Building vocabulary with Foster and Panda When Panda and Foster's adventures became popular with the students at our church's Christian school, I realized that the stories could be a great way for kids to learn vocabulary. As a teacher (albeit retired) of both Spanish and English as a second language, I know that one of …
"Foster! Is that you?" I was standing in dismay, looking down the street where Panda had disappeared around the corner, when I heard my name. "Foster! What are you doing here in Tokyo?" Imagine my surprise when I turned and there was a penguin with sunglasses on, standing beside me! "Who are you?" I asked …
"Hiii-Ya! I heard Panda's voice from the ironing board and looked down at him, puzzled. "Umm...excuse me?" I said. "Would you mind telling me what you're doing down there?" "I'm practicing my karate moves," Panda responded, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Watch this!" He executed a flawless flip and …
"Remember the last time we went to outer space?" I asked the question as we were reminiscing about our first time in space. Panda was silent for a moment. "Yeah," he replied at length. "That was a wild trip!" I looked at him, raising my eyebrows. "Only because you got lost in space," I pointed …
"Panda!" Foster exclaimed. "How did you get down there?" "Well, I'm not positive," I replied, trying not to sound irritated. "But I think it's safe to say somebody pushed me off the chair." "Aww, I'm sorry buddy," Foster replied sheepishly. "I didn't realize I was taking up the whole chair. Are you okay?" "Umm..." I …
"So, Panda, do you mind telling me where you've been all afternoon?" I admit I was a little surprised that Foster would even ask that. I hadn't thought he would notice I was gone. "Well," I began calmly, unruffled by this untoward interrogation. "I was at Fig Garden with Mom and Aunt Gail." "Seriously?" Foster …
"Panda!" I cautioned. "Don't touch the computer!" "It's okay, Bro," Panda replied. "I'm only looking at some old blog posts we helped Mom make." "Okay," I said, against my better judgment. "But don't get us stuck in the Amazon rain forest like you did last time!" "No worries," Panda replied reassuringly. "This time I'm only …
Bite your foot! Just saying.
"Foster, are you up?" "Do I look like I'm up?" I mumbled in response to Panda's all too familiar question. "What?" Panda jumped down from the chair. "I got another idea for the blog!" he said excitedly. "Dude," I said, jumping off the chair to get on eye level with him. "You should just start …
"Dude, is that you in there?" Panda's voice, slightly alarmed, woke me up from a comfortable nap. "What?" I replied. "How did you find me in here anyway?" "Well," Panda responded. "It's only obvious. Come out of there. I have a great idea for the blog!" I snuggled back under the chair cover. "We can …