{"id":63,"date":"2008-05-09T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moavenz.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2008-05-09T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-09T19:17:00","slug":"fav-foto-friday-folkmoot-edition-part-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moavenz.com\/blog\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"Fav. Foto Friday – Folkmoot Edition, part deux"},"content":{"rendered":"
As if last Friday’s international celebration<\/a> were not enough, the whole week following Folkmoot, the gym is transformed into an international bazaar called the “Learning Gallery.”\"\"<\/a>All the countries represented that year have a display;
here’s the Native American one:
\"\"<\/a>It centers around a beautiful backdrop, painted by the art teacher (on a single bedsheet), in a postcard-style tribute to that country\/culture. The artwork that each child made is also part of the display. There’s a variety of cultural items on display as well. And finally, each area has an engaging learning activity (or two) for that country\/culture.<\/p>\n

Each child is given a “passport” (complete with school photo on their personal info page) and invited to explore every country they can (they’re listed in the passport).\"\"<\/a>You can visit India:
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Play with cars in homage to Detroit:\"\"<\/a>
Try to guess the English equivalent of certain Australian words:\"\"<\/a>
Take a stroll through New York:\"\"<\/a>
Color your very own flag of China:\"\"<\/a>[<\/span>Elle’s class got to go through with their “4th grade reading buddies”]<\/p>\n

Make paper butterflies in Chile:\"\"<\/a>Or, you can head over to Russia:
\"\"<\/a>Where you can challenge a buddy to a game of chess:\"\"<\/a>
Once you’ve had lots of fun at a particular country, you go to get your passport stamped for that country. You earn your stamp by sharing something you learned about or did in that country.
[Third graders and older must share 3 things.]\"\"<\/a>
Then, it’s off to another country, like England, for a little futbol.\"\"<\/a>
You can also simply admire the wonderful artwork created by your school-mates; like these carnival dancers from Brazil:\"\"<\/a>Russian artist inspired found object art:
\"\"<\/a>or Greek pottery:
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Banners from countries made in previous years, but not featured in the current year, are used to decorate the hallways. \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I know I said it before, but it bears repeating…
I LOVE this school!!!<\/div>\n

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