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Nancy said:
We teach a variety of traditions from different cultures, countries and time periods in the Grade 2 curriculum. Thanksgiving is definitely connected to the harvest, and harvest celebrations have been celebrated the world over for a very long time. Our feast was a connection to that. So...not necessarily politically correct, just very inclusive.
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So - you can't teach Thanksgiving - Christmas - or Easter anymore - but you'll still be celebrating Halloween with the kids - is that correct Nancy. It's okay to celebrate non-Christian holy days with them eh?
 
Nancy said:
This is off topic, but I thought I'd share anyway! We had a harvest feast yesterday at school: We made 'stone soup', cookies and punch. We worked as a class to rearrange our tables so that all could sit together. We set the tables and dined together. One parent said that there was so much learning involved in our simple meal (making it, eating it, cleaning up) that isn't covered in the curriculum, but so important nonetheless. I absolutely loved the togetherness of this beautiful little class.
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There isn't really an off-topic here! I have good memories from making stone soup in K or grade 1. It's funny how that story can be very different. Chemguy actually had a favourite book similar to that story, Button Soup, we were thinking it might make a good Christmas gift, but it's no longer in print and to buy one in new condition is expensive. Will probably get a used to give sometime.

As for old stuff, my parents still have everything, all our old books, etc. They had water issues though, so some things were thrown out in the last few years only out of necessity.
 
Hey chemgal. Check out Abe books. Books from all over the world. Excellent service for finding out of print books. My youngestson uses them all the time
 
Pinga said:
Hey chemgal. Check out Abe books. Books from all over the world. Excellent service for finding out of print books. My youngestson uses them all the time
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Thanks! I did find used ones on Amazon & ebay, but the description on Abe is much better when it comes to wear!
 
My favourite version of Stone Soup is from a CD called "Like a Ripple on the Water" by Kim and Jerry Brodey. I shared other versions with the students also but they got into the singing part of the CD.
 
Luce NDs said:
Stone soup ... a hard brew like the turmoil of a distraught mind without information, data and other stuff to digest?
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Tone oop is deluxe tough. I one made it while on vacation at my mom cottage in modem Ew Bruno Sick. I recommend it to one and all as a lovely ditch to enjoy. Gould it be taking the play of Danksgivin in our chills?
 
Pr. Jae said:
So - you can't teach Thanksgiving - Christmas - or Easter anymore - but you'll still be celebrating Halloween with the kids - is that correct Nancy. It's okay to celebrate non-Christian holy days with them eh?
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I teach all of those as part of our understanding of traditions. And, yes, we used the word Thanksgiving also in our classroom. I don't think it is only Christians who give thanks.
 
Nancy said:
I teach all of those as part of our understanding of traditions. And, yes, we used the word Thanksgiving also in our classroom. I don't think it is only Christians who give thanks.
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Who are the non-Christians giving thanks to Nancy? I hope you taught your students that Thanksgiving was founded as "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed" - source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)
 
Give thanks to everything ... that makes your day complete as integrated ... some Christians eliminate a lot of painful stuff as learning medium and thus miss the point of knowledge about things not to do ... negative thought process?
 
Pr. Jae said:
Who are the non-Christians giving thanks to Nancy? I hope you taught your students that Thanksgiving was founded as "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed" - source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)
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No, I didn't. But I had a lovely after-school conversation with a Mom of 4, new to our community, who was interested in finding a church home. We shared our faith and world view. Sometimes, that is how a person shares their faith.
 
Nancy said:
No, I didn't. But I had a lovely after-school conversation with a Mom of 4, new to our community, who was interested in finding a church home. We shared our faith and world view. Sometimes, that is how a person shares their faith.
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It's wonderful that you had that talk with the Mom Nancy. Props to you for that one.

Now - let's get back to the students. So - you're willing to casually include the word "Thanksgiving" in your teachings to them - but not willing to include the origin of the celebration - nor the truth that the giving of thanks should rightly go to God. Is that correct Nancy?
 
Pr. Jae said:
It's wonderful that you had that talk with the Mom Nancy. Props to you for that one.

Now - let's get back to the students. So - you're willing to casually include the word "Thanksgiving" in your teachings to them - but not willing to include the origin of the celebration - nor the truth that the giving of thanks should rightly go to God. Is that correct Nancy?
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Pr. Jae. This thread is not a thread for arguing. You want to challenge Nancy on hanksgiving, please take it to another thread.
 
Pinga said:
Pr. Jae. This thread is not a thread for arguing. You want to challenge Nancy on hanksgiving, please take it to another thread.
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No one's arguing Pinga. I'm seeking to understand the positions of @Nancy as a public school teacher - and there's nothing wrong with that.
 
room for all was created as a gentle supportive room. It is not a room for challenging others actions but a safe space where all are welcomed. save challenging posts for other threads.
 
Tabitha said:
room for all was created as a gentle supportive room. It is not a room for challenging others actions but a safe space where all are welcomed. save challenging posts for other threads.
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Seeking to understand others is not challenging others actions Tabitha - but is indeed a supportive friendly act. Love this space in which such conversations can occur.
 
Even though I felt an initial pang of hurt by Pr. Jae's challenging tone, I also reflected on my practice. I don't think I'm very evangelical in either my job or my life. I try to encourage the children to be thankful, but I don't teach to whom they should be thankful. Some will take objection to that, but that is my reality in the public school system. I leave it rather open-ended and some children will say God, because they are comfortable saying that. I also try to show, live, do my faith because sometimes I find words so confining or subjective.

Anyway...Happy Turkey Day everyone! (there...left out thanks and harvest!)
 
Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday in the same way that Easter and Christmas are. They are imbedded in ancient Christian texts - Thanksgiving is not.

I see no reason for schools to do anything other than teach the basic information about religions - all of them. There should not be more emphasis placed on the Christian religion except in privately financed religious based schools. Yep - I don't think any religion should get a publically funded school. I disagree with having special RC schools - and I'm thinking they would quietly go away if only students who regularly attended RC churches were allowed to go to them.
 
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