First up, we have a Hindu Gods and Goddesses quick reference chart I found while browsing on Pinterest. I've included a link to the chart below. I pinned it because I'm fairly terrible at remembering who's who whilst reading, so it's nice to have a handy reference guide in case I get lost. The chart is a fairly large image (so it's tiny here!), but it's got lots of little tidbits and good information to remember.
Image from worldhistorycharts.com
Number two is an interesting craft for kids I found, also on Pinterest. It's a dual arts and history/learning craft, and I love it when the arts can bring cultural awareness to children. The idea is to have hands cut out of craft paper and glued onto construction paper for some fun color, and then have children draw henna style designs on the hands while also learning about an ancient Indian tradition! This would be my most favorite thing I found this week, if the chart hadn't already come in at that spot.
Image from Kid World Citizen, a website that I'm definitely going to have to frequent from now on.
I've also been using Pinterest to find and store images that I might like to use in the future for a Storybook or stories in general. One image I found was from Atlas Obscura, called the Root Bridges of Cherrapunji. The people in the region noticed that a type of tree, called the rubber fig, had roots that were particularly strong, and they began to guide the roots of the tree into bridges. The bridges are living, how cool is that? That's an insane feat of truly organic engineering.
Image of the root bridges from Atlas Obscura
If it wasn't apparent, I used Pinterest for all my finds. During one of my study breaks this past week, I actually did this as a fun and destressing type of activity instead of doing something completely unproductive, like browsing Facebook. I'm most familiar with the Pinterest platform, and being able to use it in conjunction with school is great!
Oh wow, this is so much fun, Claire! That chart is especially cool: I have never seen that one before. I pinned it, and I need to set up some kind of webpage for that at one of my class websites. Thank you! Kid World Citizen also looks wonderful; I am going to share that with my teacher friends at Google+ right now. And as for Atlas Obscura... oh, that is one of my favorite websites! I subsribe to their Twitter feed, and they have temptations to look at every single day. Thanks so much for doing this option; my favorite way to find new things on the web is definitely person to person like this! :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I am so glad you are making good use of Pinterest! When I finally started using Pinterest a couple of years ago, it was a revelation to me. What's really handy is that even when the original pinner doesn't give good information about an image (which happens a lot), you can always use "Search Google for this image" to track it down... and often find even more gorgeous images to enjoy.
So much fun, and thanks again especially for that chart!