy Zeiser.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Guiding Young Authors To Write Humor by Nina Crosby and Elizabeth Marten<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a practical booklet that invites students to develop composition skills creatively&#8211; and with a smile on their faces. \u00a0This handbook provides lessons along with 15 different &#8220;Young Authors Idea Sheets&#8221; that can be reproduced for a class. \u00a0These lessons and worksheets help students to practice writing fractured fairy tales, riddles, jokes, puns, satires and parodies, etc. \u00a0Let&#8217;s get back to basics by moving forward to fun-damentals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Hot Tips for Teachers: 30+ Steps to Student Engagement by Rob Abernathy and Mark Reardon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIn this day of standards-based curricula and heightened teacher accountability, improving student engagement is a great way to produce measurable improvements in student achievement. This book shows you how to reclaim your students\u2019 attention and, in the process, help them learn and stay on task. The 30+ tips are practical, not always obvious, and very well field-tested. The easy-to-use format allows you to browse through the tips to find those you need\u2026 or to move through the book as a program. The self-reflective process for \u201cMaking It Mine\u201d ensures that the tips are not read and forgotten, but incorporated into your skill set. Eric Jensen (author, SuperTeaching): \u201cGreat stuff! A feast for anyone interested in reaching more learners. Full of enthusiasm, wisdom, and practical jewels. Highly recommended!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>How To Be Really Funny by Mark Stolzenberg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis is a wonderful guide for future funny men and women. \u00a0Parents and teachers will find this a great gift for young people who say, &#8220;When I grow up, I want to be a famous comedian and make millions of dollars that I can give to my parents and to the teacher who inspired me.&#8221; \u00a0Even if that&#8217;s not enough motivation to buy this book, adults might even learn a thing or two by sneaking a peak at loads of photographs of famous comedians and their practical tips on how to amuse an audience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator: Evidence-Based Techniques in Teaching and Assessment by Ronald Berk<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u201cNot as much fun as Quidditch, but should be required reading for faculty at the Hogwarts School.\u201d (Harry Potter) This book could be required reading for any teacher who wants to pick up powerful, evidence-based humor techniques for in-class delivery, course handout materials, web sites, distance learning, and even course exams (to minimize test anxiety and maximize retention). We love Ron\u2019s sense of humor that pervades the practical ideas throughout the book\u2014 he truly practices what he teaches! You will learn terrific techniques that are applicable to any instructional level (even\u2026 and especially\u2026 the most \u201cserious\u201d of subjects). You\u2019ll come away with tremendous tips for using humor to connect with your students\u2026 and for helping them to connect with the subject matter. This book showcases humor as a legitimate teaching tool that can be systematically planned in K-12, university, and adult education classes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Humor in the Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers (and Other Entertainers!) by Deborah Hill<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis excellent how-to handbook will help teachers use humor to create a positive learning environment, animate a stagnant class, make even the most rigorous learning enjoyable, maximize the retention of subject matter, reduce test anxiety, and help students develop their own sense of humor as a vital life skill. It addresses the development of humor in young people (infants through college), cautions what not to do with humor, and deals with &#8220;class clowns and other joys of teaching.&#8221; The book also focuses on the teacher as entertainer and offers dozens of practical classroom humor strategies. Includes an extensive list of references. We highly recommend this book!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Humor: Lessons in Laughter for Learning and Living by Berenice Bleedorn and Sara McKelvey<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nYou\u2019ll enjoy this one as much as your students. It\u2019s a lot of fun and has practical applications. The authors show how humor can help create a more relaxed learning climate and how you can use humor as a clue for detecting students\u2019 hidden creative talents.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Jump Starters: Quick Classroom Activities That Develop Self-Esteem, Creativity, and Cooperation by Linda Nason McElherne<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u201cHandy, quick, thought provoking\u2026 a great book filled with sequential, easy-to-handle topics and lesson plans that don\u2019t take up a lot of time.