Curious really loved her term at an Australian primary school earlier in the year. There were some nice kids, and a great teacher, but she did feel the cultural divide in a small community that was pretty mono-cultural. We tried to bridge it the best we could. One of the ways was by organizing a Buddhist New Year Water Festival for her class. We cut and pasted beautiful paper flags, walked to the beach and made a huge sandcastle to put them in, flung water in the playground, painted cheeks with traditional makeup, and cooked and ate warm rice flour sweets. Curious was very chuffed and loved explaining the activities to little friends and talking about what water festival is really like in our other countries.
So, since we've been back overseas, and have started distance education, Curious has been using Photostory 3 to record some family outings and local experiences. While its great for her new teacher to understand what she is doing and seeing here and hearing her construct original sentences about those experiences, its also a great way for her to keep in touch with her old primary school class. And, as the example below shows, to see lovely Asian elephants doing very amusing, and sometimes, amazing things!
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