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Mondays are my afternoon for helping in Eleri’s class. I love the opportunity to get to know the children in the class. On this Monday, Eleri’s class was dissecting a squid as part of their study of invertebrates. Squid are cephalopods, which are the largest and most active invertebrates. The class was […]
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Today was a day off from school for a teacher work day. The Dads are in Hong Kong for 7s, therefore, the ladies arranged a play day. We took the gang to play at a new fitness club with a kid zone any kid would love. We paid 100rmb per kid for 2 hours […]
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Book Week is a special week at Concordia. Ms Shepard arranged for Moms to bring in a treat all week relating to the book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. Monday were cookies for “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. Tuesday were muffins for “If You Give a Moose a Muffin”. […]
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Eleri was determine to catch a Leprechaun this year. She found a box and went to work to make the best Leprechaun trap. She put in shinning pennies and dimes to get his attention. She had a trap door under the tissues that he would fall through while collecting the coins. She made a […]
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The annual Daddy Daughter Dance for Girl Scouts is a big event every year. This year the theme was Disco Nights. Emersyn is no longer in Girl Scouts, but Eleri has continued as a Daisy. I am Eleri’s Daisy leader with nine 1st graders in my troop. Eleri has fun with her friends at […]
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Every year Shanghai has a big St. Patrick’s Day parade. We have not gone in the past due to soccer or something on the calendar. This year we decided would be the year we would join in on the fun. This would also be the year the government cancelled the parade out of fear […]
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Emersyn spent Saturday afternoon working on her Saturn project which was due today. The assignment was to put together an advertisement to promote living on or visiting Saturn. She needed to use facts about the planet in her advertisement. Jim and Emmy created a paper mache for the planet, got out the paints to […]
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Ningbo or bust…the bank! The ladies hit the road for another shopping trip. This time to Ningbo for furniture. Our good friend, Mary, is going back at the end of the school year so she is buying for her home in America. The four shopping ladies were the same crew that hit Jingdezhen (or […]
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Yesterday, March 2, was Dr. Seuss birthday. Eleri’s class made green eggs and ham in the classroom. Eleri loved doing this and talk about it all the way home. She came home from school with her Dr. Seuss hat. She wanted green eggs and ham for breakfast today. Jim got out the food coloring […]
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Emersyn’s story as part of her space theme study. A Lost Alien, by Emersyn Lyon “We are the first people to land on Saturn!†Janie exclaimed. “Oh joy, †Andrew said dully, “Maybe we’ll get to see a alien!†he said sarcastically. This time Janie couldn’t tell. “Don’t be silly!†Janie said, […] |