Continuing our Spring Festival mini topic, we read The Runaway Rice Cake* by Ying Chang Compestine. It’s similar to various “gingerbread” stories like The Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Cowboy, and Gingerbread Baby. There’s a hungry family, an item of food that… Continue Reading →
Today was Blue Monday, which is reportedly the most depressing day of the year. However, it was also Martin Luther King Day, which is far more uplifting and awesome. One of my favourite websites, Teachers Pay Teachers, was a great… Continue Reading →
Arriving with a whimper instead of a bang, 2017 has rolled in with a special helping of flu for me and the kids. There’s already been a couple of sick days this week, courtesy of a hacking cough, and a massive… Continue Reading →
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as Robert Meredith Willson said in 1951. The Christmas tree is up; we put it up on St Andrew’s Day, when I caved to the kids’ request, and steeled myself to not… Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving isn’t a traditional holiday in the UK, but it is a welcome pause before the full onslaught of Christmas. (Thanksgiving 2016 is November 24th; it’s always the 4th Thursday in November.) My kids first started the annual Thanksgiving activities… Continue Reading →
Our second Into Film Festival screening, this year, was Ice Age Collision Course. This is another 3D computer-animated film from Blue Sky Studios, the producers of The Peanuts Movie. Film Review Ice Age Collision Course is the fifth instalment in the Ice Age franchise…. Continue Reading →
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