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Traditional Stories in Belize
In Belize, Anansi stories became part of the tradition when slaves were brought to the Americas from Africa. Since then they have stayed popular and there are many stories about this mischievous Half...
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Favorite Recess Game: California
Our recess post is a little late! Better late than never! California, USA A favorite recess game at our school is called Bamboo! Here is a video demonstrating how...
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A Typical School Day in Kumasi, Ghana
Ghana, West Africa Kumasi is found at the heart of the Republic of Ghana * The name of our school is Best Brain International School. This is how our school day starts: A child wakes up mostly with...
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Traditional America Song: This Land is Your Land
California, USA This week, the focus will be traditional songs. Mrs. Yollis’ class will kick off the week with a famous American folksong, This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie. The words are below...
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Traditional Song: Australia
2KM and 2KJ loved hearing a traditional American song and we’d like to share an Australian song. G’day G’day Slim Dusty (David Gordon Kirkpatrick 1927 – 2003) made this song famous and many incorrectly...
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Traditional Song: New Zealand
Haere Mai B4′s song is a song of welcome. We sing it each week at assembly, and to welcome special visitors to our school. What do you think ‘Haere Mai’ means? Can you find the words for ‘boy’ and...
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Traditional American Song: “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
Connecticut, USA We love listening to Mrs. Yollis’ class sing This Land is Your Land, 2KM & 2KJ singing G’Day, G’Day and B4 singing Haere Mai. It is so fun to hear different songs from around the...
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The Grade 2/3s have really enjoyed everyone’s songs this week and wanted to share a traditional Canadian song with you. Our song is a combination of My Paddle’s Keen and Bright and Land of the Silver...
View ArticleOur Final Celebration
The Our World, Our Stories project has been running for nearly seven weeks and it has been an amazing experience. Each week, we have blogged, commented and conversed about a wide range of topics. Week...
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We Won an Edublog Award!
All of the students and teachers involved in Our World, Our Stories were thrilled to disover that we won the Edublog Award for the best group blog! This recognition is a sublime way to finish our...
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