French school: Year 3 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y et Z Maintenant je sais mon alphabet, Chante avec moi la prochaine fois. <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/_LYy3P2okyw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> And if you want to read more […]
Education
One book, one pen can change the world: Girl Power
Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. ~Malala Yousafzai One of the traits I love most about my daughter, is how much she loves books. Some of her love of reading is innate and […]
Ten ideas for exploring cultural heritage in adoptive families
Exploring heritage is important for all adoptive families, not just those who adopt internationally. Whether a Caucasian family adopts an African-American child domestically or a family of Western European descent adopts a child from Eastern Europe, chances are that your adopted child will have different cultural roots. Exploring heritage is one way to learn about […]
Putting the pampers in ‘Pampers and Pakhlava’
Slowly but surely, Big Papa and I have been getting the things we need to (as we say) “keep the baby alive” when we finally become parents. We now have a crib, a changing table, a high chair, a couple strollers, an assortment of books and a few toys. A few days ago someone asked […]
Food to make my heart SOAR
“She likes the top of matzoun and the bottom of pilaf,” is an Armenian expression which means ‘she loves everything good.’ I was lucky enough to enjoy a lot of ‘everything good,’ this past Sunday in a hands-on Armenian cooking class fundraiser for SOAR (Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief). All the money will go directly […]
Catch and release
I love cats, large and small, domesticated and wild. So, it’s no surprise how much I was touched by the story of Christian, the lion. Christian was a lion originally purchased in 1969 from Harrods department store in London by two Australians, John Rendall and Anthony “Ace” Bourke. When Christian got too large for his […]
Smart cookie
Paperwork, official documents, a home study and a dossier are just a few hurdles we have to clear on our path to adoption. Our adoption to-do list also includes 35 educational credits. In 2007, when the U.S. signed the Hague Convention Treaty on International Adoption a minimum of ten hours of parent education was required. […]