{"id":1429,"date":"2018-09-04T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/?page_id=1429"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:29:23","slug":"anansi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/anansi\/","title":{"rendered":"Anansi and his Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2018\/09\/anansi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1430 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2018\/09\/anansi-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2018\/09\/anansi-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2018\/09\/anansi-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2018\/09\/anansi.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week we read <em>Anansi and his Children<\/em>. Our words from this book are <strong>spider<\/strong>, <strong>stone<\/strong>, <strong>curious<\/strong>, and <strong>construct<\/strong>. Ask your child what the story was about. Play the video below to hear a story about Anansi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eG2Sho0ieJo&#038;list=PLygKUp9xvsrIiTdLby0hwn_BVuJMF4P61\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eG2Sho0ieJo&amp;list=PLygKUp9xvsrIiTdLby0hwn_BVuJMF4P61<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask your child what each word means, and if they don&#8217;t know, explain the meaning to them or show them an example. Here are easy definitions to use.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1662\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/cartoon-spider-on-web-vector-2026128-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1662\" class=\"wp-image-1662 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/cartoon-spider-on-web-vector-2026128-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spider<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <strong>spider<\/strong> is a small animal with eight legs. <em>Play the itsy bitsy spider with your child, or talk about what spiders look like or do.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1663\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/Home-Decor-Floor-River-Rock-Stone-Pillows-Living-Stone-Pillow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1663\" class=\"wp-image-1663 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/Home-Decor-Floor-River-Rock-Stone-Pillows-Living-Stone-Pillow-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <strong>stone<\/strong> is a small rock.\u00a0<em>Talk about the differences between a pebble, stone, and boulder.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1664\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/Curious-Geroge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1664\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1664\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/Curious-Geroge-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curious George<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Curious<\/strong> means that you want to learn or know about something.\u00a0<em>You could ask your child what Curious George does that is curious.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1665\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/build-construct-puzzle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1665\" class=\"wp-image-1665\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/files\/2019\/02\/build-construct-puzzle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construct<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Construct<\/strong> means to build. <em>Help your child to construct something with blocks or other toys. See if they can use the word construct when showing you what they are making.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we read Anansi and his Children. Our words from this book are spider, stone, curious, and construct. Ask your child what the story was about. 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