When you support the VISD Education Foundation, you are choosing to help “make magic” in the lives of students and educators as we help light the way to a brighter future. This family-friendly show, with its fantastical wonderment, bridges a gap in our community as we provide quality entertainment for all ages.īut there are no tricks here. So how can you get involved in all this “Hocus Focus”? Well, it is rather simple and entertaining, at that – as the VISD Education Foundation hosts magician Michael Carbonaro, from the hit television series “The Carbonaro Effect,” on Feb. And they need focus to persevere through the challenges that come with learning at each stage of development from the time they learn to read and write until the time they choose a life for themselves as contributing members of society through meaningful careers and the building up of healthy families that give back in service to the community. Yes, having fun is not the end-all-be-all in learning strategy, but it is a vital component! Students in VISD are no different. Over the years, the nostalgia of “Hocus Focus” remains an American icon, and in many ways, this syndication holds a permanent fixture in my mind, relating fun to education. Fun that was wrapped up in the simplicity – and clarity – of a black-and-white drawing. My mom had an academic strategy, purpose, and intent – I, however, did not. As the fantastic teacher she was, and one that was ever seeking ways to captivate her students, she used these graphics in her classroom to provide opportunities to develop patience while also improving her students’ ability to concentrate on a task at hand. ![]() My mom, a former educator, is the one who first introduced me to these puzzles. The first two or three answers were usually of the simple variety, pointed out rather quickly, but the latter ones represented the true nature of the word “challenge” for this 7-year-old enthusiast. His tricky illustrations included two similar drawings that had you looking up and down and around and around to find the differences – six, to be exact. The year was 1982 as I sat in my living room on my rust-brown and off-white flowered velour couch hunched over the latest Victoria Advocate devouring, along with my chocolate Jell-O Pudding Pop, a new “Hocus Focus” syndicated puzzle by Henry Boltinoff.
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