Cindy Aillaud
Auteur de Recess at 20 Below
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 184
- Popularité
- #117,736
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 10
Highly recommended for young school children and others who enjoy seeing how other children live. For children not used to snow all winter or extreme cold and especially if they’re not used to darkness 21 hours a day, and light 21 hours a day in the summer, this is an eye opener. Looking at all the photos and listening to the kids’ words is captivating.
This account is given by real children and there are photos of them doing what they describe: getting in and out of heavy winter clothing, playing in various ways at recess, which they say they always have at noon because that’s when the sun is the highest in the sky, though it’s still not very light. These kids go to school and come home from school in the dark in the winter time. They go out to recess if the temperature doesn’t fall below 20 below zero. If it does get colder, they stay in, and one example is shown where they had to stay inside one day due to wildlife on the premises.
I would have even more time with the darkness than I would with the snow or the cold. These children seem to take it in stride.
This is a fascinating peek into how children live. The author teaches elementary physical education in Delta Junction Alaska and I’m assuming these are some of her students.… (plus d'informations)