Laughing About Gestures and Politics
Sept. 13, 2006
Today at reading time I was gesturing wildly and using funny voices to help my children understand what was happening in El Sobrino del Mago. For example, the wicked queen was saying: "El nuestro es un destino superior pero solitario," which means something like: "Our destiny is higher but lonely." I raised my hand high to show the kids what the sentence meant, trying to be expressive and dramatic. Gabriel, 11, thought I should focus on one language at a time. "We don't know sign language, mom," he said. I tried to calm down a little and the rest of the time went well. The rest of the queen's speech sounds oddly like George Bush's rhetoric. We laughed about that.
The amazing thing was that Mario got home from bowling at 5:15 p.m. and we were eating dinner by 5:30 p.m. Even with the early start, we didn't have much time to read. Both children had too much homework, which they did too slowly!
Sept. 13, 2006
Today at reading time I was gesturing wildly and using funny voices to help my children understand what was happening in El Sobrino del Mago. For example, the wicked queen was saying: "El nuestro es un destino superior pero solitario," which means something like: "Our destiny is higher but lonely." I raised my hand high to show the kids what the sentence meant, trying to be expressive and dramatic. Gabriel, 11, thought I should focus on one language at a time. "We don't know sign language, mom," he said. I tried to calm down a little and the rest of the time went well. The rest of the queen's speech sounds oddly like George Bush's rhetoric. We laughed about that.
The amazing thing was that Mario got home from bowling at 5:15 p.m. and we were eating dinner by 5:30 p.m. Even with the early start, we didn't have much time to read. Both children had too much homework, which they did too slowly!
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