The thief cat

The thief cat on PhotoPeach

Building directional language

"Young children acquire simultaneous command of multiple directional concepts through interacting with their world and hearing words to describe it." Gill Connell & Cheryl McCarthy (2014) P 170 A Moving Child is a Learning Child

Writing in Chinese

Writing in Chinese, experiencing a different way to write on PhotoPeach

Cool quotes

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein. "Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said." Birmingham Early Years Childcare (2008). "While we teach our children about life, our children teach us what life is all about." Chinese Proverb "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein "Please excuse the mess, the children are making memories." "no matter how big and bad you are ... when a two year old hands you the phone , you answer it."

"It's one of those things you stand on to see how tall you are"

"Its one of those things you stand on to see how tall you are". Those were Kate's words when I inquired about her creation. I was intrigued and wanted to know more. Kate explained that it was a present for her sister Bree. I wondered how her creation was going to work. Kate continued to explain ... "You know, it's like when you go to the vet and dogs and people stand on them to see how tall they are". Kate then paused to consider her explanation. I could see that something was bothering her; the scratching of the head was a bit of a hint. I waited as Kate processed her thoughts, checking her own working theories. Then, the connection was made. "No," she said, "it's to see how heavy you are." Kate had been able to use her past experiences to create her scales, and connect her thoughts to describe what they were used for. Art, maths and literacy coming together with strong real life experiences. Bree is so lucky to have you for her sister!

A little bit about our Skype project

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