AYO

a popular game from Nigeria, here are the instructions
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/games/ayo.html

michel ocelot

this image is taken from Kirikou, one of Michel Ocelot more popular DVD for kids, based on an African folk story.

Janusz Korczak Selected writings

Fiction

• Children of the Streets (Dzieci ulicy, Warsaw 1901)
• Koszałki Opałki (Warsaw, 1905)
• Child of the Drawing Room (Dziecko salonu, Warsaw 1906, 2nd edition 1927) – partially autobiographical
• Mośki, Joski i Srule (Warsaw 1910)
• Józki, Jaśki i Franki (Warsaw 1911)
• Fame (Sława, Warsaw 1913, corrected 1935 and 1937)
• Bobo (Warsaw 1914)
• King Matt the First (Król Maciuś Pierwszy, Warsaw 1923)
• King Matt on a Deserted Island (Król Maciuś na wyspie bezludnej, Warsaw 1923)
• Bankruptcy of Little Jack (Bankructwo małego Dżeka, Warsaw 1924)
• When I Am Little Again (Kiedy znów będę mały, Warsaw 1925)
• Senat szaleńców, humoreska ponura (a screenplay for the Ateneum theatre in Warsaw 1931)
• Kajtus the Wizard (Kajtuś czarodziej, Warsaw 1935)

Pedagogical books

• Momenty wychowawcze (Warsaw, 1919, 2nd edition 1924)
• How to Love a Child (Jak kochać dziecko, Warsaw 1919, 2nd edition 1920 as Jak kochać dzieci)
• The Child's Right to Respect (Prawo dziecka do szacunku, Warsaw, 1929)
• Pedagogika żartobliwa (Warsaw, 1933)

Other books

• Diary (Pamiętnik, Warsaw, 1958)
• The Stubborn Boy: The Life of Pasteur (Warsaw, 1935)

wikipedia

milk

French fashion magazine dedicated to kids

dean pitchford (footloose) the big one-oh

the big one-oh official site

Eric Carle

Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images. Many of his books have an added dimension—die-cut pages, twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely Firefly, even the lifelike sound of a cricket’s song as in The Very Quiet Cricket - giving them a playful quality: a toy that can be read, a book that can be touched. Children also enjoy working in collage and many send him pictures they have made themselves, inspired by his illustrations. He receives hundreds of letters each week from his young admirers.

www.eric-carle.com

Paper dolls

www.doverpublications.com http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd_scans/ef/index.html

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther cartoon character is the main character in a series of animated short films. The character originally appeared in the opening and closing credit sequences of the 1963 live-action feature film The Pink Panther. The popularity of the character spawned a series of animated short films, and the character would appear in the opening sequence of every film in The Pink Panther series (except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau). The cool cat starred in 126 shorts (either theatrical or made-for-television), 10 television shows and 3 prime-time television specials.

wikipedia

Amazon
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Henry Mancini

Gerald Durrell

My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of his childhood spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. It describes the life of the Durrell Family on the island in a humorous manner, and also richly discusses the fauna of the island. It is the first and most famous of Durrell's Corfu trilogy, together with Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods.

wikipedia

durrell wildlife conservation trust

dodo club

Children can make new friends and explore the outdoors! All year round for just £24!

• Dodolings 3-6 year-olds
• Activity Weeks 7-11 year-olds
• Animal Care 12-16 year-olds
• Durrell Conservation Group 13-16 year-olds

the book

DVD - the bbc film

kapla

"In pursuit of a childhood dream I moved from Holland to France, bought a ruined farm house and from it built a castle in stone. The concept of KAPLA is a result of that building experience.

We have all played with buildings blocks, but the KAPLA plank, only one size, is the best adapted for building without gluing or fixing. Master of manners: master of self. Our society fails to recognise the importance of developing coordination simultaneously with intelligence to obtain balance and harmony of mind. By combining the skills of ingenuity and creativity, KAPLA increases children’s capacity to concentrate and develops their ability to adapt to an ever changing world. KAPLA is a delightful medium to introduce children to the world of artistic creativity.

Through building, one builds character"

Tom van der Bruggen,
Inventor of KAPLA

http://kaplatoys.blogspot.com/

www.kapla.com

www.buildsomethingcool.blogspot.com

kids national geographic

Deep inside an ancient pyramid in Peru, a mummy lay hidden in a gold-filled tomb. The underground chamber remained a secret for nearly 1,600 years, until an archaeologist noticed rectangular patches of soft clay in the pyramid's floor—a telltale sign of a grave. His heartbeat quickened. He suspected that someone powerful would be buried here.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

D.I.Y kids

D.I.Y. Kids aims to trigger imaginative play, without requiring fees, teams, or a minivan. It’s for parents, teachers, aunts and uncles, friends and baby-sitters, neighbors and citizens—anyone who wants to create a better world not only for, but also with, the next generation. Most of all, it’s for kids who want to make their mark (and make a difference) by exercising the arts of design with wit, intelligence, and style.

—Ellen and Julia Lupton

http://diykids.org/

time for kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers