by I love to explore cultures with my kids. Recently, I sat down to reflect on how we’ve been doing that lately. I quickly realized that we haven’t really been doing much. We’ve all had to do a lot of re-thinking lately, haven’t we? We’ve had to pivot, regroup, go back to the drawing board. […]
Big Folktales Small World – Korean Folktales
by A maiden finds help from seven quirky dwarfs after she flees from a jealous and wicked Queen who is after her life. Hungry Jack swaps his cow for magic beans only to find himself fleeing for his life when he disrupts a sleeping giant. Do these stories sound familiar? Fairy and folktales existed even […]
Back to School Around the World
by In many parts of the world, students have just started back to school after the summer holidays (not the case everywhere, of course, particularly in the southern hemisphere!). We wanted to celebrate the start of a new school year with a snapshot of what going back to school looks like around the world, as […]
7 Essential Steps to Having Difficult Conversations with Kids
by You see your child crying or upset. If you are lucky, you get an answer easily. If you are not, you flounder around trying to figure out what went wrong. You work hard on talking to your children about the solution but are you seeing this difficult situation as an opportunity to teach your […]
Celebrating the Multicultural Classroom with African Pop Music
by It all started with a talking drum and one student’s interest in sharing this drum with his classmates. I seek to celebrate student-led learning. The talking drum was a launching pad for a lesson on African music and a tool to engage other students as leaders in the classroom. This ensemble performance featuring the […]
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