It’s Saturday, , and time for Foreign Languages. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Websites: If you have used these resources leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of the resources and why.
Holidays: The Voices of Christmas
Age Range: 10-18 (Grades 5-12, with parental supervision) This website lets you listen to the different ways “Merry Christmas” is said around the world.
Scroll down through the page, click on the audio play button for country of choice, and hear the Real Audio file of “Merry Christmas” and other related holiday greetings in:
- Chinese
- French/Creole
- Italian
- Korean
- Lithuanian
- Spanish
- Dutch
- Welsh
- Finnish
- Romanian
- Russian
- Hungarian
- Vietnamese
- Greek
- German
- And more.
The words are also written out so you can try to follow along. This is a fun way to introduce the whole family to the many languages of the world!
Recommended Website: Make a Pomander Ball
Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision) There’s still time to make artistic holiday decorations and gifts. Check out this site and more!
Take an orange, stud it with cloves, tie a ribbon around it – and presto! – you’ve made an aromatic decoration or gift. This site has simple instructions illustrated with pictures.
And here are some more Fun Family Crafts. Choose from:
- Quilled Poinsettia Card
- Tissue Paper Tassel Garland
- Simple Winter Village Houses
- Christmas Pom Pom Photo Frame
- and many more!
Build a Mini Gingerbread House!
Fun for the whole family!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
