It's Tuesday. . .
So watch out for
Aussie..Madness!
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SKYPE MAKES it HAPPEN
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YEA!!
Today I did a SKYPE School Visit from Oregon to the Garden State of New Jersey.
Today I did a SKYPE School Visit from Oregon to the Garden State of New Jersey.
This first grade class offers three languages:
English, Chinese and Spanish.
English, Chinese and Spanish.
And these first grade kids were so SMART!
Right away I had an Aussie connection with two of them. I shared my Australian aboriginal bark paintings, message stick and boomerang. One boy had a didgeridoo his mom had brought back from a trip Down Under - and HE PLAYED IT FOR ME! Fantastic.
Another child's Dad had been to Sydney, knew all about Urulu, and wanted to know what it was like there. Fortunately I had visited the sacred monolith, so we had a great chat about it. Their teacher is also doing an Australian set of lessons.
We talked about the books they loved, the books I write, and how to write stories that HOOK readers. I showed them all my picture books, especially "Kangaroo Clues," because it is about Aussie critters, and I read from "Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind."
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I am always so psyched after Skyping with a class like this one. They were eager to ask questions, very intelligent ones, too. A way smart bunch of kids.
My Magic Carpet of Books got a super work out this morning - over an hour. Yet it went so fast because we were all having a good time. I learned from them, and I hope they learned from me.
You know. . .
Today I glimpsed the future generation. . .
and they looked pretty awesome to me!
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