Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Tortillas



In honor of Guatemalan Independence Day, we've been exploring Guatemalan culture, art and history at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta. Last week we completed our learning unit by preparing one of the most traditional and delicious Guatemalan foods...tortillas! Our students loved squishing the moist dough in their hands and clapping them into tortilla form.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Celebration!








September 15th marked Guatemala's Independence Day or what we recognized at La Puerta Abierta as Guatemala's birthday. In honor of the special day, we organized a Dia del Campo to celebrate!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Creepy Crawly....




Ms. Candelaria has been focusing on animals at La Puerta Abierta. Our students have been learning all about vertebrates and invertebrates. We've read stories about animals, created animal art, and even went on an animal "safari" in our neighborhood.

We especially enjoyed learning about creepy crawly worms and some of us were brave enough to touch them!