{"id":363,"date":"2013-05-06T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2013\/05\/06\/learning-about-rivers\/"},"modified":"2014-10-03T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:19:49","slug":"learning-about-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2013\/05\/learning-about-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning about Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up on our visit to the Singapore River Safari<\/a> over the weekend, I thought it will be good to capitalise on Dana’s knowledge of rivers and water habitats.  Found some titles available on loan from the National Library which we can use to frame our discussion:<\/p>\n

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1. What lives in streams and rivers?<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Oona Gaarder-Juntti ; Consulting editor, Diane Craig.<\/div>\n
Call Number:  English<\/a> 591.7 GAA<\/a><\/div>\n
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2. Looking at animals in lakes and rivers<\/a>
Author: Moira Butterfield.<\/span><\/a>
Call Number: English<\/a> 591.76 BUT<\/a><\/p>\n

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3.  Animal<\/span> babies<\/span> in<\/span> ponds<\/span> and<\/span> rivers<\/span><\/a>
Author and editor: Jennifer Schofield.
Call Number: English<\/a> 591.763 SCH<\/a><\/p>\n

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4.  Boats<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> river<\/span><\/a>
Author: Peter Mandel ; illustrated by Edward Miller.
Call Number: English<\/a> 623.8 MAN<\/a> -[BA]<\/a><\/p>\n

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5. We’re<\/span> sailing<\/span> down<\/span> the<\/span> Nile<\/span> : a journey through Egypt<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Laurie Krebs ; illustrated by Anne Wilson.<\/div>\n
Call Number: English<\/a> KRE<\/a><\/div>\n
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6. DK Eyewitness: Pond<\/span> & River<\/span><\/a>
Author: written by Steve Parker.<\/p>\n

Call Number: English<\/a> q577.636 PAR<\/a> <\/div>\n
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6. Amazon<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Paul Manning.<\/div>\n
Call Number:  English<\/a> 918.11 MAN<\/a><\/div>\n
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7.  The Ganges<\/a><\/div>\n
Author: Paul Manning.<\/div>\n
Call Number:  English<\/a> 915.41 MAN<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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8.  The Mississippi<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Paul Manning.<\/div>\n
Call Number: English<\/a> 917.62 MAN<\/a><\/div>\n
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9. The Nile<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Paul Manning.<\/div>\n
Call Number: English<\/a> 916.2 MAN<\/a><\/div>\n
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 10. Yangtze<\/a> <\/div>\n
Author: Paul Manning.<\/div>\n
Call Number: English <\/a>951.2 MAN<\/a><\/div>\n
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USEFUL DIGITAL RESOURCES:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. National Geographic Education – River<\/a><\/p>\n

2.  National Geographic Kids – River Explorer<\/a><\/p>\n

3.  Amazon Voyage <\/a><\/p>\n

Have a blessed week ahead as we dive into the riveting world of rivers!<\/p>\n

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As a follow-up on our visit to the Singapore River Safari over the weekend, I thought it will be good to capitalise on Dana’s knowledge of rivers and water habitats.  Found some titles available on loan from the National Library which we can use to frame our discussion: 1. What lives in streams and rivers?  Author: Oona Gaarder-Juntti ; Consulting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59hHF-5R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}