Last week I had the privilege of meeting Barbara Mink’s 3rd grade students at Miami Country Day School. They had the book Saduko & The Thousand Cranes on their desks. In talking to them I found that what the students learned about Japan came from the letters they recently received from their partner class in Japan, not the book. “They have triangle pencilsâ€, one student said. They learned this from the ones they received in a culture box that accompanied the self-portrait Side by Sides of the Japanese students. Learning about Japan became real and important to these students because of their partners across the ocean. Read more >
