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Maker Parent Happy 1/2 Hour: Maker Moms Panel Wed, April 15th

 

Diana Eng and I will be part of a small panel of Maker Moms for this week’s Maker Parent Happy 1/2 Hour from Make: Community’s Family Maker Camp series. Join us on Wednesday night at 5:30-6pm PST for the live Zoom/FB event. You don’t have to be a mom to participate. We are all in this homeschool life together now as parents and we can help each other out — not only with ideas, but also support.

On the panel with Diana (top left) and myself (right), will be homeschooling moms Nathalie O’Donald from ladynod.com (bottom left) and Katie Rosa Marchese (bottom right), who is the wife of Mario “the Maker Magician” Marchese. Both of these women have a ton of experience in homeschooling and will be sharing their tips. We will also have Gillian Mutti and Katie Kunde from Make: Community.

It will be a casual event (bring your favorite beverage) broadcasted live via Zoom and the Family Maker Camp Facebook page.  We can all chit chat about projects to make with our kids, what’s working and what’s not right now in homeschooling and anything else! We will also be answering questions too.

Maker Parent Happy 1/2 Hour

Wednesday, April 15

5:30pm-6pm PST / 8:30pm-9pm EST

Read the panelist bios and see all the details for the event on the Maker Parent Happy 1/2 Hour: Maker Mom page.

 

Book Review: The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes

 

 The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Sue DiCicco and Masahiro Sasaki (Sadako's brother)

Age Range: 9-12 years old

Paperback, 148 pages

Publisher: Tuttle

$10.99 on Amazon

 

Middle grade readers will love this story about a worldwide call for peace. Author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her life story for the first time in English. Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during the end of WWII. Because of all the radiation from the bomb, Sadako developed leukemia at age 12 and was given one year to live from the doctors.

It was while she was in the hospital, Sadako was given a string of paper cranes. She loved them and her father told her the symbol of the crane in Japanese folklore. The meaning was that her friends wished her to get better soon. Sadako's father told her about the old take that if you fold a thousand paper cranes, your wish will come true. Cranes also represent good fortune and longevity as the crane is a "bird of happines". (True in Japan, Chinese and Korean cultures.) Sadako reached her goal of a thousand cranes but unfortunately, the cancer got worse and she passed away.

Today the origami cranes and Sadako are a symbol of worldwide peace and of hope and healing during challenging times. There is a statue of Sadako in the Hiroshima Peace Park as well as in the Seattle Peace Park.

My 11 year old daughter and I came across this lovely paper shop in Paris earlier in January called Adeline Klam. We bought a few paper kits -- paper flowers and the origami ones including the cranes. We started to practice folding them a few days ago for my daughter's spring break. Now that we know all the meaning behind the cranes, the project has such a deeper meaning for us. You can see more photos of the origami in my Instagram post. 

I'm so glad my daughter and I were able to read this book together, especially one so important for history. This new English version is a must read with the true story of Sadako Sasaki as told by her older brother.

 

Shop The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes on Amazon

 

 

 

Review book provided by Tutle Publishing