make it!
Catherine Romano blogs about crafty projects for kids and parents
I recently stumbled upon an old Thanksgiving photograph. In the snapshot, I was in third grade and wearing a turkey hat (and I actually remember making the hat in school). With the festive holiday coming up, I thought it would be fun to recreate the hat for my son. Take a look.
Materials:
- Construction paper
- Adhesive tape
- White glue
- Scissors
Process:
1. Cut out a long strip of construction paper – this will be the headband for the turkey hat.
2. Cut out the feathers and details for the turkey face.
3. Attach all of the cut-outs and try the hat on for size. Read more...
With Kidlet in Kenya
Joanna Goldberg sends biweekly communiqués from Kenya, where she’s living with her kid
“Slums are not ‘the problem.’ Rather, they are the spatial manifestations of urban poverty, social exclusion, and inappropriate government policies. Indeed, they represent an active, grassroots attempt by the desperately poor to take care of themselves.” (Sclar & Northridge. Am J Public Health 2003;93:138).
The organization I work with in Nairobi, GROOTS Kenya, supports youth, caregivers and families in Mathare, an informal settlement (“slum”) about five kilometres north-east of Nairobi centre. As one of the largest slums in East Africa and the oldest in Nairobi, Mathare is home to an estimated 300,000 to 800,000 people, depending on one’s definition of Mathare Valley. It’s not as infamous as Kibera, an even larger slum south-west of the city, and receives a lot less international and local development attention. Read more...
