Happy Easter : Reading children's books

Today, April 14 isGood Friday. Two days from Easter. Easter is the most important Christian religious holiday and widely regarded as the second most popular holiday in general after Christmas.

Students and teachers got Easter school break in European countries and elsewhere.

Time is wonderful for those kids and families who will enjoy the traditional host of Easter egg hunts outdoor across the world next Sunday.

And why not to read some lovely children's books? Here some suggestions in three different languages:

Home For a Bunny/ Little Golden

Margaret Wise Brown

illustrations: Garth Williams

https://www.amazon.com/

Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his springtime journey to find a home. 

A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown's simple yet playful tale is perfectly complemented by Garth Williams's exquisite artwork-and is now back in print as a Little Golden Book Classic.

Easter Blessings

 Bonnie Rickner Jensen

illustration: Donna Chapman

https://www.amazon.com/

Flowers are blooming. Birds are chirping. And the Really Woolly characters are discovering God’s goodness all around them. Curl up with your little one, and join the fun while learning about the hope of Easter and springtime!

Adorable rhymes, sweet Bible verses, and prayer starters will make reading time a special moment for you and your child—to connect with each other and with God. 

Happy Easter Mouse

Laura Numetoff

illustrations: Felicia Bond

https://www.amazon.com/

Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he goes on an Easter egg hunt! Who is hiding eggs in Mouse’s house? 

This adorable board book combines an engaging Easter theme with a story about colors!

This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for toddlers, who will enjoy the simple introduction to colors and counting. Each page has one or two sentences and points out a different color and number of eggs.

Starring the ever-popular Mouse, this is a colorful and fun addition to a little one's Easter basket.

The Easter Bunny That Overslept

Priscilla Friedrich

https://books.google.pt/

Having slept past Easter, the Easter bunny tries to distribute his eggs on Mother's Day, the Fourth of July, and Halloween, but no one is interested. At Christmas time it is Santa who gets him back on track.

Les Monsieur Madame Fêtent Pâques

Collectif

http://livre.fnac.com/

Heureux organise une grande chasse aux oeufs et confie à M. Incroyable le soin de les cacher dans des lieux... incroyables : les Monsieur Madame parviendront-ils à les retrouver ? 

Sami et Julie cherchent des oeufs

 Thérèse Bonté/  L. Lesbre

http://livre.fnac.com/

Sami et Julie sont chez leur mamie et aujourd'hui les cloches sont passées. Toute la famille cherche les oeufs en chocolat.

Une histoire à lire seul, encadré par ses parents/ enseignants. Avec des questions, en fin d'ouvrage, pour vérifier la compréhension et déclencher des réflexions et des échanges.

Joyeuses Pâques Fenouil

Brigitte Weninger

illustration: Ève Tharlet

http://livre.fnac.com/

Le jour de Pâques, un lapin passe cacher des Oeufs pour tous les enfants. C'est tout au moins ce que Cerfeuil a entendu dire... Aussitôt, Fenouil part à sa recherche avec ses frères et soeurs : ils aimeraient bien avoir des oeufs, eux aussi ! Mais leur déception est grande: le lapin de Pâques est introuvable. Qu'à cela ne tienne, Fenouil a une idée ! Et le matin de Pâques, c'est finalement une double surprise qui attend ce petit lapin au grand coeur.

O Coelhinho que não era de Páscoa

Ruth Rocha

ilustrações: Elisabeth Teixeira

https://i2.wp.com/

O que Vivinho vai ser quando crescer? Coelho de Páscoa, com certeza não, pois ele já tem sua vocação. Será que a família aceita outra profissão?

O Coelhinho Branco

António Torrado

http://www.dquixote.pt/

Um coelhinho branco que é ajudado a voltar a casa por uma formiga...

Receitas para a Páscoa

Vários autores

http://www.fnac.pt/

Receitas deliciosas de Páscoa e muito apropriado para a época de Páscoa. A experimentar com as crianças na escola ou em família. 

Wishing you a Happy Easter! Blog resumes as normal next week.

G-Souto

14.04.2017

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Spring Holidays : have fun !

Van Gogh | Blossoming-almond-tree

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

Today is April 18, Good Friday. Two day from Easter Sunday. Easter is the most important Christian religious holiday and widely regarded as the second most popular holiday in general after Christmas.

Gabriel García Márquez, 2014

credits : Eduardo Verdugo | Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

"Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of imagination," 

Gabriel García Marquéz, Nobel Prize speech, 1982

This morning sad news were announced as the author Gabriel Garcia Márquez died. Well known for his 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and a prolific and wonderful writer. The author was considered one of the greatest Spanish-language writers.

García Márquez, born in Colombia, is widely credited with helping to popularize "magical realism," a genre "in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination," as the Nobel committee described it upon awarding him the Prize for Literature in 1982.

He helped to ignite the worldwide boom in Spanish literature with novels such as 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and 'Love in the Time of Cholera'. 

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No literary experience is rarer than reading a book that changes the way we see the world. 

