We started out the day watching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, and I was amazed that the girls sat still and silent through the whole 17+ minutes. (BTW, I always have to use his full name -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- since Zoe won't accept anything less, and has been that way since pre-school!) . Maya colored the picture above at school on Friday. After watching the speech, Zoe was motivated to write her own "I have a dream" speech:
I have a dream that all people will be equal.Since I already posted the "I have a dream" speech, I thought I'd do something different today to mark the occasion.
I have a dream that M.L.K. day is special to M.L.K. in heaven.
I have a dream that Barack Obama leads us to good choices.
I have a dream that Joe Biden is a good Vice President.
I have a dream that the Obamas enjoy the new pet.
I have a dream that Mr. Obama does hard work in the White House.
I have a dream that my children will know that their mom is adopted and it is very important to her.
So what are you doing today to make MLK day special?
P.S. That "something special" could be just day-off-from-school specialness, too!
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I have been very interested in reading so many blogs that discuss the MLK education their kids received today. The good thing--they are talking about him. The bad--some discussions are so way off base or lacking significantly in race relations and Civil Rights.
Sydney's class had a "I have a dream" project where they wrote down their dreams and drew pictures. I think they'll put them up at open house. Two of her most notable dreams: "I have a dream that my family will be happy forever" (picture of the 4 of us looking like a smiling family snapshot). The other - "I have a dream that my baby brother will be a Saint some day" (picture drawn of her brother in some saintly garment).
I love Sydney's "dreams"! Zoe's class also did the project, but Zoe won't tell me what she did because "it's a surprise." She assured me that the things on this list aren't the same as the ones she did in class, because she didn't want to ruin the surprise!
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