Just a suggestion for the calander....How about showing the lunar phases like: New Moon, 1st Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter? I am always having to write these into my personal calander, because there's some days I just wonder if it is a full moon with the way some people behave...LOL Moon Phase Info Link

Try working with children, then you notice the phases of the moon. Did we have a full moon this week, or was all the fighting and name calling going on in my class a result of Valentines Day? Cloud heads off to check link..... No it says it was the first quarter.... Oh man I can not handle another week like this week, not if I have to assess my children's reading next week.

Plus they have a brand spanking new holiday! Yay! Another long week-end! Hopefully they'll burn some extra enegy off this week-end CD...

Originally posted by kimiko Plus they have a brand spanking new holiday! Yay! Another long week-end! Hopefully they'll burn some extra enegy off this week-end CD...

That is only likely to happen if the parents decide to DO something with their young ones this weekend. If all they do is it in front of the TV and watch it, due to this storm, then the kids will come back even more hyper than I sent them home. And trust me I sent them home very hyper, after watching BOTP all afternoon and eating left over Valentine treats from the day before.

Kimi, as much as I know, the way you se the moon depends on the spot on Earth you are.

True Amy...I think it's opposite in the southern hemisphere..like if it's a full moon in the north it's a new moon down under...

CD, you're actualy showing BOTP to your students?? That's cool. What do they think of it? Do they take to any particular characters? Do they play G force at recess? Please, Do tell....

Originally posted by Toneman CD, you're actualy showing BOTP to your students?? That's cool. What do they think of it? Do they take to any particular characters? Do they play G force at recess? Please, Do tell....

lol, at this time I have the boys falling all over themselves oogling the Swan. When I asked my class to draw pictures of the characters everyone wanted to draw Princess. Then I discovered it was because she was the only one they knew the colours of.... Pink and White. On Friday when we/they were watching I stopped the video a few times so we could look at the uniform colours. The only one they have problems with now is the Condor: I can see the class is going to be drawing him dark red and dark blue. As the children were watching it was funny to hear conversations start "Ooooo! That is Mark..." or "Oh, Jason ......" or "Princess ..." but never being able to pinpoint who is saying it or what exactly is being said. Next time we watch I may have to sit and watch with them instead of walking around the class cleaning up and filing papers. As for playing at recess, 1. I do not think I have emersed them enough in the program yet, and 2. unfortunately, I do not have outdoor yard duty this year. but it might be fun to take them out to the play equipment when it is reopened and see what games I can get them to play.

Originally posted by clouddancer lol, at this time I have the boys falling all over themselves oogling the Swan.

OMG! At 5 years old they're already ogling at Princess?? Wow, you certainly do have quite a few Eagles and Condors in the making, don't you??

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer lol, at this time I have the boys falling all over themselves oogling the Swan.

OMG! At 5 years old they're already ogling at Princess?? Wow, you certainly do have quite a few Eagles and Condors in the making, don't you??

actually they are 6 or 7 but like that makes much of a difference. In the area where I teach the children are very 'aware of life' given the neighbourhood they grew up in and the situations they see in the developments around them. *Cloud is trying to find a polite way to say, these children are much more sexually aware (among other things) than I was at twice that age.*