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Teaching Indigenous Languages: History, Best Practices, and Activities

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:34:35 +0000

Welcome to Language Latte: a conversation about teaching world languages. This is Becky Morales from Kid World Citizen, and I am your host. Today we are focusing today on teaching indigenous languages. Treat yourself to a latte, and settle in, so we can start our chat! In every episode of the Language Latte podcast, I...

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Taíno Petroglyphs: Rock Art for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:26:32 +0000

~Frances Evans Two years ago we had the opportunity to visit the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes) with our family. At the center, we enjoyed learning about the Taíno the Indigenous People of the Caribbean a subgroup of the Arawakan Indians. The Taínos inhabited Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican...

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Learn about the Seminole Indians

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 19:10:31 +0000

The Seminole Indians are a Native American tribe from the southeast United States. What is now the Seminole Tribe of Florida can be traced back 10-12,000 years. With a rich history of overcoming adversity, the Seminoles of Florida are known as the “Unconquered People” because they were never defeated by Europeans. While it is important to incorporate...

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Pottery with Kids: Pueblo Pottery at Home

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:33:59 +0000

When we were in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we got to visit the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. What a treat! They have more than 2,500 pieces of pottery, jewelry, textiles, baskets, and other archaeological artifacts to explore. After seeing the different Pueblo pottery, my daughter really wanted to try to make these striking, geometrical patterns at home. Together we...

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Visiting the Wounded Knee Museum with Kids

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:54:07 +0000

Wounded Knee Museum #roadtrip #family #travel A photo posted by Becky (@kidworldcitizen) on Aug 14, 2014 at 2:33pm PDT A couple of summers ago, we took a 3 week road trip from Houston, to Memphis and Chicago, across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota out to Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. Our itinerary of Laura Ingalls...

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Weaving Projects for Kids: Books and Crafts

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:35:17 +0000

Today we’re looking at weaving around the world: from Ghana to Afghanistan, Guatemala to the Navajo in the southwest US. Explore these books with your children and then try one of the incredible weaving projects for kids! Learn how weaving is an age-old craft in multiple cultures around the world. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you...

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60+ Books about World Religions for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:30:13 +0000

This is the second post in a series on World Religions for Kids, a group of articles packed with resources to help teachers and parents teach their children about World Religions as a means to promote compassion, empathy, cultural understanding, and tolerance. These books are a sample of the incredible list of 300+ multicultural books featured in...

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Multicultural Children’s Books: Celebrating Diversity in Children’s Literature

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:59:22 +0000

Recent census data that shows that the demographics of the US population consists of 37% people of color– yet only 10% of children’s books published have diversity content. The reasons to share multicultural literature with our kids are endless. Founders of the Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Mia and Valarie are on a mission to not...

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Trickster Tales Around the World

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:27:47 +0000

I love comparing literature from around the world. We first gathered Cinderella stories from many cultures, and then Gingerbread Men type stories, and then finally Little Red Riding Hood multicultural stories. There are many reasons to read fairy tales to children- especially because they’re whimsical, creative, and fun! Our children and classes loved comparing and...

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Australian Indigenous Art: Aboriginal Dot Painting

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:21:19 +0000

Aboriginal Australians, also referred to as Aborigines, are people whose ancestors were indigenous to the Australian continent—that is, to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania. Traditional aboriginal art includes painting on natural items such as leaves, bark, and wood; using sand to “paint;” carving wood (shields, spears, boomerangs), rocks, emu egg, or shells;...

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Why Teach with Multicultural Books?

kidworldcitizen — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:24:00 +0000

I remember as a child I would be chastised to turn off the light and go to bed, but I would sneak in a flashlight, just to be able to finish the chapter of a thrilling adventure book. Books have the ability to transport us anywhere in the world. Multicultural books help us imagine what...

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Learning about the US through Children’s Books

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:27:04 +0000

Booking Across the USA (learning about the US through books) is a collaborative blogging project created by Jodie from Growing Book By Book. Each of the participating bloggers are showcasing a book and activity related to their state: all 50 states are represented!!! Children’s literature is a fun way to bring history, culture, and geography alive...

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Inukshuk: Arctic Art from the Inuit

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:52:02 +0000

We do art projects from around the world, but we haven’t done any Arctic art projects yet! These Inukshuk painting are paired with global learning about the area. Imagine walking across the vast tundra, and coming across a human-sized stone structure. Inukshuk (plural: inuksuit) means “likeness of a person” in Inuktitut (the Inuit language), and...

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Cinderella Around the World: Stories from 17 Cultures

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:31:21 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support! The stories of Cinderella around the world appear in countless cultures. What do you know about Cinderella? Perhaps the blonde-haired, blue eyed, Disney princess? Maybe you’ve read the Brothers Grimm version from 1800’s Germany, or even farther back to the late 1600’s with Charles Perrault‘s version....

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Fresh Mexican Chia Lemonade

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:16:09 +0000

Chia lemonade is a delicious and refreshing drink enjoyed in Mexico. Chias are actually tiny seeds from Mexico and the southwest US that were used by the Aztecs and Mayans since 1000 BC. Many of these ancient grains have been recently discovered to be super-foods, packed with antioxidants and other health benefits. Chia seeds are...

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