Welcome to Our World: A Celebration of Children Everywhere!

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Legaspi, Althea (20 August 2021). "Stream Aaliyah's 'One in a Million' Album". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 20 August 2021. Shape young global citizens and celebrate diversity through traditional songs sung by children around the world and global topics with real-world photos, content, and video.

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Primary school has been free since 2003, but finding money to pay for secondary education and healthcare remains an often insurmountable challenge for many Kenyan families. Each song is performed and taught by a video host, as well as sung by very young learners in real classrooms for international exposure, and supports the language and concepts introduced in the Student Books. The family lives in a basic, yet comfortable, three-bed apartment typical of Sidon's middle class. But theirs isn't a typical middle- class family. Amer is Palestinian. His family fled their native town of al-Basah in Palestine after the establishment of the state of Israel, and he was born in Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut. Jinan is Lebanese. She was born in Sidon. Minsker, Evan (20 August 2021). "Aaliyah's One in a Million Arrives to Streaming Amid Dispute Between Label and Estate". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 August 2021.Most likely to row about: The problem is that they don't really have rows. Jinan feels frustrated as Amer avoids discussions. Kenya has a sweltering coast, lush highlands and vast semi-deserts. It has tribesmen who have lived the same way for centuries, and businesspeople who would be bereft without their Nokias. Thousands of Kenyans are wealthy; millions live from hand to mouth in some of the biggest slums in Africa. In terms of income distribution, it is one of the 10 most unequal countries in the world. But for now, the Qus maintain the old ways. The patriarch, Qu Huanjun, now 84 and frail, is still considered the centre of the family. "My father lives here so this is the headquarters of the family," says his son. "My brothers and their families come to visit most weekends. We are very close." Life under communism was in some ways better for Ica, though her marriage was not happy. "I had a good job, we had a flat and we were not poor. I only suffered from overwork because my husband, who was a policeman, didn't help me with anything at home."

Welcome to our World - A celebration of children everywhere! Welcome to our World - A celebration of children everywhere!

Words in different languages are written with a phonetic pronunciation beneath enabling the reader to have fun speaking in a different language - they’ll be able to say hello in Thai, introduce themselves in Russian and say boring in Italian! Pauline, who used to work as a dressmaker and now stays at home to look after the kids, waits up for Boniface each night to heat his dinner. On the weekend, often the only time Boniface sees Joyce and Sharon, he likes to take the family to a restaurant near Nairobi city centre. Jill Korey O'Sullivan has worked in the fields of English as a second language and literacy acquisition as a teacher, writer, and editor. She has taught and developed materials for students of a broad... Improve your classroom practice and get the most out of Our World with series editor and teacher trainer Dr. Joan Kang Shin. The challenges today are different. Social commentators often criticise the one-child generation - the oldest of whom are now in their 20s - as spoilt and selfish. Many blame their inability to share for a sharp rise in the divorce rate. Last year, Beijing registered one divorce for every two marriages.It's a hard job but I like it," he says. "I meet new people, make new friends and feel that I have some experience of the world - even though I have never been outside Kenya."