Fada Moranga loves Thumbelina!

Thumbelina

A translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "Tommelise" by Jean Hersholt.

There once was a woman who wanted so very much to have a tiny little child, but she did not know where to find one. So she went to an old witch, and she said:

"I have set my heart upon having a tiny little child. Please could you tell me where I can find one?"

"Why, that's easily done," said the witch. "Here's a grain of barley for you, but it isn't at all the sort of barley that farmers grow in their fields or that the chickens get to eat. Put it in a flower pot and you'll see what you shall see."

Read the rest of the story here

LINKS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbelina

Hans Christian Andersen tales in many languages:
http://rakontoj.googlepages.com/index.html#angl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/

http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main

MORE LINKS

http://www.coreknowledge.net/bookstore/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=4&products_id=166
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Thu.shtml
http://www.puppetworld.com/Thumbelina%20Story.htm

BOOKS & ACTIVITIES

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=thumbelina&x=21&y=17
http://www.coreknowledge.org/bookstore/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=166
http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/colpages/Thumbelina/page9.htm
http://thundafunda.com/393/?level=picture&id=605

Celebrating Earth Day!

Earth Day, celebrated April 22, is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment.

Have fun!

Study Earth!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22948894

http://pingmag.jp/2007/06/01/namaiki-letting-plants-do-the-design-for-you/

CRAFTS

http://www.makingfriends.com/earthday.htm

http://crafts.kaboose.com/cotton-ball-tree.html

http://crafts.kaboose.com/laundry-bottle-pet-food-scoop.html

http://www.babycenter.com/kids-activities

LINKS

http://www.earthday.gov/kids.htm
http://earthday.wilderness.org/
http://earthday.wilderness.org/kidsstuff/
http://earthday.wilderness.org/teachers/postings.htm
http://tree-nation.com/

Fada Moranga loves Tree-Nation!

Tree-Nation is an ecological project with a focused objective: To plant 8 million trees in Niger, Africa to fight desertification! Large-scale plantation of trees will increase the land's productivity and re-generate the soil. By planting your tree, you are not only investing in your own future, but also the future of others.

Supported by the United Nations Environment Programme, Tree-nation is an online community in which you can buy your own tree and become the guardian of a real and happy tree that will be planted in their park in Niger.

Each tree that is planted in Niger is also planted on Nation-Tree virtual map, which you can access directly through the site. Come watch how your happy tree grows big and strong! Tree-Nation wants to show that fighting desertification is not only a good initiative that will reduce the effects of climate change, not to mention improve the lives of thousands of people, but that it can also be rewarding and fun!

http://www.unep.org/
http://www.tree-nation.com/docs/press_rls/billion_tree_lowres.pdf
http://www.unep.org/Billiontreecampaign/images/unep-forest-map-update.jpg

Fada Moranga loves green!

Metaphy's Indoor Grass planters from Tokyo

Fada Moranga loves gardening!

The Matchstick Garden grows a garden from a matchbook!

www.matchstickgarden.com