Deck the Halls with Fonts Galore

Holiday tips writing

Sunday Sit, Sip, and “Sync” ~ 12-11-2011

Santa LOVES the "Holiday Fonts"!

Let the “downloading” begin…

This week we’ve included some Holiday fonts to download to use for bulletin boards, banners, newsletters, Christmas cards, SMARTBoard lessons, and (gasp) worksheets.

(Sometimes a kid just wants a pencil, and that’s okay, too.)

The first site contains 24 different holiday fonts and symbols, many appropriate just for winter.

Holiday fonts from a “How to Geek” Girl.

She also has a link to show you, with screen captured images, how to install, manage, and delete fonts on your PC.

Usually we take care of these details, but at this time of year, I’m all about the management of time.

The “How to Geek” Girl explains the “whole font thing”.

Once you have installed your font, you can type the font label into your toolbar font pull-down menu to find it.

One of the easiest ways I have found to install a font is to simply drag or copy the .tff file right into the font folder.

If 24 different fonts are just not enough for you, you might want to try these:

Here are 79 more options. These fonts are filtered by “popularity”:

After clicking on the link below, you can continue to the second page from the bottom link.

dafont.com

The second site lists “222” different fonts and the tags used to filter those fonts are on the side:

fontspace.com

Next are 39 fonts on two pages:

acidfonts.com (Really?)

Sometimes you will find the same font submitted by the same developer across several of these sites, but if you like a lot from which to choose, this is a good start.

Finally, I am including a link to a Microsoft Template that can be used with Avery Label products to print your own gift tags. We always rely on Microsoft as a free, safe, and copyright-free resource.

Have a wonderful Sunday,

and now I am off to buy Christmas tree lights and choose the “perfect tree” to complete a few more things on my “Holiday To-Do List”.

Once you have installed your font, you can type the font label into your toolbar font pull-down menu to find it.

 

One of the easiest ways I have found to install a font, is to simply drag or copy the .tff file right into the font folder.

 

If 24 different fonts are just not enough for you, you might want to try these:

 

Here are 79 more options. These fonts are filtered by “popularity”:

 

After clicking on the link below, you can continue to the second page from the bottom link.

dafont.com

 

 

The second site lists “222” different fonts and the tags used to filter those fonts are on the side:

fontspace.com

 

 

Next are 39 fonts on two pages:

acidfonts.com (Really?)

 

 

Sometimes you will find the same font submitted by the same developer across several of these sites, but if you like a lot from which to choose, this is a good start.

 

Finally, I am including a link to a Microsoft Template that can be used with Avery Label products to print your own gift tags. We always rely on Microsoft as a free, safe, and copyright-free resource.

 

Have a wonderful Sunday,

and now I am off to buy Christmas tree lights and choose the “perfect tree” to complete check off a few more things off my “Holiday To-Do List”.

Holiday Math

Holiday Math tips

Sunday Sit, Sip, and “Sync” ~ 12-4-2011

We know.

It’s hard to keep the “Kiddos” focused without turning into “The Grinch”.

So, we decided to offer you some help to get you through the next few weeks.

If you teach Math, here are some links to add some “Holiday Cheer” to your lessons.

Make sure your Adobe Flash and Java are up-to-date.

Watch out and be warned.

Some of these are slightly “addictive”.

Light the Christmas Tree (Problem solving with rotations/alignments.)

The Twelve Games of Christmas (A little bit of a lot of math.)

Operation Snowman (Problem solving using which operation?)

One Hundred Snowballs (Count and move 100 snowballs.)

Don’t Break the Ornaments (Use the pillows to catch/bounce Them.)

Christmas Sudoku (Without numbers, so think visually!)

Penquin Number Units (What units make a number?)

A Christmas “Cut the Rope” (You get “do-overs”.)

“Mouse-over” all the links to find another resource hidden in a link.

Hang in there.
(And it’s OK to “count down”.)

“Stitch It”

Holiday iPad2 Photography tips

Sunday Sit, Sip, and “Sync” ~ 11-27-2011

It’s time to share all of the hard work and creativity you put into that decorating!

We’ve found a fun and free way to do that.

Hurry over to “Photosynth” and download this app to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or your iPad2.

I downloaded it as soon as I bought my iPad2, and drove to our cabin to take a spring panorama shot of our lake. I could not believe how EASY it was!

Before this app, I used Photoshop to stitch together my photos, and was amazed at how much easier Photosynth was! It even takes the pictures for you! The more images you stitch together in your panorama, the better your final image is. It not only captures the scene in 360˚ view, but up and down, as well.

(Photoshop:  Now THAT is a program that should generate a two-year degree. I need to add that to my “bucket list” of goals to achieve. What a powerful, but oh-so-overwhelming list of options for one program! However, I can remove stains, wrinkles, “face-shine” and “red-eye” in my photos like nobody’s business.)

If you find Photosynth is “just right” for you,
we would love to see you share your shots on Facebook with us!

It’s time to “show-off”!

Don’t hold back!

We would love to see your classroom, your home, your porch, or whatever you wish to share!

Just send us your link or email your panorama images and we’ll post them in our gallery.