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As part of the nation's central bank, the Atlanta Fed plays an important role in monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and the operation of a nationwide payments system.

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Welcome to the Gifted Guy website, my name is Todd Stanley. On this site you will find a collection of strategies, ideas, and lessons that I have created and accumulated over my twenty years in education designed to challenge gifted students. Among these you will find my blogs on EdCircuit and Creativity and Education, my YouTube channels that include Todd Talks for teachers and Enrichment with the Gifted Guy for students, professional development topics, and finally resources for educators to use in their own classrooms.

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OuiSi Original is a set of 210 Visually Connecting Photo Cards that celebrate the beauty of everyday life. Each box includes a guide full of creative games and activities that ignite creativity and curiosity, regardless of age.

Each Photo Card matches with many others in the set based on similar patterns, shapes and colors. Thousands of these Visual Connections are waiting to be found, each delivering a delightful "aha!" moment.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"Gorgeous creative photos! Beautifully created and packaged. My children 4, 8 and 14 all love this game!" - Laura A.

Inside the box

On top of the 210 lush, 3"x3" extra-thick Photo Cards (like stacks of polaroids), you'll find inside the gorgeous box:

Instructions for seven c reative activities like OuiSinoes (visual dominoes), OuiSi Draw and OuiSi Storybuilder. Play solo or with others (ages 4+)

Instructions fortwo competitive games that demand strategic thinking (ages 10+)

A guide to open-ended play and learning

Instructions for two mindfulness activities

For more info about the Photo Cards and the guides, visit our FAQs page.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "We couldn't love this game more! The engagement of my kids is a delight to see; their creativity, insights and vision overflowing within the first 10 minutes." - Michelle M.

Igniting young minds

OuiSi encourages collaboration, like building off another player's Photo Card or co-creating a web of Visual Connections. It also fosters critical and abstract thinking. "How does something connect?" or "what do you see here?" - these questions are building blocks for good conversation and plant seeds of general curiosity.

Most important, OuiSi is FUN! Kids simply "get it" right away. Parents will love the flexibility of the Photo Cards and activities. In fact, you can lose or damage a few cards and it won't affect the play of games.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I have a set at home and one for my classroom. Students are using the competitive format, their conversations are amazing! My own boys are making new games/rules. We're loving it!" - Cindy K.

Real all-ages play

Families and friends will find the games and activities engaging regardless of age. That's because Visually Connecting isn't a skill that just improves with age. Visual Connections exercise the brain, invite conversation and provide hours of surprise and delight for all generations.

The best part for families? No fighting over rules or about who's winning or losing. It just doesn't happen in OuiSi.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A beautiful game and a strong cognitive exercise. Excellent brain therapy for old and young alike." Kim M.

About the photos

All photography is original and mostly taken in New York City. The photos capture small marvels found every day, from a crushed pop can to a sidewalk puddle. Each Photo Card is an invitation to set down your tech gadgets and notice your own marvelous, everyday world.

The name of this inventive set of Photo Cards is "yes-yes" in French and Spanish/Italian, pronounced "we-see" in English. Fun, isn't it? It's a nod to our belief that pictures are a global language almost all of us speak.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"I bought one for my three grandchildren and gave another to my mother (78). I need to order another set for me!" - Amy C., Gifted Ed Teacher

Awards and reviews

OuiSi Original won awards from Tillywig Toys, Creative Child Magazine and the National Parent Product Awards. More important to us, however, are the reviews left by our customers. They tell the story of OuiSi better than we ever could.

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Visual Connection Games | Creative Play by OuiSi

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OuiSi ("we-see") is a game of Visual Connection (age 4+), like when the clouds overhead look like a flock of sheep. Connections can be based on shapes, colors, patterns - really, anything you can imagine. The games and activities inside the Guidebook foster conversation, creativity and curiosity.

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Whether you are a parent, teacher, school, or student, there are few activities available today that offer more lifelong rewards - or more fun - than bridge! See what bridge can offer and join in!

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Whether you are a parent, teacher, school, or student, there are few activities available today that offer more lifelong rewards - or more fun - than bridge! See what bridge can offer and join in!

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Vocabulary Luau - Teaching vocabulary with a hint of hula 🌺

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Teaching vocabulary with a hint of hula 🌺

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Ben Bache PBL's, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Escape Rooms 

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The feedback we've received about the PBL Project has been tremendous, and we thought it would be nice to share a sampling of those comments. All of the testimonials shown below were unsolicited, and have been included with permission:

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Creative Dozen Course Guide - Gifted Guru.pdf

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Gifted Guru – Empowering Educators & Parents of the Gifted

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The Georgia Department of Education has developed an ESSER funding dashboard that will provide a simple, transparent way for the public to see Georgia school districts' use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

The dashboard is available on GaDOE's COVID-19 resource site and allows the public to see the amount of ESSER funds a school district has received, the amount of submitted budgets approved, and time remaining in the grant period.

"We are committed to using COVID-19 relief funds to improve student learning, address lost learning opportunities, and support students' mental health and wellbeing," State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. "We are also committed to being transparent as funds are spent, and this ESSER funding dashboard provides a clear, simple way for the public to access that information."

Georgia school districts have received three rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) funding - through the CARES Act in May 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act in January 2021, and the American Rescue Plan in March 2021. The dashboard shows spending under all three rounds of ESSER funding.

The funds distributed to school districts total $5,938,770,343. Twenty percent of the third round of funding must be used to address student learning loss; the remainder of the funds are flexible and can be used to support at-risk student populations, distance/remote learning, school meals, mental and physical health, supplemental learning, facilities and equipment, continuity of core staff and services, and more.
Evaluation Work with Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
GaDOE is also working with the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) to examine the use of ESSER funds in Georgia to disseminate best practices throughout the state. Running through June 2025, the goals of the project are to:

1. Understand how districts use federal relief funds and the impact they have on district practice and, where feasible, students

2. Generate knowledge and lessons learned about student support strategies - academic and nonacademic - deployed by districts including a focus on those that boost staff and organizational capacity, leverage internal and community resources, and are embedded into district practice to maximize sustainability

3. Surface information on factors that influence the selection and implementation of support strategies, which may include district capacity, leadership changes, external constraints, or community input

4. Identify compelling stories from Georgia schools about the pandemic's impact on students and how educators are meeting their needs

5. Provide a shared-learning network for community leaders to learn from each other and raise awareness of best practice work already happening across the state of Georgia through GPEE's established Rural Learning Networks

The project will include surveys of all school districts in 2022, 2023, and 2024 to capture information on their use of federal COVID-19 relief funds; stakeholder interviews to more closely examine issues identified in the survey; developing case studies with an in-depth analysis of the use and impact of funds; and stakeholder roundtables, briefings, and presentations to lift up best practices and what's working in Georgia school districts.

"The Partnership is looking forward to leading this study to understand how school districts across Georgia are leveraging ESSER funds to elevate student learning in these unprecedented times," GPEE President Dr. Dana Rickman said. "Ultimately, this information will help inform state and local policies and provide a shared learning network to support all districts."​

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Georgia Department of Education launches ESSER funding transparency dashboard; partners with Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education to evaluate use of COVID-19 relief funds

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Dream Something Big

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