Let's have some fun this week by acknowledging and celebrating the relationships in our lives.

Classroom Discussion Questions

1. What family holidays does your family celebrate? How do you celebrate them? Do you have special meals or gatherings? Do you sing special songs and wear special clothes? Do you play special games at these celebrations? Tell us about your holidays in the KidCom Who-Am-I? room.
2. Are there certain members of your family that you only get to see on these holidays? Which family member do you enjoy seeing the most? Why is this so? What makes this person special to you?
3. Is there a special person in your family who cooks a delicious food for your holiday celebration? Who is the "best cook" in your family? Share his or her recipe with us if it is not a family secret!
4. Does your family travel to be with other family members on holidays? Do you travel far? Can you go by car or must you take an airplane or train?
5. How do you feel about this travel if you must do it? Must you go with your family? Do you ever feel that you are too old to travel with your family? Would you rather spend holiday time with your friends instead?
6. How do you and your friends celebrate special occasions? Do you have parties for birthdays and graduations?
7. Are there parties in school for holidays? How do you celebrate? Do you have graduations for certain classes or courses you take? Are parents invited? Do you decorate the party area?
8. Are there holidays celebrated at your school that you are not allowed by your religion to participate in? How does this make you feel?
9. Are you allowed to practice your religious customs in your school? Some students fast during Ramadan. Do you think they should still have to go to the lunch area with their class?
10. Does your school close during your religious holidays? If it doesn't do you think it should?

Classroom Activities

1. Now is the chance to write a poem or a song to the new friends you have made in this program. You might have got a friend for life. Perhaps some of you will go on writing e-mails long after this project ends. Pictures or drawings are welcome or you can make web pages, if you prefer. Make a special greeting card for a family member or buy someone a present. Don't forget the new people you have met through this project by exchanging greetings and messages in the KidCom Who-Am-I? room. This is your chance to say farewell, or to make plans to continue the relationships.
2. Send a short voice file (10 seconds) to some of your new friends. Use the sound recorder in Windows if you use that platform and send the file as an attachment to e-mail.
3. Plan a festival, just as you would like it to be, and describe it to your on-line friends. Invite us to your party, tell us about what you'd like us to eat and what kind of traditions you have. Will there be stories told or will you sing special songs? Will there be dancing perhaps? Will you make special decorations? Tell us about it...
4. Kidproj has a Multi-Cultural Calendar with lots of festivals and celebrations. Add the descriptions of your festivals on the Multi-Cultural Calendar web page.
5. Create a Family Recipe Book for your family by collecting favorite recipes in your family. Perhaps mom or dad would help you make copies for special relatives.

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