my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our family left Utah for a vacay on March 24 and with the exception of an 8-hour stop in between trips, we haven't been back home since.
Our trip started in Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—to visit my parents. And then, thanks to a trip from Royal Caribbean,…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 3rd, 2010 | 5 Comments »
When we told our boys—ages 9 and 6 1/2—that we'd be traveling to Guatemala over Easter, their only concern was whether or not the Easter Bunny would still visit them.
Not knowing exactly what our schedule would be, how much access we'd have to materials to accommodate our normal egg-dying…
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my world • cultural awareness
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on March 29th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When traveling, I believe it's important to immerse yourself as much as possible into the culture. This probably stems from living my 17th year in Argentina as a foreign-exchange student where I shared my first shower with no less than 20 cockroaches, attended public school, and spent weekends at a…
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#gno information!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on January 22nd, 2010 | 7 Comments »
You don't need to travel the world to be culturally aware or to embrace diversity. In the same vein, you don't need to take your kids out of the country to teach them about and how to appreciate other cultures.
Click here to join your fave #gno gals along with…
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giveaways!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on January 21st, 2010 | 207 Comments »
With the Olympics right around the corner, now is the perfect time, if you already haven't, to begin raising cultural awareness and pointing out the beauty in diversity with your children.
This week's #gno Twitter party provides excellent tips for how to help your kids celebrate the vast and diverse…
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