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Another Czech fairytale: Sleepy John / Dalsi ceska pohadka: Ospaly Janek

Sunday is a perfect day for a fairytale! / V nedeli se nic nedela, jen se poslouchaji pohadky…

Sleepy John

Sleepy John was prone to, well, sleeping and one day he passed out in the back of a farmer’s cart. Upon discovering him, the owner, along with his friends, decided to stuff him in an empty beer keg and leave him in the forest. Sleepy John finally woke up, only to find himself trapped in a beer keg. What’s worse, wolves, having picked up on the human scent, were now circling around him. John grabbed the tail of a wolf that was standing too close. Startled, the wolf began to run and the keg hurtled down a hill and smashed open upon a rock. John was free! Continuing on through the mountains, Sleepy John came across a hermit who said, “I shall die in three days. Bury me then, and I will pay you well for it.” [click to continue…]

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Two new museums open in the Czech Republic / Otevrela se dve nova muzea

I found an information on 2 very different museums that just opened in the Czech Republic.

THE FIRST ONE is the open-air folk museum in Straznice. Straznice is a small town in South Moravia, also called Slovacko because it is so close to Slovakia. The museum features local village architecture and shows the life in the past centuries. The local land has been altered to look like the typical countryside in the early 17th century, where the main building comes from 1612.

The houses in this museum are built from timber and the holes between the beams are plugged with moss and mud. Yet since they are covered with white plaster, they look like brick houses. The chimneys are also very unusual since they end blow the roof. [click to continue…]

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Czech wooden toys now available! / Prave ceske drevene hracky zde v USA!

Remember those wooden toys we used to play with in the Czech Republic? The were awesome! My friend is now selling them in the US at Toysunplugged.com, so if you want your little one to have such a toy under the Christmas tree order one right here (click here). They are very reasonably priced, even for someone like myself who is quite the frugal type;). I was thinking getting my daughter that famous stork that you hang on a tree and when the wind blows or when the kids pull on the string it moves its wings. That  is truly my all-time favorite wooden toy. [click to continue…]

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A Wonderful christmas present: Czech CD with a traditional Czech music/ Nadherny darek k vanocum: Ceska tradicni hudba

Take a pick for the most wonderful Christmas gift ever :) .

CZ:Vyberte si ten jekrasnejsi vanocni darek ze vsech :) .

1. Czech Christmas Carols – volume 1/ Ceske Vanocni koledy – volume 1 (28 songs)

1. Já bych rád k Betlému, k Ježíšku malému

2. Jak jsi krásné, neviňátko

3. Štěstí, zdraví, pokoj svatý

4. Narodil se Kristus pán

5. Půjdem spolu do Betléma [click to continue…]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, music, STORE

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A typical school lunch from accross the world / Typicky skolni obed z celeho sveta

A typical Czech school lunch

Sarka is a Czech patriot who contributed t0 a blog called What’s For Lunch? by sending in a couple of photos of a typical Czech school lunch. The creator of this blog had the greatest idea of comparing pictures of school lunches from all over the world and Sarka filled in the spot for the Czech Republic.

You can see that the cute boy is about to munch on a vegetable soup, pork meat with potatoes and vegetables, and kobliha (doughnut) as a dessert. Not bad.

 

 

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New Czech music CDs available! / Nova CDcka s ceskou hudbou jsou tu!

Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music and Czech lullabies are always in a high demand and  that’s why they are available again on Czechmate Diary. This year the selection is a bit different from the last year’s selection, so nobody can complain of boredom ;)

CZ: Uz je to tady – novaVanocni selekce ceske hudby! Koledy (dil 1. a dil 2.), ukolebavky a dechovka. Tato nabidka je trosku jina, nez co byla k mani rok minuly, takze si nikdo nemuze stezovat na nudu ;) . [click to continue…]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, CMD store, Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music, music

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Useful Czech websites for children / Vyborne detske webovky

I have put together a short list of some useful websites for our little ones. Most of them have videos of Czech fairy-tales which you can watch for free. The first link is a mix of everything – it has songs, riddles, poetry, games….anything you can imagine. I hope it will be useful to you. By the way, these websites are also a great Czech language learning tool!

