Happy Father's Day

 Hello Friends

Happy Father's Day! There are so many great things about dads. There are the dad jokes and 

Fathers are so important to our children. The Importance of a Father in the Life of a Child tells us how important Father's are in our lives. Even after we are adults, we rely on our dads for their wisdom and their love and support. Celebrating dads is pretty easy. American dads love bbq and want to do the grilling themselves. Enjoy this great video on Grilling complete with dad jokes and thoughts on being a dad! And, enjoy the Wisconsin accent!

Meet Up in the Park

We met at Carey Grove Park in person on Tuesday. We had a couple friends Zoom and Facetime in to say hello. Oh it is so nice to get together and for our children to meet each other and play. 

We had a number of requests to meet in the afternoon. Our in person next meet up: 

Tuesday, June 29 at the Cool Creek Park Playground at 2:30-4:30 PM EST. 
2000 East 151st Street, Carmel, IN 46033

Use our International Friends Zoom to join us virtually.

Hamilton County Fun

Indiana is known for pork tenderloin sandwiches. Our Japanese friends may think of “katsu”. The Tenderloin Trail highlights this favorite June 29-July 27. Look for restaurants, special deals and the T-Shirt.

Carmel Indiana Year-Round Fun

If you live locally, here are some events and dates to save here in Carmel. We are looking forward to year-round fun and festing. Learn more by visiting the websites on this flier.

Types of Post COVID Conditions The CDC has information about the long term effects of COVID. 

American Sign Language: Monday, 5:30-6:30 PM EST, Zoom

After reviewing letters and numbers, colors and question words, and word order. Be ready to converse using our vocabulary. We have enough to talk and combine words into sentences. Bring your homework sentences from last week to open the session.

Grammar Workshop: Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM EST, Zoom

Our grammarians wrote short pieces. We combed through them and talked about English conventions and how to use grammar tools to improve communication. Written English relies on punctuation conventions to clarify meaning. One we talked about is the Oxford Comma, which is a comma in the list before "and" and last word in the list. Sometimes this comma helps to clarify what is in the list. An example of an Oxford Comma is in the first sentence of American Sign Language above. In this case, the Oxford Comma is important because the items in the list are grouped and include the word and!

Kids’ Conversation: Thursday, 4:00 PM-4:30 PM EST, Zoom

We shared information about our home countries. It is nice to learn about each other! Next Thursday we will share our food art! Don't miss this delicious meeting.

flier: an information sheet that is widely distributed 

combed through: analyze

conventions: common rules