Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (6.16.20)
Dear DI Family, If there is anything positive to being stuck at home in quarantine for 13 weeks, it’s found in the opportunity to get to know your kids better. I don’t know what is happening in other households, but I am finding that my kid is asking me questions. Lots and lots of questions. […]
Class of 2020: Virtual DI Graduation Celebration
The Destination Imagination (DI) Alumni Council is excited to honor the Class of 2020 with the first-ever Virtual DI Graduation Celebration! On Saturday, July 11, please join us at 3:00 p.m. ET for a grand celebration! We will have special appearances by the DI Graduate of the Year; DI’s Executive Director, Michele Tuck-Ponder; Chair of […]
DI Alumni Podcast: Stream New Episodes!
On this month’s new episode of The Creative Chat, the career podcast from the Alumni Council, host Michael Russell talks with Wren Hayes, the Director and Owner of Building Blocks Commons, a project-based, hands-on school in Exeter, New Hampshire. Wren credits Destination Imagination as being a stepping stone that taught her “how important it is to understand […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Let Me Try That Again
At Destination Imagination, communication and working together are key components of what we do. The current protests in the United States are highlighting our critical need to listen to, learn about, and build empathy for the people around us – in this case, especially Black Americans. Today’s Instant Challenge is not a traditional DI Instant […]
News About the 2020-21 DI Season
Destination Imagination (DI) is excited to begin sharing the details of the 2020-21 Challenge season with our community. This is the first in a series of messages that will be delivered in the coming months. We appreciate your patience as we finalize our plans—rest assured that all of your questions will be answered soon! The […]
A Message from Our Executive Director
Dear DI Family, I planned to write a column this week about my ongoing struggles to learn how to swim. Like most of my columns, it was going to be a funny story about my personal experiences linked to the DI experience. I am unable to do that today. Like many of you, I am […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Take a Hike
For this week’s Virtual Instant Challenge, Take a Hike, we’re heading outdoors for an alphabet scavenger hunt! Students will find and take photos of as many letters of the alphabet in nature as possible and challenge their friends or family members to do the same. Once they complete the challenge, continue the fun by having […]
Marshmallow Catapult STEAM Challenge
Got marshmallows? This is a great STEAM activity that kids will have a blast doing. You should also have many of the materials already on-hand! Challenge: Using the materials below, build a catapult that can launch marshmallows to knock down 6 plastic cups stacked in a pyramid shape. Setup: Place 6 plastic cups in a […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Unexpected Mishaps
This week’s Virtual Instant Challenge is a performance-based activity and is all about mishaps that occur on a single day. Get a group of friends or Destination Imagination teammates together online and share your solutions with us using the hashtag #InstantChallenge. Challenge: Create and present a performance about a day when unexpected mishaps occur. […]
Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (5.18.20)
Dear DI Family, My three favorite holidays are Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. Those holidays were of major importance while I was growing up because they meant we were having a backyard COOKOUT! My extended family would always gather at our house on those holidays to laugh, play games and tell stories. […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Objects Are Larger Than They Appear
We hope you’re enjoying our weekly Virtual Instant Challenges! This week, we’re gonna do a little performance-based challenge. Get your group together online and let us know what you think! Setup: Decide on a virtual meeting time with your team and have every group member bring one object from the kitchen with them to the […]
Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (5.11.20)
Dear DI Family, I have made so much banana bread that my family is saying “No más.” My quilting is halted because supplies have been delayed in the mail and everyone I know has a custom-made mask anyway. It’s too cold to start my container garden. I have run out of new dog walking routes. […]
