Kung Hei Fat Choy!That's Happy New Year in Chinese. 2014 is the Year of the horse. On the Chinese calendar, called Yuan Tan,this new year is 4712. Chinese New year is not always held on the same day each year. It depends on when the second new moon...
Perhaps~ you will find this resource of use to use with your students on the first day back from vacation.Happy New Year's!Bonne annee(French)Frohes neues Jahr(Germany)Felice anno nuovo(Italian)Gelukkig nieuwjaar(Dutch)Gott nytt ar(Swedish)Feliz ano...
What do you get with 7200 eggs~ 3000 pounds of brown sugar~ 1800 pounds of butter~ 7200 pounds of flour~1~080 ounces of ground ginger and 22~304 candy pieces? That's the world's biggest gingerbread house! The 20.11 ft. tall and 60 ft by 42 ft. house...
Just saw a wonderful version of "A Christmas Carol" at our local theater.Today, a person who is very tight with money, is often called a "scrooge", after, the main character in "A Christmas Carol". Did you know that several other words and phrases...
In the News: The passing of Nelson MandelaPerhaps~ teachers may find the following information useful to use in their classrooms.Nelson Mandela~ 95~ statesman~ activist has died. Mandela~of South Africa~ worked to end apartheid in his country(laws...
Scientists say they have found what is being called the "world's oldest public toilet"...for dinosaurs. Thousands of fossilized droppings(called coprolites)have been uncovered in the country of Argentina~in a region called La Rioja Province. The...
Ever wonder what became of the Mayflower, the ship which took 102 Pilgrims over the Atlantic to North America in 1620?Check out this interesting reading: On a trip to England, my husband and I visited a Quaker barn in Old Jordans, Buckinghamshire,...
In the News:Rupee, an 11 month old pooch, has done something no dog has done before. He has climbed to the base camp of Mt. Everest with his owner, Joanne Lefson. Called Expedition Mutt Everest 2013, the journey was to create awareness to homeless...
TEACHING KIDS THAT THEY HAVE A HISTORY USING THEIR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOYWhen you think of your childhood~ does one toy or stuffed animal or other item~ comes to mine? Mine was Pinkie. Pinkie is beige(so go figure the name I chose as a little girl...
In the news. Here is a short activity to start a class.I can't even imagine surfing down such a wave of water!Burle has surfed into the record books by hanging ten down a wall of water estimated to be 100 ft. tall! The beach at Nazare, Portugal,...