FUN MONDAY: ABC's
Back in my school teaching days, I used the A-B-C technique of making connections and remembering things. For instance, if we had studied Ireland, one assignment would be to list all 26 letters of the alphabet down the page and add words and/or phrases remembered about that unit of study:
IRELAND:
A - Antrim (County of)...
B- Blarney Stone, Belfast...
C - Cork, connacht, crystal...
D - Dublin...
Another use for this techinque is to record a family vacation...list PLACES (restaurants-monuments-hotels), PEOPLE (those on the trip-others you met), ANECDOTES, anything that had to do with the trip. Kids love to keep an on-going "journal" this way because they don't get bogged down with complete sentences, correct grammar, punctuation, etc. Plus, it's a handy-dandy way to document the trip for future references.
TRIP TO AUSTRALIA:
A - Australian Open, aborigines, Aussie, aerial pingpong...
B - beer (Toohey's Old), Brisbane, barbie, billabong, bloke, bluey...
C - crocodiles, chewie, chokkie...
D - "Don't drop cell phone into Yellow River...", didgeridoo, dingo...
With that in mind, here's the Fun Monday Challenge for March 24:
Choose a topic/theme and make an alphabetical list of words, phrases, photos...however you want to share your topic/theme.
Topics can range from pet-peeves, vacations, people who have influenced your life, jokes, favorites, philosopher's quotes/sayings, birds, flowers...anything. The sky is the limit. Your ABC list can be depicted with words, photos, illustrations... You are limited only by your imagination. Be funny. Be serious. Be creative. Be sarcastic. Be there, or be square.
And, yes, of course you may bend the rules. Just entertain us. If you can't do all TWENTY-SIX, do as many as you can. (If you have kiddos, let them join the fun and help with the list. Make it a family, brainstorming session.)
Who am I to give you guidelines for Fun Monday? I have bent broken most Fun Monday rules for over a year now, and all of you have been gracious enough to put me on your list. Here is your chance to bring it on. If you don't know the alphabet, make one up. In other words, just have fun and teach us something using your own set of A B C's.
Until then, I'll leave you with this thought:
Haven't signed up yet? Here's the place. I will compile the list of participants with your links in the very near future and post it for your reading and listening pleasure.
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For those of you who have come looking for Festival of the West pictures, I promise that they will be here soon.
Oh gosh ! That sounds difficult, lol !
Posted by: Gattina | March 19, 2008 at 01:45 AM
Sign me up! This sounds like fun!
Posted by: Celeste | March 19, 2008 at 04:45 AM
Do we get extra credit if our list is in reverse alpha order??
I'm already thinkin' 'cause to come up with 26 things requires me to start...NOW!
:)
Posted by: Robin | March 19, 2008 at 06:26 AM
I've already signed up, but damn now you're making me have to think. Stop that, it hurts.
Posted by: nikki | March 19, 2008 at 07:17 AM
Can I get it done in time!!!!! I'm off to get started.......
Posted by: chrisb | March 19, 2008 at 07:18 AM
Count me in! I hope my creative juices are flowing - guess I need to start NOW!
Posted by: Tiggerlane | March 19, 2008 at 09:30 AM
Sounds like a good idea. Please sign me up and I will attempt most letters of the alphabet. :D
Posted by: Junebug | March 19, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Oh goodness. I'm going to try this. Sign me up please!
Posted by: Sauntering Soul | March 19, 2008 at 02:29 PM
Okay, I'll give it a try!!
Posted by: Jientje | March 19, 2008 at 04:35 PM
I'll do it. I even know my alphabet!
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Posted by: Sayre | March 19, 2008 at 07:42 PM
I'm in but probably bending the rules. Thanks!
Posted by: Faye | March 19, 2008 at 07:45 PM
Sounds interesting! I'll give it a go..well I will try anyway.
Posted by: Karisma | March 19, 2008 at 07:56 PM
I'm in. Yay Swampy!
Posted by: mamalang | March 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Okay.....ya, sure. twenty-six alphabet associations with a subject.... gotcha!!!
:::singing as I pull off one long sleeved glove::: "Let me entertain you....." No? Okay, I'll wait 'til Monday to try and entertain the Fun Mondayers. Mondayers? There IS such a word.
If you didn't get my drift here....count me IN!!!
Posted by: Hootin' Anni | March 22, 2008 at 05:32 AM
what a fun time I had doing my ABC's about my husband..I will post it in the morning..thanks for sharing and add my name to the list ..
Posted by: baba/night owl | March 23, 2008 at 08:52 PM
I'm gonna give it a try! Where do we post our link? Who do I link back to for other participants? I better go re-read. I saw this at Hootin' Anni's and had to come check it out.
Posted by: Forgetfulone | March 23, 2008 at 10:09 PM