Table Talk, Delivered: Recent Episodes
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Whether you’re putting the final touches on a home cooked meal or opening up takeout boxes, tune in for five minutes to hear a true story with a conversation starter for your family that will inspire your dinner time table talk.
What IS table talk? Let’s start by what table talk isn’t. Even preschoolers will tell you burps and farts are not table talk. Neither is a boring conversation about the weather, especially if you have to sip soup with a pinky finger extended. And I’ll argue that if a grown up has asked a kid how school went and the kid said “fine” the conversation is over and you are no longer talking. Table talk is inspiring, inquisitive, imaginative, and playful. Table talk is a conversation where everyone gets to talk and listen, making you feel content and connected to the people around you. Of course, it does not require a table, just the people you love and a little inspiration. Table Talk, Delivered.
Today on Table Talk, Delivered we’re featuring the question if you could design a stamp that represented your family, what would it look like?
Printable Activity Sheet
Featured Vocab Word:
Austere: (adjective ) severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
Suggested Reading for Adults:
An American History Album: The Story of the United States Told Through Stamps by Michael Worek and Jordan Worek c 2008
The Complete Guide to Stamps & Stamp Collecting by James MacKay
Suggested Reading for Kids:
MoMa Make Art Mistakes: An Inspired Sketchbook for Everyone by Museum of Modern Art in New York c2010
Smithsonian National Postal Museum Online: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/
Today on Table Talk Delivered, we’re featuring the question: if you turned your daily routine into a competition, what would three of the events be?
Printable Activity Sheet
Featured Vocab Word:
Cajole (verb) to persuade with flattery or constant urging, especially in the face of reluctance
Suggested Further Reading for Adults:Backyard Playgrounds: Build Amazing Treehouses, Ninja Projects, Obstacle Courses, and More! By David and Jeanie Stiles c2021
The Art of the Table by Suzanne von Drachenfles c2013
Suggested Further Reading for Children:Guinness World Records c 2022
What Are the Paralympic Games? By Gail Herman c 2020
Today on Table Talk, Delivered we’re featuring the question: What can you do to cheer up after a bad day?
Printable Activity Sheet
Featured Vocab Word:
Inexorable (adjective) impossible to stop or prevent, unyielding, unavoidable
Suggested Reading for Adults:
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin October 2018
Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Artic Explorer by Margot Morrell, Stephane Capparell, and Alexandria Shackleton August 2002
Suggested Reading for Kids:
Lost in the Antarctic: The Doomed Voyage of the Endurance by Tod Olson 2019
Who Was Ernest Shackleton by James Buckley Jr. 2013
Today on Table Talk, Delivered we're featuring the question, what's the most amazing trick you could teach a pet to do?
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Featured Vocab Word:
Venerable (adjective)- accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character
Suggested Reading for Adults:
www.apopo.org/eng
Sum Rithy: Surviving the Genocide in the Land of Angkor by Kok-Thay Eng 2019
Suggested Reading for Kids:
Training Your Pet Rabbit by Patricia Bartlett July 2012
How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves by Sophia Yin Dec 2010
Today on Table Talk, Delivered we're featuring the question, what would you invent to make your life easier?
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Featured Vocab Word:
Undeterred (adjective)- Persevering despite setbacks
Suggested Reading for Adults:
Encyclopedia of Kitchen History by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Taylor and Francis Books September 2004.
“Frances Gabe Dead Inventor of Self-Cleaning House” New York Times By Margalit Fox July 18, 2017
Suggested Reading for Kids:
Black Inventors: 15 Inventions that Changed the World by Kathy Trusty June 2021
The Independent Inventor's Handbook: The Best Advice from Idea to Payoff by Louis Foreman and Gill Gilbert Welytok July 2009