{"id":797,"date":"2017-11-11T13:40:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/?p=797"},"modified":"2017-11-11T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T22:08:15","slug":"poppy-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/2017\/11\/11\/poppy-poppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppy Poppy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it is not always easy to talk about Canadian history and war with young children, Remembrance Day presents a good opportunity to recognize the courage of those who served for our country. In class, we talked about the significance of wearing a poppy and about peace &#8211; what peace looks like, sounds like, and feels like. &nbsp;We can give our children a reason to work towards a more peaceful world.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some comments from the students:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Peace is going to the playground.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Peace is sharing our toys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Peace is feeling safe in school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*More comments will be available in students&#8217; e-portfolios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is a great book for young children:&nbsp;<i>The Peace Book<\/i> by Todd Parr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xohl5m-EyYA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The kindergarten and grade one students in Div. 8 &amp; 9 did a wonderful job reciting this Remembrance Day poem at the school assembly. &nbsp;Thank you to parents for helping your child practice the lines at home.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poppy Poppy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Poppy Poppy, what do you say?<br \/>\nWear me on Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n<p>Poppy Poppy, what do you tell?<br \/>\nMany soldiers in battle fell.<\/p>\n<p>Poppy Poppy, what should we know?<br \/>\nThat peace on Earth should grow, grow, grow.<\/p>\n<p>Poppy, we are but children small,<br \/>\nWe are too little to do it all.<\/p>\n<p>Children, you may do your part.<br \/>\nLove each other is how you start.<br \/>\nPlay without fighting.<br \/>\nShare your games and toys.<br \/>\nBe kind and thoughtful,<br \/>\nTo all girls and boys.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-801\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-801 \" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"3D poppies on our class wreath\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-863x863.jpg 863w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/files\/2017\/11\/Remembrance-Day-poppies.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3D poppies on our class wreath; each class created a wreath for the assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it is not always easy to talk about Canadian history and war with young children, Remembrance Day presents a good opportunity to recognize the courage of those who served for our country. In class, we talked about the significance of wearing a poppy and about peace &#8211; what peace looks like, sounds like, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/2017\/11\/11\/poppy-poppy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poppy Poppy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6540,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,40,51,42,39,23,38],"tags":[94,98,95,93,19,97,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/loungsayf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}