\u201d (2000 Teachers\u2019 Choice Award) Jump start your students\u2019 brains with 260 activities in 52 themes grouped within five topics: knowing myself, getting to know others, succeeding in school, life skills, just for fun. Chock-full of affirming quotations, discussion questions, resources (books, software, organizations, Web sites), and 56 pages of reproducible handout masters, this book is a great way to hot-wire your classroom and help make learning fun. Although initially designed for elementary-middle school students, with your creative touch, these activities can easily be adapted for learners of all ages and stages. When you want to start the day off right, cure the midday blahs or end by leaving \u2018em laughing (and learning), reach for Jump Starters and jump right in!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Kids Pick The Funniest Poems compiled by Bruce Lansky<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA panel of 250 elementary school children helped choose these 75 funniest poems from the world&#8217;s best&#8211; Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, Judith Viorst, etc. \u00a0The result&#8211; as one kid said: \u00a0&#8220;I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair.&#8221; \u00a0Enhanced by 75 illustrations by Hallmark Cards Creative Director, Steve Carpenter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Kids Shenanigans: Great Things To Do That Mom And Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of by the editors of Klutz Press<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s an activity book for kids that differs in only one way from all other kids&#8217; activity books&#8211; this book contains the stuff that kids actually WANT to do! \u00a0In fact, thirty different fun activities that are just this side of the parent\u2011approval line. \u00a0Stuff like how to make a whoopie cushion, how to hang a spoon from your nose, how to fold a great paper airplane-\u2011 vital stuff!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Kids Who Laugh: How to Develop Your Child\u2019s Sense of Humor by Louis Franzini<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIn this groundbreaking book, you will discover the many benefits of humor as well as the fact that humor is a learned behavior\u2014 a skill that parents can teach their kids through a wide assortment of exercises and games. Each activity is fun, easy, and designed to appeal to children of a specific age, ranging from newborns to teens. Special chapters focus on the characteristics of children\u2019s humor, how to encourage your child to create humor, potential abuses of humor by children (and how to avoid them), humor for use by special needs children, and tips for teachers to promote healthy humor in the classroom. Give your child the gift of laughter as a lifetime tool for success.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Laugh and Learn: 95 Ways to Use Humor for More Effective Teaching and Training by Doni Tamblyn<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFirst, this is a really fun book to read! Second, it\u2019s no joke: injecting humor in the classroom can get you serious results! This enlightening book shows how even the most funny-phobic teachers and trainers can use humor, creativity, entertainment, and emotion to increase alertness, participation, and learning. Incorporating the latest research on brain-compatible learning, and featuring tons of fun exercises and thought-provoking games, this practical guide shows you how to develop your own Humor Quotient and how to introduce humor into your presentations (even with technical topics). Drawing on the author\u2019s experience in comedy, corporate training, and Traffic Violator School (talk about a tough crowd!), this book is chock-full of terrific tips, techniques, anecdotes, and workshop exercises showing that laughing and learning go hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>The Laughing Classroom: Everyone&#8217;s Guide to Teaching with Humor and Play by Diane Loomans and Karen Kolberg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis is the best book we&#8217;ve ever seen on creating a classroom filled with laughter and learning. You&#8217;ll find tons of techniques tested with tens of thousands of teachers and students. Discover how to become a laughing teacher, the high fives of humor, teaching with humor that heals, fifty excuses for not laughing, and nifty ways to learn by laughing. This &#8220;can inspire you to become a master teacher.&#8221; (from the Foreword by Steve Allen)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>The Laughing Classroom: Everyone&#8217;s Guide to Teaching with Humor and Play by Diane Loomans and Karen Kolberg (2003 edition)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWe welcome back to our catalog the new edition of the most popular humor-in-education book we have ever carried! This book helps move teachers from a \u201climiting\u201d teaching style to a \u201claughing\u201d style that inspires creativity and helps students learn faster and better. This volume is packed with hundreds of hands-on techniques tested by tens of thousands of teachers and students. Discover ways to apply humor and play to all aspects of teaching, the high fives of humor, fifty excuses for not laughing, and nifty ways to learn by laughing. Included are