CZ: Ceske maminky a tatinci, zde je kratky list webovek, ktery se vam bude hodit. Vetsina linku vam umozni divat se na ceske pohadky zdarma. Prvni link ma od vseho trosku: rikanky, hadanky, omalovanky, pohadky….na co si jen vzpomenete.

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New Czech school in Northern California / Nova ceska skola v severni Kalifornii

Hi,

there is a big chance that a similar Czech school will spring up in the San Francisco area, as it is planned for the Southern California region. And once again, those who are interested in such school, please leave your name and what part of Northern California you live at in the comment area. So far the plan is that there might be 2 locations, one in the San Francisco area and the other one int San Jose area.

Also, there is a need for the Czech language teacher, so if you have a degree in teaching and would be able to participate, let me know in the comment area as well.

CZ: Je tu velka pravdepodobnost, ze stejna Skola bez hranic vznikne take v severni Kaliforni (San Jose a/nebo San Francisko area). Tudiz jestli v tomto okoli zijete, zapiste se do komentu jako zajemce, tedy zanechte jmeno a kde presne bydlite.

Hleda se ale take jeste pani ucitelka, tedy jestli mate pedagogickou zkusenost (a titul0) a o neco takoveho zajem, napiste to do komentu.

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Another Czech fairytale: Golden Hair / Dalsi krasna ceska pohadka: Zlatovlaska

zlatovlaska google imageMy daughter is all about Repunzel these days and that made me think of  ‘Zlatovlaska’ which would equal to  ‘Golden Hair’ in English? This is one of the most beautiful Czech fairy-tales so enjoy…in both languages!

CZ: Ma dcera Hancicka je naprosto zamilovana do Repunzel, coz mi pripomina nasi krasnou pohadku O Zlatovlasce a tak si pojdme zavzpominat na nase detska leta, kdy lide jeste rozumneli zviratum ;)

Once upon a time there lived a king who wanted to know everything. Old wisemen from all over the world came to teach him what they knew themselves. One day and old womant came to the king and brought him a snake in the basket. “If you eat him, you will be able to understand all of the animals in the world!”, says the old woman. The king liked the idea of knowing something others don’t. At once he ordered Gerge, the cook, to prepare the snake for lunch. He warned him, if George took even just a little bite, the king would kill him. George respected his king very much and promised the king he would not have even one bite. But since he was used to tasting all of kings food, he forgot all about his promise and tasted the snake. As soon as he swallowed the bite, he heard flies and birds talking to each other. George realized what he did and decided not to tell anyone. Then he took the meal to the king.

After the king finished his snake lunch, he took George out for a ride to make sure he did not take a bite of the magic meat. When their horses started talking to each other, George grinned. At that moment the king knew he wasn’t the only one who could understand the animals. Back at the castle, just when George was about to be executed for breakning the king’s orders, he saw two doves fighting over a lock of golden hair, which belonged to a beautiful princess. “Bring me that girl and I will save your life”, said the king. Although George didn’t know which way to go, he set off on a long journey to find Goldilocks – king’s new bride. [click to continue…]

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Is Czech Elmo funnier than American Elmo? / Je cesky Elmo legracnejsi nez americky Elmo?

My 3-year-old daughter completely fell in love with Czech Elmo. I mean it is the same American Elmo from Sesame street but with the Czech voice-over. She likes the original, English-speaking Elmo too but for some reason, she thinks the Czech-speaking Elmo is funnier. What’s even more interesting is that the Czech Elmo sounds EXACTLY the same as the American one. I am attaching a YouTube video of both so you can judge for yourself.

By they way,if you are interested, the DVD series are called “Svet Elmo” and they are virtually not available anywhere anymore. I don’t know why :( . Fortunately one of my Facebook buddies recommended ‘ulozto.cz’ and I was able to download some of those series. These videos are great to learn the Czech language – for young or old.
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