tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79283337543796700852024-03-04T22:09:31.823-08:00Buenos dias....Anecdotes of our days working at La Puerta Abierta Preschool in Santiago Atitlan.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-9469377075253557782014-03-19T10:40:00.000-07:002014-03-19T10:40:57.455-07:00All about Babies...We received a visit from the mid-wife last week at La Puerta Abierta. <br />
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Teacher Ana is 36 weeks pregnant and our students have been excited to learn about her baby bundle within.<br />
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Kara, a visiting nurse, mid-wife and friend showed us how a baby develops inside the womb using seeds and fruits to represent the size of the fetus during different stages of development.<br />
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And then we learned how to care for new born babies.<br />
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Thank you Judy and Diana for such a warm and heartfelt visit!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-58914063966551866762014-02-24T19:13:00.000-08:002014-02-24T19:13:37.959-08:00Pizza Time!Thank you Chef Molly and Chef Brian for teaching us all about pizza and sharing your recipes with us today.<br />
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We're celebrating of first month back at school at La Puerta Abierta where we have been cooking up innovative educational activities created to invoke a love for learning in our young students.</div>
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We cultivate a love for learning at our center by having loads of fun every day in a safe, nurturing and exploratory environment.</div>
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We've been making music with our new music teacher Gaspar.</div>
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We've been exploring our new play garden built with the help of <a href="http://www.natik.org/">Natik</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ulewatitalan.hr">Ulew Atitlan</a> volunteers. </div>
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Miss Ana blows bubbles to her students at our Friday morning Mommy and Me class as she says good-bye to the children and their families. Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-22832768383580713632012-10-29T07:02:00.000-07:002012-10-29T07:03:54.501-07:00Exploration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Then we jet-setted to Asia and stopped in China. we cooked chow-main and learned to eat with chop-sticks!<br />
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Our next stop was in Africa. We made colorful Masai necklaces and one of our class-mates and his mother taught us about the cultures and traditions of Ethiopia. <br />
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We're currently in Australia, learning about kangaroos, koalas and coral reefs!<br />
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In the coming weeks, we'll explore The Americas and Antarctica. We're excited to visit Brazil, the United States and the South Pole.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-35762374883370942572012-08-13T12:51:00.000-07:002012-08-13T12:51:50.951-07:00Touch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-14178099835329729722012-08-11T18:45:00.001-07:002012-08-11T18:45:37.525-07:00The Wonderful World of InsectsThe last week of July is packed with festivities in Santiago Atitlan. July 25 marks the celebration of our Patron Saint and the begining of La Feria. Children gather excitedly in the center of town to ride the rickety ferris-wheel, vendors sell sticky cotton candy and local bands play marimba music late into the evening hours.<br />
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In addition, local schools organize to create a community parade which is traditionally one of the biggest events of the year. This year the parade theme was <em>Protecting the Environment of Santiago Atitlan.</em><br />
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At La Puerta Abierta, we chose to represent <em>The Wonderful World of Insects. </em>Our students loved dressing up as their favorite bugs!<br />
