We’ve worked on our roof for our gers, and we are figuring out how to construct them and play with them, as they can move from place to place. We learned that real life gers can weigh up to 550 lbs., and are carted from place to place by the animals that the Mongolian nomads [...]
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Day 43: March 16, 2010
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Day 38: February 26, 2010
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Today we began our day with finishing up our matryoshka project. We labeled each doll with their given names (from our story, the Littlest Matryoshka by Corrine Demas Bliss) and each friend helped laminate her latest creation. They will all be part of a mobile to take home next week.We also talked about the story [...]
Day 34: February 5, 2010
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Today we continued our creation of Matroyshka’s for our mobiles and completed our Senegal animals for our passports. We had our monthly visit to Ruth Craft’s home, the senior member of our community. Ruth has lived in Ashfield her whole life (as she says, “so far!”) She enjoys hearing us sing, telling stories, and joining [...]
Day 30: January 22, 2010
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We began our day by saying goodbye to the very hot (just north of the equator!) country of Senegal, and “traveling” to one of the coldest and largest countries on the planet—Russia! We began our studies with Russia’s ABC’s, an exciting book loaded with beautiful illustrations that depicts the unique architecture and artifacts of the [...]
Solstice Celebration 2009
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Thank you to all for attending our winter Solstice Celebration and Potluck. May the Holidays be restful and joyous for you and yours. Best in 2010! The Servant Candle (from a reading by Judy Bressler of the Klezmer Conservatory Band; adapted by Monique Bourgeois) A candle alone is a small thing. But one candle can [...]
Day 24: December 18, 2009
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We planned our party and finished up all the loose ends we had begun. (Next time you are throwing some kind of event at your home, remind your Peace Traveler that they know all that goes into a celebration, and enlist their assistance!) We tidied up, put out ornaments, finished our solstice necklaces for family [...]
Day 22: December 11, 2009
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Today we visited our elder friend, Ruth Craft. We had lunch together, had our morning circle (in the afternoon!), and then read a couple of Christmas stories. Each of us had prepared a little something for her, and it was fun to give and then receive her warm smile and sweet words. We have been [...]
Day 18: November 20, 2009
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Today we talked about the things that we are grateful for, and sang a song familiar to many of the friends. I told the Inuit story of Sedna, Beautiful Goddess of the Sea. (I modified the story some, because it is a bit gruesome, and Sedna’s parents hurt her, and I wanted to temper it [...]
Day 15: November 10, 2009
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We have been working on our Peace Travelers Alphabet book. The general gist of this exercise is to prepare a page a week that begins with a certain letter. We practice the ASL letter, the phonics that goes with it, and we work with pictures of flowers, animals, and many cultural symbols (pictures of flags, [...]
Day 14: November 6, 2009
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Today we began work on our Inuit totem poles by coloring the pieces (a bear, a wolf, and an eagle) that we will assemble next week. We spoke of our Inuit story about Tiktalituck and his quest for survival in the Arctic cold. We are learning about Canada—a vast country with many time zones and [...]
