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Archive for the ‘Korea’ Category

July 22nd, 2008

How To: Chinese Olympic Cheer

Celebrate the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in true Chinese style! Make a Multi-Colored Streamer on a stick/dowel so that you can wave it when your favorite team comes up!
Will it be Guatemala, Russia, China, Vietnam, Korea, India, or the US?
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April 29th, 2008

How To: Jaegi

A traditional Korean Jaegi
A jaegi is made from a coin with a hole in the middle; the hole has paper, leather or feathers wrapped around it. Young boys usually play this game during winter. There are many variations of the game: kicking the jaegi with two feet only; holding it on the foot before […]

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April 14th, 2008

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

This feature length film shot by Director Joy Dietrich earned Best Director Award at the CineVegas Film Festival in June 2007 and certainly deserves mention among the adoption community for its realistic portrayal of Asian adoption.
Click here to play the trailer to Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
Dietrich, also a Korean adoptee, addresses the high rates […]

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March 31st, 2008

Medical Terms from Russian Orphanages

A child from a Russian orphanage will most likely come with either a very detailed medical history with a variety of medical terms Western society has never heard of or they will have only the history from when they entered the orphanage, as there was little or no medical care or history prior to their […]

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March 10th, 2008

Multicultural Monday: Asian Dolls

I recently saw these dolls on Salsa in China’s blog and thought they would be an excellent addition to Multicultural Monday’s product summary.

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March 3rd, 2008

The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs

From domestic to international adoptions, from first moms to adoptees, from same sex parents to transracial families…the best of the best adoption blogs out there on the internet.
General
Anti-Racist Parent
A Birth Project

Adoptive Parents
Domestic
Production, not reproduction
Plain Jane Mom Letters to a Birthmother
Gotcha Baby
Baggage and Bug
Fostering Pride
Overwhelmed with Joy
This Woman’s Work
The Other Mother […]

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