Som, a close family connection of Davida visited with our class to share customs and traditions of her homeland of Thailand. Som talked to the children about what life is like in Thailand for children their age and drew comparisons between the two cultures. Som compared our alphabet with the letters and symbols that are used in Thailand and brought several children's books for the children to look at. We learned that their alphabet has 43 characters and some characters have up to five different tones in the way that they are pronounced. Each tone may indicate acta different meaning for the same symbol.
We also compared our number system to the Thai number system and looked at the symbols and the written words for each number 1-10. We even learned how to pronounce the numbers as we counted!
Making the connections between home and school bring much joy to our children. Davida was so proud to have a close family member share in her PreK world.
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