Parent
involvement during the summer months is crucial to student success. According
to the National Education Association, “Parents who are actively involved in
their children’s learning at home help their children become more successful
learners in and out of school.”
Summer
vacation gives endless opportunities to explore the world. Going out and
getting active is a great way to discover new places, people and things. While
having fun children are learning without even thinking about the whole process.
Almost effortlessly they will gain valuable knowledge which will serve them
during the schooling period. This summer 7 years old Basia has learned a
lot about two worldwide famous Polish citizens: a romantic composer Friderik
Chopin and double Noble Prize winner Maria Sklodowska-Curie.
Fryderyk Chopin
Born:
March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland
Died: October 17, 1849 in
Paris, France
A
Polish composer of the 19th century whose adult life centered mainly in Paris.
A Romantic composer who wrote almost entirely for the piano, Chopin changed the
world of keyboard music forever. His distinctively expressive style is
reflected in his many small-scale works and two concertos he created for the
piano.
”City of Chopin”Fryderyk Chopin Museum (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina)
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Born: November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Kingdomof Poland
Died: July 4, 1934 in
Paris, France
Through
her discovery of radium, Marie Curie paved the way for nuclear physics and cancer
therapy. Born of Polish parents, she was a woman of science and courage,
compassionate yet stubbornly determined. Her research work was to cost her own
life.
While
a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska-Curie (she used both surnames) never lost
her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters
the Polish language and took them on visits to
Poland. She named the first chemicalelement that she discovered – polonium, which she first isolated
in 1898 – after her native country.
Maria
Skłodowska-Curie Museum (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie)
"Warsaw in the footsteps of Maria Skłodowska-Curie"
https://www.warsawtour.pl/en/warsaw-for-everyone/in-the-footsteps-of-maria-sk-odowska-curie-160224.html"BBC The Genius of Marie Curie"
