Month: November 2013
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advent calendar.
Every year for the last 6 years, I have made an advent calendar for the kids. Here is a post on what I have done each year. Each day the kids are excited as they open up the envelope which reveals the family activity we are undertaking that day. I’ve changed it up quite a bit and…
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full circle activity.
It’s a been awhile posting about what we are doing day-to-day . I thought I’d share an activity we did last week during #2′s wrap-up of Ancient India. If you recall from a back to school post, #2′s theme this year is the circle. I try to come back to it in each block as a recurring…
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i am Filipino.
I am a first-generation Filipino-Canadian. My grandparents on both sides immigrated here in 1973 to escape the Marcos regime. My mom was 13 and my dad was 17 when they arrived in Canada. I found these among my grandmother’s things after she passed in 2006. I’ve only taken out to look at them now…Below is…
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storytelling sunday.
Gray Day…Everything is Gray. I watch. But nothing moves today. – My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss I used to use this book quite a lot when the kids were little to decipher how they were feeling when it was hard for them to articulate it in words. Close your eyes, what colour do you see right…