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
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Stories on stage by Aaron Shepard
Stories on Stage: 22 Reader's theatre scripts adapted from children's literature for elementary and junior high school students.
Folktales on stage by Aaron Shepard. Scripts for reader's theatre.
Folktales on stage by Aaron Shepard. Scripts for reader's theatre.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The lady with the alligator purse (Pizza)
Nadine Bernard Westcott is also the author of the lady who swallowed a fly.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Fabric crafts and other fun with kids
Fabric crafts and other fun with kids by Susan Parker Beck and Charlou Lunsford.
(pendants, bookmarks, bags, weave a fabric...)
(pendants, bookmarks, bags, weave a fabric...)
Yoga
Twist by Janet Wong (yoga poems)
My daddy is a pretzel by Baron Baptiste (yoga for aprents and kids)
My daddy is a pretzel by Baron Baptiste (yoga for aprents and kids)
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Coffee wisdom
The seven principles of Coffee Wisdom.
1. Reheating causes bitterness (Your past is the reason, not the excuse)
2. Start with fresh grounds (Learn from your mistakes, don't repeat them)
3. Use the correct grind (Put right whatever you can and accept what you can't)
4. Use high-quality beans and fresh, pure, cold water (Celebrate your uniqueness)
5. Get the proportions right (Challenge irrational thinking)
6. Boiling destroys the flavour (Check your stress levels)
7. Drink it while it's hot (Live in the present)
1. Reheating causes bitterness (Your past is the reason, not the excuse)
2. Start with fresh grounds (Learn from your mistakes, don't repeat them)
3. Use the correct grind (Put right whatever you can and accept what you can't)
4. Use high-quality beans and fresh, pure, cold water (Celebrate your uniqueness)
5. Get the proportions right (Challenge irrational thinking)
6. Boiling destroys the flavour (Check your stress levels)
7. Drink it while it's hot (Live in the present)
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