The imperfect board member: discovering the seven principles of governance excellence by Jim Brown
Field guide to developing, operating and restoring your nonprofit board by Carter McNamara
Great boards plain & simple by Paula MacLean
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
language coffeehouse
Donovan's Jar by Monalisa Degross
Everybody cooks rice by Norah Dooley
Rice by Ruth Thomson
Everybody cooks rice by Norah Dooley
Rice by Ruth Thomson
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Understanding foetal alcohol syndrome
ISBN-13: 978-1-55548-764-5 ISBN: 1-55548-764-5
Producer: John O Neill, Kinetic Media
Producer: John O Neill, Kinetic Media
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Home is beyond the mountains by Celia Barker Lottridge.
I found this books to be very good for team building. It's about life in an orphange in Persia.
The War of Art: Winning the inner creative battle by Steven Pressfield
The book shows ways to deal with resistance.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Bamboos
Hardy Bamboos: Taming the dragon by Paul Whitaker. A good book about growing different species of bamboos. (growin bamboos)
Bamboo style by Gale Beth Goldberg. (Interior design)
So far from the bamboo grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins. (J)
The bamboo flute by Garry Disher. (J)
The leap forward: a boy in Beijing by Guo Yue. (J)
A bamboo in the wind by Hugh Lewin and Lisa Kopper. (E)
Bamboo by Paul Yee. (E)
The child in the Bamboo Grove by Rosemary Harris. (J)
Bamboo hats and a rice cake by Ann Tompert (E)
The moon princess by Kancho Oda (E)
Binky and the bamboo brush by Adelle La Rouche
Bamboo style by Gale Beth Goldberg. (Interior design)
So far from the bamboo grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins. (J)
The bamboo flute by Garry Disher. (J)
The leap forward: a boy in Beijing by Guo Yue. (J)
A bamboo in the wind by Hugh Lewin and Lisa Kopper. (E)
Bamboo by Paul Yee. (E)
The child in the Bamboo Grove by Rosemary Harris. (J)
Bamboo hats and a rice cake by Ann Tompert (E)
The moon princess by Kancho Oda (E)
Binky and the bamboo brush by Adelle La Rouche
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Recognition and rewarding volunteers
Beyond anquets, plaques and pins: creative ways to recognize volunteers by Sue Vineyard.
121 Recognition ideas for donors, volunteers and members. Published by Stevenson Inc.
121 Recognition ideas for donors, volunteers and members. Published by Stevenson Inc.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thierry Robberecht
Picture books by Thierry Robberecht
Sarah's little ghosts
Back into mummy's tummy
Stolen smile
Sarah's little ghosts
Back into mummy's tummy
Stolen smile
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Old Japan by Andrew Haslam and Clare Doran
The symbols used were - the fan, sword and tea bowl.
Activity: The Zen 'gravel" garden is like a Japanese landscape in miniature. Water is incorporated into many Zen gardens to sugegt a waterfall, ocean or a fast-flowing river, or else it may simply provide a soothing sound as it drips into a stone basin.
Timeline of emperors, religion, culture and world war.
The following can be used as icons or for interaction and can be made with paper and pasted on a chart - flora and fauna: rice, seaweed, mulberry bush, tea, oranges, lemons, octopus, salmon and tuna.
What did the Japanese wear based on their social class.
Activity: Make a Kimono with paper. Make a family crest and paste it on the kimono.
Activity: Make a pair of Japanese shoes Geta.
Activity: Hair style and head dress
Living with Nature: a wooden house. The kitchen situated at ground level.
Activity: Make a paper screen.
Activity: Make a fan, paint it (can also be made with a paper plate)
Games: Battledore: Origianly, battledore was played with a soyabean instead of a shuttlecock. Beans were beleived to ward off evil and disease.
Games: At new Year children played with spinning tops made of bamboo and paper.
Activity: Make a samurai sword. make a sword, cover it with paper and decorate it.
Activity: Make a warrior kite. Make a kite and draw warrior faces
Activity: Make a carp streamer
The Doll Festival
The Moon Festival
Activity: Make a Kite, Make a Moon fan (decorate the fan with autum flowers and leaves)
Activity: Make a sushi
Activity: Use chop sticks
Activity: Make a musical instrument shamisen. The shamisen has three strings which are strummed. It is used to accompany puppet chanters in a type of theatre known as Bunraku.
Activity: Make a Noh Mask
Activity: Make a Kendo Mask
Activity: Make a Hanko or seals were used as signatures. Take a potato and cut the alphabet and print it on paper.
Activity: Paper hung on strings. Prayers written on strips of paper are often hung around Shinto shrines for good luck.
Chinese characters developed from simple drawings - tree, mountain, river, rice field, person, and mouth.
Activity: Paper making
Activity: Origami flapping bird
The red cloth is a sign that kami is being taken care of. Peopel make offerings of food and drink to the kami to keep them happy.
Activity: The Zen 'gravel" garden is like a Japanese landscape in miniature. Water is incorporated into many Zen gardens to sugegt a waterfall, ocean or a fast-flowing river, or else it may simply provide a soothing sound as it drips into a stone basin.
Timeline of emperors, religion, culture and world war.
The following can be used as icons or for interaction and can be made with paper and pasted on a chart - flora and fauna: rice, seaweed, mulberry bush, tea, oranges, lemons, octopus, salmon and tuna.
What did the Japanese wear based on their social class.
Activity: Make a Kimono with paper. Make a family crest and paste it on the kimono.
Activity: Make a pair of Japanese shoes Geta.
Activity: Hair style and head dress
Living with Nature: a wooden house. The kitchen situated at ground level.
Activity: Make a paper screen.
Activity: Make a fan, paint it (can also be made with a paper plate)
Games: Battledore: Origianly, battledore was played with a soyabean instead of a shuttlecock. Beans were beleived to ward off evil and disease.
Games: At new Year children played with spinning tops made of bamboo and paper.
Activity: Make a samurai sword. make a sword, cover it with paper and decorate it.
Activity: Make a warrior kite. Make a kite and draw warrior faces
Activity: Make a carp streamer
The Doll Festival
The Moon Festival
Activity: Make a Kite, Make a Moon fan (decorate the fan with autum flowers and leaves)
Activity: Make a sushi
Activity: Use chop sticks
Activity: Make a musical instrument shamisen. The shamisen has three strings which are strummed. It is used to accompany puppet chanters in a type of theatre known as Bunraku.
Activity: Make a Noh Mask
Activity: Make a Kendo Mask
Activity: Make a Hanko or seals were used as signatures. Take a potato and cut the alphabet and print it on paper.
Activity: Paper hung on strings. Prayers written on strips of paper are often hung around Shinto shrines for good luck.
Chinese characters developed from simple drawings - tree, mountain, river, rice field, person, and mouth.
Activity: Paper making
Activity: Origami flapping bird
The red cloth is a sign that kami is being taken care of. Peopel make offerings of food and drink to the kami to keep them happy.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Incredible Clay Book by Sherri Haab
How to make and bake zillions of permanent clay creations. There are 3 basic shapes: balls, logs and flat sheets.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Perfect Phrases for ESL by Natalie Gast
R: Respond
E: Eye contact
A: Act-ask questions
C: Contribute an idea
T: Turn around
SOAR: Stretch out and take risks
assume: don't make a ass of you and me
E: Eye contact
A: Act-ask questions
C: Contribute an idea
T: Turn around
SOAR: Stretch out and take risks
assume: don't make a ass of you and me
Monday, May 24, 2010
Poetry break by Caroline Feller Bauer
Character builders: responsibility and trustworthiness by Dr. Michele Borba
Bookends by Michele Borba
Bookends by Michele Borba
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
In the company of Crows and Ravens ny John Marzluff and Tony Angell.
I like the chapter about 'Social Customs and Culture of Crows'
A Poem a day by Helen H Moore
A poem a day by 180 Thematic poems and activities.
The Poetry break by Caroline Feller Bauer (has many activties and ideas to engage the public.)
The Poetry break by Caroline Feller Bauer (has many activties and ideas to engage the public.)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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