tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post6197290231699157850..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: An Educationnappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-9013408862624876932010-09-26T08:45:04.092-04:002010-09-26T08:45:04.092-04:00Same here :) I am learning a whole new range of nu...Same here :) I am learning a whole new range of nursery rhymes and songs I had never heard of before. I am happy though nobody will try to make me child to do pledges to anything. It's got a political side to it that I am not sure I'd approve of.Metropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-88364351192834532672010-09-24T14:54:26.763-04:002010-09-24T14:54:26.763-04:00I think the secret is to sound very confident &...I think the secret is to sound very confident & not to hesitate or say 'um', & then just make it up! (& I'm a teacher, how terrible!) No, seriously it's prob not a gd idea to mislead them, but honestly the things kids ask, it's not usually stuff you get taught in schools. p.s pls ethank the dr for educating me. I had no idea it was hydrogen & helium inside the sun;o)Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-3867535705678099102010-09-24T10:56:33.586-04:002010-09-24T10:56:33.586-04:00Uly - well, I'll know not to take pictures now...Uly - well, I'll know not to take pictures now! (Mind you there are so many Japanese people at our preschool that you can't move for cameras at graduation....)<br /><br />Almost American - interesting - I'll have to play it to him and see if he recognises it...<br /><br />Iota - And if we had to walk uphill in America, heaven forbid! <br /><br />Elsie - always a good plan, ask the Dad. (And then they might forget about it before they get home...)<br /><br />TheMadHouse - I think he's worked out it's the guitar now...<br /><br />Pants - that sounds like a likely one, I'm going to sing it to him later!<br /><br />NB - ah but could you answer them?<br /><br />Mwa - I'm very relieved. Makes it all a lot easier for me...<br /><br />Tanya - I'm sure awesomeness is definitely a word here!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-61867809861967400712010-09-22T09:11:59.324-04:002010-09-22T09:11:59.324-04:00Yea I've thought about that too....I'm exc...Yea I've thought about that too....I'm excited to start to learn things all over again but I guess I have time. Fortunately I do remember the names for eyes and nose, which is about as far we are so far, heh...Glad to hear he is enjoying school in all its "awesomeness" (if that is even a word!)Tanya (Bump2Basics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11190613569079236305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-42845769556580134942010-09-22T05:02:56.652-04:002010-09-22T05:02:56.652-04:00Mine love school as well. It's so reassuring -...Mine love school as well. It's so reassuring - it must be horrible for the mothers of those children who cry every time they're sent to school.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-37467648665473714282010-09-21T09:00:51.672-04:002010-09-21T09:00:51.672-04:00You should ask these questions, o see if he has an...You should ask these questions, o see if he has any ideas:<br /><br />http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/here-are-the-top-10-unanswerable-questions_100431455.htmlNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-22998371849550321132010-09-21T07:28:51.993-04:002010-09-21T07:28:51.993-04:00Nice blog for educational toys online.Nice blog for <a rel="nofollow">educational toys online</a>.educational toys onlinehttp://www.laserpegs.com/educational-toys-online/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-32950355872675612942010-09-21T04:39:06.170-04:002010-09-21T04:39:06.170-04:00We used to sing a song that went something like
&...We used to sing a song that went something like<br /><br />'flag of America<br />red, white and blue<br />flag of America<br />a salute we give to you.'<br /><br />And then everyone saluted. Obviously my very English brother would salute the back of his head on prinicple. <br /><br />We also knew how to pledge allegiance and had to do so every day, the fact it wasn't our flag cutting no ice.<br /><br />I love the questions though. Makes me think a bit and wish I'd paid a bit more attention at school!Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-60897851756228883892010-09-21T04:18:05.422-04:002010-09-21T04:18:05.422-04:00Violin and singing sounds perfect to me. Long may...Violin and singing sounds perfect to me. Long may it continueJen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-51694119692032556602010-09-21T02:05:20.754-04:002010-09-21T02:05:20.754-04:00oooh those sorts of questions are coming at us thi...oooh those sorts of questions are coming at us thick and fast too... i more often than not send betty off to ask her dad.<br /><br />glad the first days at school are going well! xElsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-13868510807813906392010-09-20T22:01:38.889-04:002010-09-20T22:01:38.889-04:00Red, white and blue sounds suspiciously like the F...Red, white and blue sounds suspiciously like the French flag - or come to think about it, the Union Jack.<br /><br />Cars can go uphill because otherwise we'd have to walk and it would be hard work.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-89321941513858442872010-09-20T21:24:31.366-04:002010-09-20T21:24:31.366-04:00A song about the red, white and blue? This is the ...A song about the red, white and blue? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toX5cEKg5I8" rel="nofollow">This is the one</a> my colleague teaches her second graders and that the entire school sang at our assembly to celebrate Constitution Day last week (and I've been meaning to blog about it for ages now): <br /><br /><i>"You're a grand old flag,<br />You're a high flying flag<br />And forever in peace may you wave.<br />You're the emblem of<br />The land I love.<br />The home of the free and the brave.<br /><br />Ev'ry heart beats true<br />'neath the Red, White and Blue,<br />Where there's never a boast or brag.<br />Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br />Keep your eye on the grand old flag."</i><br /><br />Never a boast or a brag indeed!! Any why on earth it includes parts of Auld Lang Syne and Yankee Doodle, I don't know! The kids don't learn the long version sung in the video above - just the chorus.<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4813164/youre_a_grand_old_flag_on_kazoo/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> the Kazoo version from JibJab - if this is the one Littleboy 1 heard at school he will recognize it!Almost Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865905831387595915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-32884597867568198272010-09-20T21:13:22.026-04:002010-09-20T21:13:22.026-04:00He probably does know the pledge, at least enough ...He probably does know the pledge, at least enough to stand and sit. God, I haven't said it myself since I was 12. Decided I didn't believe it and haven't said it since. (The polite options if you're not saying it - because in many places it's the start of EVERY school function, so you need to know this! - are to sit or stand quietly and respectfully, but not do the hand on heart thing. Not, as I saw some people doing at the pre-k graduation last summer, to stand and take pictures. I was appalled, though secretly itching for somebody to call me out on not standing so I could say I was being *respectful* unlike *them*.)<br /><br />But you probably knew that last part, or could've guessed it.<br /><br />~UlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com