I guess we need the eggs / Annie Hall ending

Ted / Michel Obama

Sudbury valley school

http://www.sudval.org/06_sudb_05.html

the Whale Rider

Whale Rider - Trailer | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

the film site


the film wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider

Witi Ihimaera, is a New Zealand author, and is often regarded as the most prominent Māori writer alive today.
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some unschooling / homeschooling links

http://www.naturalchild.org/
Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.

http://www.unschooling.com/gws/
Growing Without Schooling is the work of John C. Holt and
homeschooling's early pioneer families. It is now made available
exclusively by Home Education Magazine at this site.

25.7.09 the 1st Annual London unschooling conference
http://www।londonunschoolingconference.com/

unschooling united
http://www.unschoolingunited.com/facillitator.asp

knittaplease

Knitta began in August 2005, when the soon-to-be-Knittas were discussing their frustration over unfinished knitting projects: half-knitted sweaters and balls of yarn gathering dust. That afternoon, they knit their first door handle. Then it dawned on them… a tag crew of knitters, bombing the inner city with vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around everything from beer bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more ambitious outings. With a mix of clandestine moves and gangsta rap — Knitta was born! Today, Knitta is a group of ladies of all ages, nationalities, and… gender.

kent rogowski / Bears Project

these bears are inside out, a feature which makes them very expressive, like a childhood nightmare ... check it out

nice sites for kids

http://www.sesamestreet.org/home
http://www.seussville.com/
http://www.poissonrouge.com/
http://www.uptoten.com/
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Paris with kids

+ spending the day at the Pompidou center area.
a large area without cars starts at the 'Jardin du Forum des Halles', A big medieval church with a big head sculpture in the front that the kids like to climb, and green grass with water canals.
good falafel stands in a walking distance [Tilal - 4 euro].
good Italian ice cream [3 euro] in front of the Forum Des Halles Fountain.
lots of pigeon to scare and to feed.
in front of the museum itself many music and theater street shows, and the kids of all ages just love putting the money in the hats.
next to the museum there is a nice shallow pool with turning sculptures, very colorful and not far from the seine.

+ bateauxparisiens is just one of the companies that gives a one hour tour in the seine, all my children enjoyed it [11 euro per person 6 per child] and even I found it interesting and very relaxing. the starting point is under the Eiffel Tower which is always a great hit, even if you don't climb it, it also has a nice garden for picnics under it.

+ many days were spent at the jardin_des_tuileries, except for good ice cream and coffee, you can rent a small wooden boat to sail at the fountain water [ 2 euro for half an hour], there are nice sculpture to climb and the children's playground is absolutly original and amusing, behind it there is a classical 'mary go round' and a large trampolina facility, other then that you can always feed the ducks or check if the Obelisk is at the center of the Victory gate.

Janod

Janod - a french wooden toys company has also a beautiful collection of paper activity for kids

emily levine