All over the world, there are wonderful traditions where people take simple items like dancing bells, shells or seeds and make them into bracelets, waist belts or anklets. Then, as they dance, they create part of the rhythm just by moving. Have you ever thought of the body as a musical instrument? In the British […]
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Exploring world culture with arts and crafts is an experience, an adventure, and tactile learning! These activities are hands-on for children and adults. Some crafts we do today have been practiced for hundreds of years. Others are more recent. Culture in Arts and Crafts Papers, fabrics, wood, nuts, shells, glass, clay and many other materials
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My daughter loves princesses. Specifically, Disney princesses. She spends her free time dressing up in crowns, tutus, and frilly, dresses that she can twirl around in. She reads about princesses, watches movies about princesses, and otherwise loves the princess world. Inherently there isn’t anything wrong with this. Except for the fact that my daughter is biracial.
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It’s been a funny couple of months here in England. From rainy days throughout our week-long half term to a whole summer without “proper sun” (as we Brits now refer to it). Top it off with a week of snow in early March this year (the first snowfall in years!). It’s now clear that 2017-18
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To teach children to be global citizens, we as parents must first have our thoughts and actions transformed. It will motivate us to share those new-found truths with our kids. If you are reading this, you probably realize that the actions of one person or a parent can create ripple effects through generations that change
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