MOTAL Articles

The Museum of Teaching and Learning is pleased to provide you a list with links to the posts we have sent out in the past year. It is our mission to enlighten, educate, inspire, and tell stories for all ages.  All you have to do is click on the titles below.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee or favorite drink, relax and enjoy.  We will be adding articles weekly so please check back often to read some more.

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Recent Articles

Musical Theatre:
A Whole Child Learning Experience

Celebrate Juneteenth
​from Home!
MOTAL invites you to learn more about Juneteenth ​

Something’s Coming!
Could It Be? Yes It Could!

More MOTAL Articles

Summer Vacation
A Very American Tradition

Second Doll Scholar!
Katherine Rutz-Robbins
Named as Second Doll Scholar

Are YOU Financial Literate?
Give Yourself a Financial Check-up

Artifact of the Month
1940 University of California Yearbook

“Diverse” Art Auction TODAY!
What a Difference!

How’s Your Flag Etiquette?
Hurrah for the Flag!

OUT-RO-SPEC-TION?
​ What’s THAT?!
​Outrospection—good to think about during Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

You Are Not Alone
Mental Health: Now More Than Ever

Two Peas in a Pod
Crazy About Education
“Diverse” Art Auction TODAY!
What a Difference!
How’s Your Flag Etiquette?
Hurrah for the Flag!
OUT-RO-SPEC-TION?
​ What’s THAT?!
​Outrospection—good to think about during Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
You Are Not Alone
Mental Health: Now More Than Ever
Two Peas in a Pod
Crazy About Education
MOTAL'S Next Podcast
Episode 2: The Theater Arts Professor
Something to Crow About
MOTAL Wins Two in a Row!
May Artifact of the Month
Alphabet Blocks
“Unclothed”
​Art Auction TODAY!
Get Ready, Get Set, BID!
Teachers Hall of Fame
Honoring Teachers for Over Thirty Years
Dynamic Duo
Fred and Ellen Lentz: Lifelong Educators
Why Do 42% of School Principals Plan to Leave?
Understanding the Complex Web of Roles Principals Must Play
The MOTAL Volunteer of the Year!
Volunteer of the Year 2021
As Promised!
​The Art Auction Begins
MOTAL Holds Unique
​“Slow Art” Auction
Announcing MOTAL’s
​Podcast LAUNCH
Today the Museum of Teaching and Learning is proud to bring you the first of a series of podcast interviews entitled “Teaching in Times of Covid.”
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States
Celebrating National Poetry Month 2021
Little Red With A Twist
The Little Adventures of Wolf and Red:
​To Grandmother's House
April Artifact of the Month
McGuffey Eclectic Readers
Bully Bully
Dealing with Children and Adults
​Who Bully
Schoolhouse Opportunity Day,
​ is Today!
A Fine Opportunity to
​ Honor an Educator
Eight Grades, One Room
One-Room School
April National Month of?
The Count!
Counting and Estimating: First Cousins
Do you believe in magic?
A Harp-Jacking? Read All About It!
Oh Maria!
Maria Montessori: 
Amazing Physician and Educator
How Did THIS Happen?
Women Dominate U.S. Teaching
New Era
Re-imagining a Bright Future
Skipping School #2
Op-Ed About Skipping School
Read Across America Week
Expand YOUR Reading Horizon!
Little Red Mystery Solved
MOTAL:
Storybook Dolls Artifact - Article 2
Skipping School - Part 1
Shipping School and Oystering - Part 1
The Donor Mystery
Searching for the mystery donor for these wonderful story book dolls.
Good Morning, China
MORNING:  Featuring a Day in the Life
of PING, A Student in China
Getting a Grip on a Trillion
Building Comprehension of
Gigantic Numbers
Learning Something About Mary
Remembering
Mary McLeod Bethune
Empathy and Autism
An important way to build understanding
Friendly Friday
One Kind Word can change
someone's entire day
Did You Hear About MOTAL?
​MOTAL Behind The Scenes
Our Very FIRST One!
“The Father of American Public Education.”
Data-Driven
Preparing for a 
Data-Driven World
Unforgettable
Make a Family Time Capsule
Sex Educated
Sex Education: A Rocky Road
The Controversy
Columbus Day and/or
​Indigenous Peoples Day
They/Them and YOU!
Embracing Language Change
Play for All Ages!
Important Benefits For
​Children and Adults
Celebrating Hispanic
Heritage Month
MOTAL's Story, Our Intern's Story and Invitation to Tell Your Story