self-help tests, heartwarming vignettes, informative charts and a Foreword by Steve Allen, who said \u201cThis book can inspire you to become a master teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Laughing Lessons: 149 2\/3 Ways to Make Teaching and Learning Fun by Ron Burgess<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe first way would be to read this book\u2014 it is the best book we\u2019ve seen in years on creating a classroom filled with laughter and learning. Burgess (an elementary teacher and professional clown) provides a ton of tips and involving activities to help students laugh and learn their way through the curriculum. Including many reproducible pages, this book is full of classroom-tested techniques on ways to blend humor with discipline; not-so-serious science; math mirth; phizz ed; tips on telling jokes and sharing funny stories; ways to use props, cartoons, games, music, and magic; and much more. Every teacher (even the humor-impaired) can springboard off this book to capture students\u2019 attention, free-up classroom tension, and increase retention!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Laughing Together: Giggles And Grins From Around The Globe compiled by Barbara Walker<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a joyous collection of jokes, riddles, cartoons, and rhymes drawn from all six continents and nearly one hundred countries. \u00a0This is warm\u2011hearted humor that celebrates the diversity of our world and melts down our differences into one big colorful pot of creativity. \u00a0Including sections on &#8220;Family Funnies,&#8221; &#8220;School Snickers,&#8221; &#8220;Animal Antics,&#8221; and &#8220;Fun with Friends.&#8221; \u00a0The book focuses on universal themes that emphasize one concept: \u00a0If we can learn to laugh together, we can learn to live together. \u00a0Share the &#8220;world&#8221; of humor with the children in your life!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Laughter and Learning: Humor in the Classroom by William Kelly<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA booklet jam-packed with ideas to enrich your classroom. This fun collection of activities, icebreakers, word play, riddles, cartoons, shaggy dog stories and clever signs (\u201cGone Chopin Be Bach in a minuet.\u201d) Is designed for use at all levels. Bill also injects ways of using humor in specific subject areas. This publication will keep you (and your students) smiling, laughing and learning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>License to Laugh: Humor in the Classroom by Richard Shade<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s your chance to learn about the laughter-learning connection, the mirth response, as well as humor appreciation and production. Whether you teach pre-school, college or some grade in between, you&#8217;ll discover over 100 classroom-tested activities that work to: make teaching and learning more fun, develop self-esteem, motivate students, teach academic content by integrating humor into the subject, improve classroom management, reduce test anxiety, and more! Includes insights on the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts of using humor in the classroom and the top 10 ways to develop your sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Magic and the Educated Rabbit by Joel Goodman and Irv Furman<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis delightful book for teachers, parents, helping professionals and public speakers contains 45 easy-to-do and powerful-in-effect magic tricks along with 360 practical ways to use them as teaching tools. Includes creative ways to apply magic in teaching the 3 R\u2019s and important life skills (communication, problem-solving, self-concept), and in creating positive learning environments (positive discipline, attention-getters, following directions). Fun illustrations and quotes, jokes and riddles accompany the text and make this a very inviting, practical, and magical book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Mathematics And Humor by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAdam left Washington at 2 PM travelling at 60 mph. \u00a0Alyssa left Cleveland 2 hours later travelling&#8230;. Are you already reliving those not-so-thrilling math anxiety days of yesteryear? \u00a0Never fear&#8211; this fun collection of mathematical jokes, riddles, cartoons, and drawings will \u00a0lighten and enlighten you in teaching or learning math. \u00a0This booklet is an excellent example of how we can find and integrate humor into any subject matter. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great intersection of math and mirth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Mentors, Masters and Mrs. MacGregor: Stories of Teachers Making a Difference by Jane Bluestein<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAt a time when we are searching for positive role models, here are entertaining, inspiring, and moving stories about teachers, mentors, and other special people who have made a difference in the lives of others. These stories are collected from all ages, professions, and backgrounds&#8211; including folks like Dave Barry, Bernie Siegel, Leo Buscaglia, Desmond Tutu, Zig Ziglar, Shari Lewis, etc. Jack Canfield (co-author of #1 national best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Soul): &#8220;This is one of the most delightful books I have ever read. It reminded me why I had become a teacher&#8211; to deeply and profoundly touch the lives of children.