A profound, luminous masterpiece by one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights. This edition was published in 2023 with a beautifully redesigned text and cover, to coincide with the National Theatre’ revival. It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five adult Mundy sisters; their older brother, a missionary priest returned from Uganda; and the youngest sister’s seven-year-old son, Michael. Over the course of two days in the family’s life, Brian Friel evokes not only the interior world of a group of human beings trapped in their domestic situation, but the wider landscape – public and private, Christian and pagan – of which they are nonetheless a part. ‘There is no doubting we are in the thrall of as masterly a dramatist as the theatre possesses.’ The Times
Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Story: How the Birds got their Songs and Colours
This Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime story pack contains 5 fun activities for Kindergarten/Grade 1 students to incorporate ELA and cultural studies with art and drama. 1. Dreamtime Story: How the Birds got their Songs and Colors 2. Find Words in the Story activity: focusing on 7 words (and, it, was, the, some, birds, color and colors) 3. Australia map and animals: coloring activity 4. Rainbow Birds art activity with student instruction poster 5. Detailed notes for performing this story with your class TO PURCHASE AS PART OF A BUNDLE CLICK HERE. Please note: if you buy the bundle don't buy this…
Recreating Real Structures with Blocks
We’re finishing up our mini-unit about America this week. For our building center, Mary Poppins and I had the children use blocks to build their own versions of real structures. Mary Poppins used Google Images to print out real photos of the White House, the Capital Building, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and theKeep Reading
Music Appreciation | Worksheet | Education.com
Mini musicians, get ready for a jukebox adventure back in time! Visit the Library of Congress Jukebox website to hear 5 classic melodies by famous composers.
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A blog about Decorating, fashion, gardens, the beach, gardening, cooking, photography, all influenced by my Italian and Argentine roots.
Twister – The Strong National Museum of Play
Inducted Year: 2015 In 1964 toy inventor Reyn Guyer conceived a shoe polish promotion as a game with a mat on the floor and with people serving as the playing pieces. Guyer hired an artist and a toy designer, Charles Foley and Neil Rabens, to help him with the development of the basic idea, and the three devised a game they called Pretzel. Foley and Rabens took the idea to the Milton Bradley Company, which saw promise, and the men received a [...]
Honoring Our Spa Roots on National Esthetician’s Day
Celebrating our heritage and beauty’s unsung heroes.
