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　　來到葫蘆墩文化中心等待上烏克麗麗的同時，領著孩子觀賞正逢今天開幕的柿澀染展覽。

　　兒子組合的樂高積木，取名為「可憐機器」，理由是它被鋼彈刺穿了。

　　倩今天下午試作蛋糕捲。第一次擀得過薄，捲起來的蛋糕沒有分量。第二次調整至恰好的厚薄，利用鐵尺切邊後，捲好的蛋糕捲不僅飽滿，經過刷子輕拍出凹洞，看起來也立體多了。稍後待倩下完棋再進一步裝飾。   

    This was my first trial on making a cake roll.

    Fan Shiuan in Jin dynasty was a filial son. He believed in the idea from The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經 in Chinese). Our bodies – to every hair and bit of skin – are received from our parents, and we must not presume to injure or wound them. This is the beginning of filial piety. So, one day when he accidentally hurt himself, he almost cried his eyes out.

    Besides, free of corruption, Fan Shiuan was also a man of integrity. He was poor but still felt content to have a simple but happy life. As a result, we could expect that when Han Bo, who really admired but sympathized Fan Shiuan, planned to give silk as a gift to help poor Fan Shiuan out, but ended up being refused. Eventually, Fan Shiuan didn’t accept Han Bo’s kindness until Han Bo reduced the amount of silk and persuaded him by saying his wife and sons were eagerly in need of support.

    The story tells kids, in addition to being good to self, as a human being, not too be gentle, not too be humble, but learn to be moderate. I don’t hold too much hope that kids would learn a lot, but still expect that they could get some reflection from Fan Shiuan.

    After some discussion, to get kids who spend little time writing Chinese characters to put more efforts to write, I wrapped up the story by using the mind-map strategy and asking them to look up several words whose radical is “貝” (say “bei” in English) and make some terms, such as “貧” in “貧苦” (poverty), “贊” in “贊同” (approve).

    After finishing her Chinese travel book, not until yesterday did Peggy (but Eric is still on the way to his finish line) finally hand in her English version.

    This is the travel book that Eric has finally finished this morning. We went to Jinshan and Yilan at the end of last month. He named his travel book “A Happy Trip”.

    When asked to reflect on themselves, on their papers, kids can point out not only the things they have done wrong but also the things they have done well.

    I really enjoy the way Peggy describes her thought in comic. Especially, when she reflected on herself. That always gave me, even the whole family, a burst of laughter.

　　倩今天繼續在何老師家捏塑糖果屋需要的配件。

    This is the travel book that Peggy has just finished this morning. Based on the joyful memories, Peggy’s book talks a lot about our two-day trip to Jinshan and Yilan on 26th(1, 2, and 3) and 27th of October. She named the travel book “A Happy Trip”. Her book indeed imprints every happy details on our minds.