As you guys know, I am the school librarian & computer teacher for a synagogue preschool in Boca Raton, Florida. Each year at our school, our curriculum includes a "winter" unit and we usually emphasize themes of cold, snowy weather, even though that is not what we experience here in South Florida.
I grew up in Pennsylvania, so I understand the tendency to assume that the northern four seasons are Real Weather and that everything else is just a variation. But that's not true, and it's not fair to teach kids in Florida that their winter experience (dry and sunny) is not valid. So I had an idea for a way to show how different winter can be in different places. I've created an interactive blog where everyone can share pictures (and video and audio) of their own local winter experience. I am inviting YOU to show off YOUR winter weather, to help my students learn that winter can mean snow, rain, or sunshine; cold or warm; it can even mean December or July depending on which hemisphere you live in. Please email a picture of your typical winter weather [email protected] to share it with the rest of us. If you want, you can even email a video or an audio file! I've listed a few guidelines below to help you. GUIDELINES * Photos, videos, and audio recordings showing off winter weather are all accepted - just attach the file to your email message and send it to [email protected]. * In your email message, please tell us your location, who are the people in the picture (if there are any people), and a little about what your typical winter weather is like. * Pictures can be from your home area or from a vacation, as long as it's winter. * Pictures can be new or from a previous winter. * To visit the Winter Weather website and see the pictures others have sent, visithttp://winterweather.posterous.com. Thanks to everybody for helping me to expand the world of my students! And please feel free to pass this message along to your friends, especially if they live in really interesting places. Happy Winter! Love, Heidi Heidi Estrin [email protected] Library Media Specialist, Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton Host, The Book of Life Podcast --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
