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Monthly Bucket – December
📚 3 Books
- What Do You Celebrate? Holidays & Festivals Around the World
By Whitney Stewart (Illustrated by Christiane Engel)
Across the globe, every country has its special holidays. 14 special occasions where people dance, dress up, eat yummy foods, & enjoy fun traditions that have been passed down across generations.
- A World of Cookies for Santa
By M. E. Furman (Illustrated by Susan Gal)
Head to the Philippines, where children leave out puto seko cookies and ginger tea for Santa. Set out for Malawi for a sweet potato cookie! Includes recipes for children to bake some of Santa’s cookies themselves.
- Mother Goose Goes to India
By Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal (Illustrated by Wazza Pink)
Mother Goose takes a trip to India in this unique collection of nursery rhymes with a distinctly Indian flair. This little sooar (pig) goes to the bazaar. Little Miss Muffet eats dahi (yogurt) until a makadee (spider) scares her away…
🍦 Extras
- Farewell – Sue’s personal reflections on First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who was a dear friend
- Carrot Halwa – Sue shares her
secretrecipe for this Punjabi holiday dish. Carrots, cardamom, cashew nuts…
- How to teach empathy – Acclaimed author Susan Stockdale weighs in
- 9 family activities to celebrate the holidays
- Sweet Home Alabama – 5 takeaways from Sue’s trip to the Alabama Early Childhood Education Conference
📅 Calendar
- January 26 – Republic Day
- March 25 – Holi
- August 15 – Independence Day
- August 19 – Raksha Bandhan
📷 Photo
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Reading at Lower School Assembly (courtesy: The Lovett School) |
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