Monthly Archives: June 2016
HISTORIC CELEBRATION: NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY SPIRIT ANIMAL BOOK TIE-INS *
It’s National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Since my book, The Spirit Rose, and American writer Marva Dasef’s book, The Eagle Quest, both have Aboriginal characters, we thought it would be nice if those characters had a chat. The first speaker is a Cherokee boy living in modern times, the second an Okanagan Valley syilx girl […]
HISTORY LURE: PLAYMOBIL FIGURES RECREATE FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Got a kid who’s interested in art AND also likes Playmobil? Get them to check this out: http://www.boredpanda.com/famous-paintings-playmobil-figures-pierre-adrien-sollier/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter And while we’re at it, here’s the history of Playmobil itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z64Y4ww5L_U
HISTORY CHALLENGE: THE BIG HISTORY QUIZ
History-buff adults, teens, & older kids might like to try might like to try this online history quiz. There are six different levels. Since the first one had fifty questions, and thus took a while, I only did that. (Yes, I passed). When I’ve got more time, I intend to try the rest. http://www.loveaquiz.com/the-big-history-quiz/
FAMILY HISTORY: VALUE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
June 6th, 1944. D-Day. My father (who was, thankfully, stationed in England throughout WW II) told of passing an American barracks on D-Day and having American soldiers hail him so he could listen to an account of it on their radio. Nor was that the only historic event, or history-related event, our family experienced. My […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: PUGET SOUND EXPLORATION
Question: What was explorer George Vancouver actually looking for when he claimed Puget Sound & the surrounding area for Great Britain on June 4th, 1792? Answer: The Northwest Passage. Explorers tried to find this, some said, mythical, arctic sea corridor between Asia and Europe for three hundred years, with successful traversal of it finally going […]
MONTH NAME ORIGINS: APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE
Due to family concerns, I haven’t been able to keep up this blog for the past two months. This also means that I am two months behind on Book Four of my Time Rose series, and must resume work in order to try and have it ready for an autumn release. The blog, therefore, while, […]
Time Travelling With Kids 