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This week in the garden-Feb11/Esta semana en el jardin

This week was another busy one in the garden.  We whipped up some salsa verde with a few classes: And finished our calendula salve with the fourth grade, to go along with their unit on Herbal Medicine: (After the calendula … Continue reading

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This week in the garden-Jan 29/Esta semana en el jardin

Because of all the rain the last couple weeks, our classes haven’t been able to visit the garden.  This week we made up for lost time. The kindergartners came out to pick snap peas. The first graders picked their second … Continue reading

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Dia de los Muertos altars

and even some non-Dual Language classes joined in!

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Making sugar skulls

This week was devoted to making sugar skulls with all the Dual Language classrooms.  We went around to all the classes, talked about what we would be doing, mixed up the dough, and the kids made their own skulls.  The … Continue reading

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Autumn activities

We had a few activities going on in various classrooms on Friday.  We were lucky enough to be on campus to catch them on film. In one classroom, the children were making ghosts out of cheesecloth and liquid starch. In … Continue reading

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