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AW: It's an exciting day at LFES!
There's a family of whooping cranes hanging out behind my school today! Like 8 of them. They're just wandering around the big open field, have been since about 9 this morning. I took the kids out to see, and they thought it was the coolest thing ever! (Although, they didn't understand my Elmur Fudd "be vewy vewy quite" joke.) I wish I could upload pics to my school computer. I'm eating lunch and watching them through my window now. Anyway, it's made for an exciting Monday. I'll stop being an AW now.
Re: AW: It's an exciting day at LFES!
Ditto ! Isn't a crane a symbol of good luck ? I know that people make oragami one's to bring them luck
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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
Could you perhaps make paper cranes in school and do a less on origami or something.
I think that big birds are fascinating.
Zuma Zoom
Ohh I hadn't even thought about whopping cranes being a symbol of luck! I did choke down my first Clomid yesterday.
Smo- I wanted to do 1,000 paper cranes at Christmas last year, because they're also a symbol for peace and I thought they'd look really cool hanging in the hall on fishing line. Have you ever tried to make a paper crane? We do some oragami in my class, but I worked on that damn crane for about 2 hours (and about 10 pieces of oragami paper) and then gave up. I did use today's "teachable moment" to pull up some pictures of whooping cranes and talk about where they live and what they're doing here.
When I was 12 or 13 I made 700 paper cranes... I had heard about that legend/story where the girl made 1000 and her wish was granted. I was wishing my lost cat would be found- and at 700 and something, he showed up, so i stopped.
But I still strung up 7 strands of 100 cranes each and hung them around my bedroom, and they do look really pretty. I made them out of used wrapping paper.
Yep. I learned when I was in the 3rd or 4th grade in our library class. I've always remembered how to do it. Like riding a bike I guess. They takes just a few minutes after you get the hang of it. Don't give up! Maybe check for a tutorial where the paper colors are really opposite on either side, gray and white, or red and blue. It might help. Did you use a picture guide, or a have a person show you? It mike make a difference. I'd check out some Youtube videos if you've only had the 2D version from a book.
When we got bored in church growing up, we'd make them. haha.
Zuma Zoom
Yep. That's the one! Maybe I should read them the book and then give the option of making paper cranes if they want. Cranking out 1,000 just wasn't going to happen as fast as I thought.
Also, excuse my spelling today. I'm embarassing myself. Maybe I should proofread before I click post.
Ok, now y'all are just embarassing me. Everyone learned when they were like 10, and I (in my 26 years of glory) couldn't figure it out!
My visual spatial skills are lacking. I'm really much more of an auditory-sequential learner. Maybe a video would help.
I would try a video. It really helps to see the paper in the hand of someone else.
What a great story for your kids though, you learned successfully using different resources and teaching methods.
Zuma Zoom