My tribute goes to the great writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez. After Spring Holiday, all teachers, Languages and Literature, will introduce or will pay tribute to García Márquez in their lessons and will invite the students to read one of Márquez books.

After this sad new, I would like to introduce the theme of this post. Spring Holidays.

The students got Spring Holidays almost for everywhere. And families are enjoying Easter egg hunts across some countries. For those we don't celebrate egg hunts, they get some holiday to travel or just to relax near a beach.

Credits : Soledad

http://www.blogdesoledadbravi.com/

Spring 2014 is warmer than Easter 2013. So, students who stay in town with their parents, they have good choices to have fun and learn a bit as well.

There are a lot of activities at Museums or public Libraries Photography workshops, and most of all nature parks.

Even colleges are offering some cultural activities for children and young people in the last years .

Education: 

It is in the early age that students get cultural habits. And with such interesting choice, parents and teachers can guide a little bit the youngest respecting the interests of each one.

Some Activities by countries:

Credits: Serralves

http://www.serralves.pt/

Portugal

São cada vez mais os museus, fundações, universidades, parques e outras organições a oferecer ateliês, workshops, desportos radicais, e todo o tipo de actividades, de modo a alcançar um público juvenil mais vasto. Apenas agumas indicações. 

Fundação Serralves : Oficinas de Páscoa dos 4 aos 12 anos e famílias no parque. Imperdível para quem gosta de actividades ao ar livre.

Créditos : Gulbenkian

http://descobrir.gulbenkian.pt/

Fundação Gulbenkian : Descobrir - Arte ; Fotografia ; Oficinas - dos 8 aos +18 anos

Prana | Banda

Créditos : Casa da Música

http://www.casadamusica.com/

Casa da Música : Prana - Novos Talentos, Sala 2.

France:

Musées de Paris

Musées juniors Paris

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Même à la maison, les ados peuvent s'amuser en visitant des musées! Le site ? Paris Musées Juniors

Mission Zigomar est un site ludo-éducatif qui permet d’explorer les collections de l’ensemble des musées de la ville de Paris.

Durant cette véritable aventure animée, les enfants doivent résoudre des énigmes, emmenés par de jeunes héros, Gab l’aventurière, Hugo le rêveur et Selim l’intellectuel féru de nouvelles technologies, pour empêcher l’affreux Zigomar de confisquer aux enfants les œuvres des musées de la Ville de Paris. 

Cités des Sciences:

© Animaris Umeris, oeuvre de Theo Jansen © Loek Van Der Klis

http://www.culture.fr/

La Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, présente une exposition sur l’Art robotique, du rêve à la réalité, du 8 avril 2014 au 4 janvier 2015. L’occasion de découvrir des œuvres spectaculaires et inédites. 

L'exposition sur le web aussi.

© P. Verzone/agence vu/EPPDCSI

Le jeu vidéo, un nouvel objet culturel

http://www.culture.fr/

Le jeu vidéo, un nouvel objet cuturel à la Cité des sciences. Cette exposition a pour vocation non seulement d’initier les 'non-joueurs' au plaisir que procurent les jeux vidéo, mais aussi de proposer une expérience de jeu inédite aux visiteurs les plus expérimentés : ainsi un stand permet par exemple à chacun de créer son propre jeu vidéo ! Alors, toute la famille peut bien s'amuser.

Musée d'art moderne de Paris

http://www.mam.paris.fr/

A la recherche d'activités pour vos enfants durant les vacances scolaires ? Les visites et les ateliers pour enfants (4-6 ans / 7-10 ans / 11-14 ans) ont lieu du mardi au samedi au Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris. À vos agendas !

If we look closely and with special attention we’ll certainly find shapes and patterns secretly hidden in every museum, park, concert hall.

Are you curious? Then go and have fun with your kids !

By the way, did you know that the word "breakfast" originates from "breaking the fast" after a 40 days lent period preceding Easter?

So, many things to learn and share. But most of all enjoy and have fun !

Wishing you a Happy Easter Season! Blog resumes as normal next week.

G-Souto

18.04.2014
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Easter Holiday

Today is March 29 Good Friday. Easter is the most important Christian religious holiday and widely regarded as the second most popular holiday in general after Christmas.

The students got Easter school break. And families would like to enjoy a host of Easter egg hunts across some countries.

But Easter 2013 is the coldest Easter since 1910, they say. And it will be difficult for those kids and families to enjoy this traditional host of Easter egg hunts outdoor.

http://www.serralves.pt/

However there are a lot of activities at Museums or public Libraries in every city or town.

Many youngsters don't go to the Museum or the public library. Maybe family life is too busy. Maybe they haven't yet got the cultural habit. 

http://www.serralves.pt/

But, during these two days, you will have the time. By the way, did you know that the word "breakfast" originates from "breaking the fast" after a 40 day lent period preceding Easter?

So, many things to learn and share. But most of all so mnany good things to enjoy!

Wishing you a Happy Easter Season! Blog resumes as normal next week.

G-Souto

29.03.2013
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