We had puzzles, coloring and our creative project was a boomerang. These kids created some awesome designs. 

Again, I asked our local cookie baker, Meryles Cookies, to make a traditional Australian cookie. I found a recipe for the Anzac Biscuits. She did a great job the children (and me) loved the cookie. The history about the cookie is below. We loved them so much she added to her cookie line and calls it "The Soldier" you can pick them up at the local farmers market in Port Jeff farmers market.  

According to my summer reading class - Europe will still have castles but also have trains in the sky. So what do you think? Hey you never know I think  - anything could happen if we keep reading. 

Reading with the children in our summer session this week was filled with faery and folk tales. 
We had a great time in our Europe reading session. We talked about the countries and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower in France and the Leaning tower of Pisa in Italy.

​The books in our reading session were tales from Ireland. 

So if Europe in 100 years does have flying trains I sure hope there is a seat for me and you to sit back , open a book and enjoy the ride.

​Check out next week's selection of stories here at this link. 

1.Do you mind long trips? Did you know how far is Asia from NYC? 7,255 mi Distance from New York, NY to Asia
2. Where would you find Panda's in Asia? Central China 
3. Do you mind cold weather? if you visit Northern Asia weather can be sub-arctic climate in the north Russia. 

We learned some fun facts in our World Atlas book. Each of us picked a favorite before we started storytime. We love the "Did you know" cards. 

Storytime: We read The Girl with a Brave Heart.A story from Tehran. It was a beautiful story about really listening to a person when they aren't saying anything. The young girl listens to the true heart of the women and her world becomes beautiful. Then we learned that just wanting for self life could become ugly. Some of the children reflected it was like a cinderella story.

I think this one had a bigger impact of being mindful of what people keep inside without expressing how they feel and being able to understand and not react but be proactive to a situation. 

In the long run it works out best for both people. Life is beautiful when we just sit back and listen. 

We created Chinese lanterns an inspiration from the book in our session Lin Yi's Lantern. [get your copy here AMAZING book - illustrations and message]

I couldn't resist we had Chinese fortune cookies... Not sure they really serve them in China but it sure was a hit with the children. We all read our fortunes and tried to learn a new chinese word. 

I was hoping for Book. But we didnt get it. We did look it up. 书 Shu  is book in Chinese. 
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Keep turning those pages!
​Much love,

Yesterday, we started the World Passport program at the BookNook Center. I spent the week preparing deciding on the books and activities for the session. We had story time, coloring for the under 6 students, apptime for 6-8 yr olds and then creative art for the whole class. 

Apptime was fun but might have to use 2 iPads for the session. I will work on that with the older children. But it was fun finding out the different foods, places and people in Africa using the Barefoot Books World Atlas app. A digital version of the World Atlas book. (which I l-o-v-e). Each student found something and shared with the group. 

Check out some of the books we read. Now we know how to count to 1-10 in Swahili. (moja to kumi)

I can't wait for our next voyage to Asia. If you are interested in the books click the link here or below and get your 20% off with code LEARN.