&#8221; This book will touch everyone who reads it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Preventing Death By Lecture: Terrific Tips For Turning Listeners Into Learners by Sharon Bowman<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe title alone is worth the price of admission to this book! As she\u2019ll do in our 2003 conference (see pages 15 and 19), Sharon adds new life to both teaching and learning. She shares twenty great guidelines, many \u201cbonus tips,\u201d and lots of learner-centered activities that infuse energy, interest, and joy in learning. If you want to make your lectures, presentations, speeches, and classes interactive and unforgettable, this book is for you! You\u2019ll love the variety of 30-second to five-minute icebreakers you can use in the beginning, middle, and end of presentations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Professors Are From Mars, Students Are From Snickers: How to Write and Deliver Humor in the Classroom and in Professional Presentations by Ronald Berk<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nYou can judge this book by its title&#8230; it&#8217;s a fun read&#8230; and one that is filled with very practical tips and specific examples. Teachers and students do seem to come from different planets (or candy bars). Barriers naturally exist that impede their communication, such as age, income, and cholesterol level. Humor can break down these barriers so that teachers, trainers, and speakers can connect with their students and other audiences. Beyond the fun title<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Teachers: A Survival Guide for the Grownup in the Classroom by Art Peterson<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPut down your grade book, pick up this uproarious handbook, and prepare to laugh your head off. You&#8217;ll love the Official Teacher Aptitude Test, 18 Reasons to Be a Teacher, 5 Rules for Surviving the First Day, 11 Ways to Teach Punctuation, 10 Easy Steps to Becoming the World&#8217;s Greatest Teacher (&#8220;Consistently enforce firm rules&#8230; that are flexible&#8221;). A great way to save the sanity of your favorite teacher!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Test Your Wits by Sheila Anne Barry<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSo, are you a nit-wit, half-wit, or whole wit? \u00a0Here&#8217;s a fun way to test your wits! \u00a0This book gives you over 100 word games, trivia quizzes, picture puzzles, personality tests, and brainteasers that you can use by yourself or with your friends, family, co-workers or students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>TNT Teaching: Over 200 Dynamite Ideas to Make Your Classroom Come Alive by Randy Moberg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhen you don&#8217;t have time to invent or research new teaching techniques, reach for TNT and watch your students&#8217; interest and motivation soar. Open this book anywhere for fresh, new ways to present the curriculum. Classroom teacher Moberg shares over 200 inventive teaching techniques that are ideal for grades K-8 and adaptable to other ages. He even leads you through a course on cartooning so you can illustrate your own handouts. TNT includes dozens of reproducible handout and transparency masters. Get this book&#8211; and get a bang out of teaching.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>A Treasury Of Science Jokes by Morris Goran<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHow&#8217;s your science of humor? \u00a0This collection of jokes, puns, and stories is proof that science can be a fun discipline (how&#8217;s that for an oxymoron?). \u00a0Professor Goran has assembled a fine collection of humor in 24 different sciences from A to Z (Agriculture to Zoology). \u00a0This shows that humor is a life science and that science is full of it&#8211; humor, that is.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b42721;\"><strong>Wellness Activities for Youth, Volume I by \/Sandy Queen<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHow can you interest children, teenagers (and adults) in a wellness lifestyle? Sandy listened to kids and found out what really works: a whole person approach to wellness, a \u201cno put-down\u201d rule, and most of all, an emphasis on FUN. She has compiled 40 awe-inspiring, attention-getting, retention-building activities designed for easy use. Each exercise is described completely with goals, group size, time frame, materials needed, step-by-step process instructions, and variations. Includes reproducible worksheets for your educational\/training activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education 2002 Gems of Educational Wit &amp; Humor by Susan and Steven Mamchak Here&#8217;s a sparkling collection of humorous anecdotes, jokes, and stories relating to today&#8217;s schools. All ready for instant use, these gems of humor are presented in encyclopedic fashion under more than 830 topics from A to Z. 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