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Texas Reading Club Manual 83
Coconut Hunt
Fresh coconuts can be purchased at many grocery stores but if you cannot find one, use a brown
ball or balloon. Choose one child to leave the room. Have another child hide the coconut
somewhere in the room. Have the first child come back into the room and look for the coconut.
As the child is looking, the rest of the children can chant “coconut” varying the sound level,
getting louder or softer depending on how close the other child is to finding it. Children may
take turns hiding and seeking the coconut.
Guest Speakers
Invite high school or college foreign language instructors, or members of the community who
were born or raised in another country, to speak to the children about games that are played in
other countries. Or, invite a martial arts instructor to bring students to the library for a
demonstration.
Videos/DVDs/Film
If you have public performance rights, show these videos and DVDs, or segments of them, to
the children. Otherwise, display them for home use.
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat. (22 minutes)
George of the Jungle. (92 minutes)
Web Sites
Daily Sudoku
www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku
Try solving a daily number puzzle from Japan.
ESPN: Deportes
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com
ESPN’s international site provides information in Spanish about sports, including sports that are
most popular in Latin American countries.
KidsCom: The Mysterious Tangram Game
www.kidscom.com/orakc/Games/Tangram/index.shtml
Test your skill with this traditional Chinese game.
InfoPlease Countries of the World
www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Information about various countries with maps, facts, statistics, quizzes, and more.
CD-ROMs
Geosafari Geography.