tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21003922033730509652024-03-04T22:40:25.685-08:00Reading for Filipino Childrenmultitaskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024436267636638463noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100392203373050965.post-43151356563775849572011-02-19T19:32:00.000-08:002011-02-19T19:32:40.905-08:00Sample Slide Presentation of Storybooks<div><embed align="middle" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=1801439850975625712&site=widget-f0.slide.com" name="flashticker" quality="high" salign="l" scale="noscale" src="http://widget-f0.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="height: 320px; width: 400px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />
<div style="text-align: left; width: 400px;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1801439850975625712&map=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" ismap="ismap" src="http://widget-f0.slide.com/p1/1801439850975625712/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1801439850975625712&map=2" target="_blank"><img border="0" ismap="ismap" src="http://widget-f0.slide.com/p2/1801439850975625712/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /></a> </div></div>multitaskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024436267636638463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100392203373050965.post-18572740851506586112011-02-11T18:30:00.000-08:002011-02-11T18:30:40.916-08:00Filemon Mamon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQiyLIwQHEmLco_1uV1UiPy66JRjpE1sFsQ60wUxChH0PRiRa6WUQ2KIYwg_9u9kwT00rimEGXYraTZwSzFCA-G2cFsVH7ywp7p4-XoOf36sxPh3R-80cyg8tgqap91_MBlSMYBhV2iw/s1600/filemon+mamon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQiyLIwQHEmLco_1uV1UiPy66JRjpE1sFsQ60wUxChH0PRiRa6WUQ2KIYwg_9u9kwT00rimEGXYraTZwSzFCA-G2cFsVH7ywp7p4-XoOf36sxPh3R-80cyg8tgqap91_MBlSMYBhV2iw/s320/filemon+mamon.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">Do you intend to educate children about the benefits of healthy living?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the best books to read to them!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">Filemon Mamon is an overweight child, loved by his parents and friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was called as such because his body depicts that of a “mammon”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>round and soft.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; tab-stops: 152.25pt;">Filemon aimed to be Andres Bonifacio, the main character of their school play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though he was able to get the role, he couldn’t get through the practices because he easily got tired and couldn’t catch his breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was replaced, it finally sunk unto him that his overweight body is a big disadvantage for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when he finally got into exercise enjoy health diet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also joined by his overweight parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, even if he was still not able to get the lead role, he became healthier and fitter individual.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; tab-stops: 152.25pt;">When I read this book, I explain to the children that more weight is not translatable to an increase in health. I discuss the different illnesses that they could get if they become overweight. Moreover, I also explain that they could not physical activities, which comes off as the best motivation for them.</div></div>multitaskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024436267636638463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100392203373050965.post-14819004070648711072011-02-11T18:25:00.000-08:002011-02-11T18:25:11.100-08:00Alamat ng Ampalaya<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18zjtt22RE5Kp_u1v7Nb7smB7G8Y2da92RS5AV9ayXoVvmVo81MP1rdWcj0MxLs4p_cXdMBghDge-P0RpTrSKiVscNn0nXkKpRRXSaa5PgWkOwl5do44fWzN-65Hi1A969OaWr4F6_Rw/s1600/alamat+ng+ampalaya.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18zjtt22RE5Kp_u1v7Nb7smB7G8Y2da92RS5AV9ayXoVvmVo81MP1rdWcj0MxLs4p_cXdMBghDge-P0RpTrSKiVscNn0nXkKpRRXSaa5PgWkOwl5do44fWzN-65Hi1A969OaWr4F6_Rw/s200/alamat+ng+ampalaya.JPG" width="153" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">One of the ways I entice children to eat vegetables is to read, “Alamat ng Ampalaya” (The Legend of the Bitter Gourd).<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">When I read the story, I introduce or familiarize them with the different kinds of vegetables available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask them to name the vegetables in the pages of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also understand that one of the most difficult vegetable to eat is “ampalaya” and so this book proves effective.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">Here’s how the legend goes:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">“Ampalaya” was once a tasteless, colorless vegetable, unlike the other vegetables from “Bayan ng Sariwa”. This made him an envious, grumpy vegetable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To solve his problem, he stole the colors, tastes, and beauty of the other vegetables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as all wrongdoings come with punishment, he was cursed to have all the colors, tastes, and beauty that he stole!