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Post by zoar3 on Jun 12, 2013 8:42:15 GMT -5
IMO,it is love that matters first and always, particularly to a young child and that is what should be acknowledged and celebrated. I remember feeling absolutely awful for Buddy Barrett in #5 when Dawn and Mrs. Pike were given the task of filling in his family tree and in Mystery diary Mrs. Barrett sometimes overlooked him. This is a topic very close to my heart. I will just leave this as perhaps the assignment could simply be for the child to introduce to the teacher and or the class someone in their life who is important to them--if that is shown on a traditional tree or perhaps a photo or memory so be it.
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Post by maddieruns on Jun 13, 2013 12:33:20 GMT -5
I had a family tree assignment for a class a couple years ago. Those that didn't know much about their family history were given a bunch of resources. The family tree assignment was strongly encouraged, but there was an alternative assignment. I do like your idea zoar on introducing the class to someone in their life that is important to them. Having kids speak about a photo or memory would be pretty neat.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jun 13, 2013 12:55:50 GMT -5
I think my favourite part of this book is when Karen hides in the bathroom from Audrey.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 13, 2013 14:38:23 GMT -5
Thanks, Maddieruns. I am glad to hear that your experience (probably in college)? was more open. I did take a Child and Family class in college that was basically about view of kids and their rights through the ages. For that class, I had to make a tree and also a history. My Grandma took the time (she never used or was interested in learning about computers) to hand-write a ton of pages on US history important dates but also included some births in the family. O/T of sorts there is a Berenstain Bear episode "The Birthday Boy," where Sister makes a video all about why she admires Brother Bear. I think there was also one where she did a report on her Grandma. I have no idea why I just thought of that other than perhaps I am looking at an extremely special stuffed bear of mine right now. Virgo, I wasn't a big fan of the twin story in this book. Audrey was annoying. Were there any kids without siblings in Ms. Colman's class? I am thinking if so, maybe Audrey should have tried befriending as a "sister" rather than Karen.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jun 13, 2013 14:47:25 GMT -5
^ Nancy
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Post by zoar3 on Jan 28, 2014 19:19:51 GMT -5
I just reread having read "Twin Trouble (KIMCC)" earlier today. I still would love to read or see some of the pictures in the books Andrew and Karen made for Emily--I thought that was so sweet. I would have preferred the main story being about Emily and the class projects being more in depth so we could meet Mr. Berger and his kids with greater detail. What will always touch me the most about this book is our discussion up-thread about family. I am gigundoly blessed to be able to call some friends family and I truly believe Kristy, if not on paper, but definitely in her heart, has always though of the other BSC members and some of their regular charges as family, too. Oh and a LS related thought is it would have been super sweet had one of the 3M's included the other 2 on her tree.
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Post by supprazz on Jan 31, 2014 12:09:27 GMT -5
I thought it was so sweet how Karen brought Watson and Emily instead of her mom and her dad, it shows her "growth" throughout the series
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Post by zoar3 on Sept 24, 2014 10:57:19 GMT -5
I read this a little while ago and wish the Family Day projects not Audrey as Karen's twin had been the main story. It was awesome to get to hear a little from Mr. Berger's class and wondered if one reason Mr. Berger and Ms. Colman had their kids mix was because they were a second grade extended family of sorts. I think the KIMCC did seem a close group and it would have been sweet had Ms. Colman ever thanked her class (she sort of did by inviting them to her wedding for being a part of her own chosen family, people she really cares about. I also felt badly for Audrey, it did sound like she was really lonely. I hope she was able to spend some time with he big brother Allen. I did notice a couple inconsistencies. I did a few days ago reread KIMCC Twin Trouble (love the reading caterpillar in that book) Tammy and Terri Barkan do not have any siblings in that story. There is mention of only one Grandma who did indeed have a twin sister, awesome that was mentioned in this book, too. Perhaps it was this father's parents who visited in this story. :)What jumped out at me was when Tammy said she and Tammy live with their "parents, brothers, and grandparents." I realized she did say right after this that "Our Grandma is a twin," so maybe Grandma Doris(that was her first name in Twin Trouble moved to CT from Miami (she brought Terri a U of Miami sweatshirt so maybe Doris lived in FL). Karen's Twin was written by Ann in January of 1994. Twin Trouble was also written by Ann (I love that she--I think-- wrote all the KIMCC, love those books and wish there had been one for every KIMCC) and in March of 1997. Since I lived with my grandparents growing up, I would have loved reading about Tammy and Terri living with both of theirs. In Twin Trouble only Grandma and no brothers are mentioned. Terri and Tammy ask if their parents will have another baby and the reply is probably not. Hank, who I loved the scene in Spelling Bee when his younger sister (who is a twin) came into his room and the two played a computer game. In this book, Karen's Twin, Hank says he lives with his dad and stepmother, no sisters mentioned. He says he visits his mom (no mention that she lives in Florida the way she did in Spelling Bee). Greer, I will always love what you posted up thread about family being who has a place in your heart and still think it would have been sweet as I said up thread if Karen had included Nancy and Hannie on her tree.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Sept 24, 2014 22:22:21 GMT -5
I love that they were researching family trees. I have to do mine for a cultural anthropology class. I wish the family plot line was the main plot rather than the subplot. Still a cute book. I like how Marilyn and Carolyn Arnold showed up in this book. BSC reference!
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 12, 2024 14:18:26 GMT -5
Audrey picked Karen because Karen had a big, crazy family and Audrey had a small, boring one. She was lonely because her only sibling had moved away to college. That doesn’t really explain her trying to clone someone. Maybe the long-term plan was to be Karen’s twin and then get rid of Karen and take her place?! Haha, single white female territory. I love the debate upthread between virgoscorpio and buttercup about whether or not Emily was in the attic with a bunch of lottery tickets. (I thought the same thing at first. What if Ben Brewer had the winning Powerball ticket stashed in the walls, haha.) I had to search it, but Emily’s Lotto card was likely a kid’s version of a bingo card. Example: I liked the “guess the family member” game. The two classes invited two family members per kid to a party, and then the kids had to guess which student the people belonged to. Everyone was blown away by Emily’s little face. Ms. Colman: “What kinds of things would you like to do with your families?” Edwin from Mr. Berger’s class: “Eat!” Later we learned that Edwin was a foster child. He sounded like an interesting little dude. Audrey was invited to play Lovely Ladies with the 3 Musketeers. This was the strangest passage to me.: Audrey got a 95 on a math test. Karen got an 82. Karen said that Audrey should switch her grade to an 82 so that they had the same score. You should take the higher grade, Karen. Haha. (She was trying to irritate Audrey so that Audrey would stop copying her. But, I was surprised that Karen got such a low score.)
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