Go Clubbing!​
Granddaughter/Grandmother Club
Honoring Our Constitution!
America’s Most Important Document
A Special Museum!
Learning about the Paul Gray
​Personal Computing Museum
The Cursive Controversy
Is there a Case for Cursive Handwriting?
GROUNDED
People of All Ages Can Ward Off
​Anxiety through Grounding​
The Fantastic Plastic Brain
​Brain plasticity refers to the degree to which the brain can change. 
WHAT’S COOKIN’!
Cooking is certainly more
​than eating the result!​
Happy “By Heart” Day!
Learning things by heart can be good for you and your brain
Helping Your Child
​Explore and Learn
Excellent Insights for Parenting. Forward this one to all the new parents in your life.
Bring Your Own - Do Not Share!
Tips every parent should know about play dates during COVID – pass it on.​
WOW! Really OLD!
Find out about “Our Nation’s Attic.” 
MOTAL MYSTERY!
A mystery brings up Maslow’s
​Hierarchy find out why!​
Opening Schools--
​A Balancing Act
​Difficult decisions for schools and families, read all about it!
Sisu!
Everyone needs Sisu ​in their life,
​find out why!​
Minding Mindfulness ​
This lesson can help everyone, especially now. You will want to pass this on!
A New Look at a
​Turn-of-Century Speech 
​Read about the remarkable life and passion of John Lewis. 
SING, Sing a SONG
Get insights on why singing is good for the soul! 
Attitude Adjustment
And How Do YOU Feel About Math?
The Developing Brain:
​Teen Edition
Understanding the Teen Brain​
Proceed With Great Caution
Summer camps and COVID-19:
Cooking with Kids
​During the Pandemic
Working Together to Create
​Tasty Sunshine Stew​
Teen Brains Need Sleep!
Today, let’s talk about sleep.
The Next Normal—NOT 98.6
What is YOUR normal? Find out!​
Have a Safe and Sane 4th of July
​Important tips and references during COVID-19 gatherings.​
Introducing Cardboard Art!
Something so simple as creating together curbs the appetite
Juneteenth
What is Juneteenth?
Be An Education Investigator!
​Special Covid-19 Project in Education
The Risks of Summer
The Risk of 10 Summer Activities During Covid-19
​A Better Place
MOTAL Aspires to Inspire Change
Pat Pisano Casey Quote
Reflection from MOTAL'S A Class Action Exhibiton docent Pat Pisano Casey.
At-Home Art During a Pandemic
Art Projects to Ease Pandemic Anxiety 
The 1918 Flu Pandemic and Children's Education
​The 1918 Flu & Children's Education
Life is a Series of
​Ups and Downs
Resilience, Your Child and Challenging Times
Debbie Schaefer-Jacobs: A Curator's Quest
​A look into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Behind the Scenes 5!
Meet Norma Jean Ames her story and inspiration!​
Kevin Cabrera Interview 
​Meet Kevin Cabrera Executive Director of the College Park Aviation Museum.
Motivational Quotes
​from MOTAL 
A collection of inspiring quotes from us to YOU!
​Toxic Stress
Stress, COVID-19 and You
In Memory of Loren Doll
Loren helped steer the course of MOTAL - Read all about him!
COVID-19 Vocabulary
COVID-19 Crisis Vocabulary for You
Earth Week 
Ways to Honor Earth Week
Behind the Scenes 4!
Introducing MOTAL's Intern Tessa Lepore
Back By Popular Demand
Cool ideas for you to enjoy and SHARE!
Understanding "20 Seconds"
Do YOU have a good
​sense of elapsed time?
Behind the Scenes3!
Introducing MOTAL's Intern
​Cecilia Castillo
Nurturing Your Baby's
​Brain During Crisis
Navigating COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development at Home​
Origami Art Activity
Origami Cranes: A Symbol of Hope
Behind the Scenes 2!
Introducing MOTAL's Intern Caitlin Spencer
Understanding Six Feet
Do you know how to keep six feet between you and the next person?
Behind the Scenes!
Introducing MOTAL's Intern Allison Koehler​
Homeschooling Tips
Homeschooling moms share their tips for managing learning and time at home.​
Did you know...?
The average newborn baby's brain doubles in size within the first few months of life.​
In Memory of Al Wallace
Al Wallace served MOTAL for eleven years as Treasurer and CFO.​
Amazing Newborns!
In honor of Brain Awareness Month...
​MOTAL presents "Amazing Newborns"!​​
Dementia Masquerade!
​Many conditions can produce symptoms that masquerade as dementia,
but ARE NOT.
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