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may come off as a “weird” punishment but what happened was that all of them fought with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When white, red, green, purple and yellow shouted at each other, dark green came about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When sweet, sour, salty shouted at each other, bitterness emerged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence, the “ampalaya” that we know now is bitter and dark green.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;">The story further encourages children to “forgive” ampalaya by at least tasting him when he is served on our tables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy705Ukehrh37K_7tXau9LccwzIc-K2UkN63rEm_qUhgjurD0MNGcBb2AufORh8JQyIOG3l_KWHkVYVoHu7SlFxYrlZwDyHw61ix1jRGeXkpERb6fBpD16UouTTJ1rLvGLOxujTzalu3g/s1600/ampalaya-cooked-food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy705Ukehrh37K_7tXau9LccwzIc-K2UkN63rEm_qUhgjurD0MNGcBb2AufORh8JQyIOG3l_KWHkVYVoHu7SlFxYrlZwDyHw61ix1jRGeXkpERb6fBpD16UouTTJ1rLvGLOxujTzalu3g/s200/ampalaya-cooked-food.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; tab-stops: 152.25pt;">Fortunately, most children nowadays have come to eat “ampalaya” because of its health benefits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some parents have also learned to lessen its bitterness by soaking it in water with salt prior to cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others create different dishes with “ampalaya”: omelette, “ginisang ampalaya with bihon”, etc.<o:p></o:p></div></div>multitaskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024436267636638463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100392203373050965.post-32003302102581068322011-02-01T06:04:00.000-08:002011-02-01T06:04:18.116-08:00Alamat ng Sibuyas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPphD_lg-B-j5ngnLXbH_N78DnmOVrM4WOlyciOiMVUoIbSgZIafVBBwpot3pQWGGouxyRIkpALPbduNo3jY14Fh1uDFkxITOvjSfYyI9dcm_ZUvSsFEEbU03Txyd8Kidzo5fBvq3sGI/s1600/Alamat-ng-Sibuyas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPphD_lg-B-j5ngnLXbH_N78DnmOVrM4WOlyciOiMVUoIbSgZIafVBBwpot3pQWGGouxyRIkpALPbduNo3jY14Fh1uDFkxITOvjSfYyI9dcm_ZUvSsFEEbU03Txyd8Kidzo5fBvq3sGI/s400/Alamat-ng-Sibuyas.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">One of my favorite books is “Ang Alamat ng Sibuyas”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children also request this book from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is indeed a fun book to read especially when I instruct the children to “whine and cry” with me like Sibuyan, the main character in the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sibuyan is a little girl who gets what she wants by crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cries so much that as the story claims, the roosters do not crow in the morning for even they cannot sleep with the loud whining of Sibuyan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cries because this is the only way for her to get what she wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But alas, the fairy of tears, Dumilat, cannot withstand her crying anymore and cursed Sibuyan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cannot anymore cry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So even when Sibuyan was filled with sadness or hurt, she cannot cry, as much as this time, she really needed to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever Sibuyan tried to cry, she grew rounder and rounder until one day, roots grew on her feet and leaves from her hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her parents tried to find her but what they saw is a plant that is round, and as if wearing a red malong, just like Sibuyan.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is what they believed to be the first onion, or "sibuyas".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So whenever we chop onions, it is as if we are releasing Sibuyan’s tears.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I end this story by asking the children what Sibuyan has been doing throughout most of the story, to which they reply that she cries a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also ask the children if they think crying is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most would say it is bad--- they brave or already old enough to cry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would say that it is OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is normal to cry especially when one is hurt or in pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Mahirap naman po itago ang nararamdaman.”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I clarify that what makes crying wrong is when a child uses this to get what he/she wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I further processed by asking them what they wished from their parents last Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got surprised that they replied, “PSP, laptop, cellphone, etc”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really?! Those are what children ask for these days?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What ever happened to “simply new clothes and shoes, mommy?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to reiterate that as it is, their parents are spending so much for their medicines, fare (especially since most of them came from the province), and other basic needs so it is such a bonus to get these luxury items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure if they understood it but I hope I saved mommy and daddy from another whining child like Sibuyan.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 152.25pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>multitaskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024436267636638463noreply@blogger.com0