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but at 11:00 A.M., they join children of their own age. From 11:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. school time is devoted to singing traditional Ukrainian songs, play ing games in the language and interacting with others. There are practices of play songs and games, Christ mas songs for caroling and Easter songs for Spring dancing on Easter Monday, commemorative songs and the national anthem. In addition, the Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Cathedral School is especially benefited by two organizations which help infuse the Ukrainian spirit: the Kashtan Ukrainian Ballet School [See The Ukrainian Weekly report "Kashtan School of Dance" (10/10/1999): 12-13]. and the "Hryhory Kytasky Mu sic School where children and adults perform on the Ukrainian national musical instrument, the bandura. Another significant change has been intro duced into the curriculum concerning the school text books and exercise books. For instance, to speed up the integration of the Cyrillic alphabet, special work sheets from a Ukrainian primer from Ukraine have been adopted. Each first grader follows specific lines to learn the alphabet and these lines guide the child's hand in acquiring an elegant penmanship. Another significant contribution was the designation of a fa mous Ukrainian author for each grade. For instance, there is a Taras Shevchenko Classroom as well as an Ivan Franko Classroom and a Lesia Ukrainka Class room and so forth. Each grade studies the life and works of its respective patron writer. Students memorize po ems and more advanced students read complete works in the native language. By the end of their studies at Ridna Shkola, it is anticipated that children will be very familiar with eleven important Ukrainian writers. (To be continued in October issue) Copyright Helene Turkewicz-Sanko. November 1999. Dr. Sanko is professor of French Language and Litera ture and Ukrainian Literature in Translation, Depart ment of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures, John Carroll University. The article published here was based on a paper presented by Dr. Sanko on November 21, 1999, at the 31st National Convention of the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies which was held in St. Louis, Missouri. BACK TO SCHOOL CRAFTS by Natalia K. Bilash Going to school for the first time can be exciting or a little scary. To help make it more exciting and less scary, you and your child can create a terrific personalized D esk O rgan izer to brighten up a homework desk. You will need a colored poster board, 6 or 7 cardboard boxes of assorted shapes and sizes (pasta box, tea box, cereal box, rice box, etc.) glue, acrylic paints and paintbrush, cotton balls, corks, scissors. Let your child decide what each box will hold: pencils, pens, paper clips, paper, colored markers, or other desk accessories. Carefully remove the top of the box (or the side that will be the top of the box when it rests on the child's desk) Cover the box with a base coat of paint and let dry. Use cotton balls and corks dipped in paint like a paintbrush to make stripes, circles or other de signs on the box. Your child may also want to personalize the boxes with name tags, pieces of leftover giftwrap, or fa vorite stickers. After the paint and glue have thoroughly dried, let your child arrange them on the poster board to test out the most practical and comfortable location for each. When each box is in the perfect place, glue it to the poster board. To bring a smile to a little face, fill your child's lunch box with Sh apely Su rp rise Sandw iches . You will need 2- 4 slices of sandwich bread, 1-2 slices of lunchmeat, cream cheese, chopped peanuts, raisins or dried fruit and cookie cutters in assorted shapes and sizes (stars and teddy bears are fun). Use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes for bread and meat. Layer bread, cream cheese, nuts and/or dried fruit, and meat. Colored plastic wrap or festive paper napkins can make the surprise even better. 12 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2000 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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