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We send out a big THANK YOU to the fantastic team at K'aslem!<br />
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May is the month of mothers in Guatemala. Last week, we honored the mothers of La Escuelita Puerta Abierta and showered them with songs, poems, presents and cake!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-58477682862398275502012-04-30T14:57:00.000-07:002012-04-30T14:57:26.556-07:00Exercise is Good for the Body and Soul!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Celebrating all living things, big and small!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-49886086525522362662012-04-05T15:53:00.002-07:002012-04-05T15:58:36.723-07:00Easter Bunnies!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKunqhuiNLa475eVHN6SOhuYWjrL-cTTDszUpRj7V3HGx2uexB2Ai9SgTuH6brD7y3Ep2jnRY0LsA_8Ab9qpMtH6f3ia5Z_qPhBMEqcM6JyvJN0zfDPS9iNfnXwg1Vaxh8X_jHL0IbVCU/s1600/ps+2012+390.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728054711522222786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKunqhuiNLa475eVHN6SOhuYWjrL-cTTDszUpRj7V3HGx2uexB2Ai9SgTuH6brD7y3Ep2jnRY0LsA_8Ab9qpMtH6f3ia5Z_qPhBMEqcM6JyvJN0zfDPS9iNfnXwg1Vaxh8X_jHL0IbVCU/s320/ps+2012+390.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3LG6Eb3KwfIAL_f5J4RREQlh4b1gtDuRwTazqvlPSLzSGo1k5O_ElQpxpXYo_YdRabtA0Q4PdXf5tpUFQkdwlLEiB7jGD7tItGb0Gb21rskSZcvUOz_jwPmmHLL7KX1NPN1jjG5LQG8/s1600/ps+2012+394.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728054696158742194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOv5nkvQxeQjG1Y709PcLFgfPI0ExzJ_WQj86RotttlyVk94kJmBftPk9hU_Y00OCEy7SBeTqUY_A-QIcajqp22CWeaem3E-17RFyC_vDgLa644g7EpWcej4dVcVYl7_EoguFUMPu9FWs/s320/ps+2012+391.jpg" /></a> Happy Easter from La Puerta Abierta!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-43301616017066108912012-02-22T14:23:00.003-08:002012-02-22T14:33:09.134-08:00Happy Valentine's Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gci-_BR5DkTZRQfe2Slnz_IsNwFxfc_gFfHcGbtmjS4sP6RY8sqL4VJgzOXYohnrF1Lif-0m30ISlWKmfrS4i4OiA47a3vQsg7abwSNV3V3rVxgm29vbN89ZW76pH7XNE7OttrfcMXQ/s1600/ps+2012+143.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gci-_BR5DkTZRQfe2Slnz_IsNwFxfc_gFfHcGbtmjS4sP6RY8sqL4VJgzOXYohnrF1Lif-0m30ISlWKmfrS4i4OiA47a3vQsg7abwSNV3V3rVxgm29vbN89ZW76pH7XNE7OttrfcMXQ/s320/ps+2012+143.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712090813628545074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0fC7u7NH7sgxaIM_3PWe1xkZFODVKUHUMWXpuCCgXZtOMa5ZeZN_w8yJEeky4bRd-s7Flc_2hUsVxNoMbMloALazgA7A9bQKxO38_Ywu1ttoB9ptMbpE2gXuBgXS7aSxb-sIbaKKHhs/s1600/ps+2012+166.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Vc1lBHLS4MH5ajMoonB0xmY5TxoR5sH4ySs8j9qArh-OYpLfjrSl_yE0NfbADNlEAc2t98gOz5L_Md9SNVfts8BnmJc3yYZS7H59PMif-LDqzwCRoeWnf7BIyLNYQS6eyeSOP09yP-M/s320/ps+2012+106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708442770950665634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9sJimrmN9cfCXUtIN2ATW7hw6CZbK3r-YHRVlglAmtBcgDiPFV6yy8BTgtuPshFnNsTl1Umijx662pK-dHLa7c2Jkycj0Ip4cA9fP1V99FEYouIxU658stIoeef1mTAOBeCRp5mBuIo/s1600/ps+2012+100.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9sJimrmN9cfCXUtIN2ATW7hw6CZbK3r-YHRVlglAmtBcgDiPFV6yy8BTgtuPshFnNsTl1Umijx662pK-dHLa7c2Jkycj0Ip4cA9fP1V99FEYouIxU658stIoeef1mTAOBeCRp5mBuIo/s320/ps+2012+100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708442760867647330" /></a><br />The 2012 school year began just over a month ago and in addition to welcoming 19 new preschool students, we also greeted 15 of our returning students from 2011 into our recently established kindergarten class. We're delighted to have one more year to work with our preschool "graduates" and we are ecstatic to share our program with so many new children.<br /><br />We're off to a productive and positive start to the school year. We've been painting, cutting, singing, dancing, laughing, reading, building and creating. We're looking forward to sharing snapshots our our days at La Puerta Abierta with you via our blog. Enjoy!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-44477472027937703742011-10-13T13:42:00.001-07:002011-10-13T13:53:40.927-07:00Congratulations Graduates!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eg-HKSrImogDKNUIC_AslzJirc27xKESv5okuOLrdUGAwtawBono-KXCwiPLwuGDIjHlbzjkDk9eraTwRCAkrSGbeedVyWFpdyHHwyXHQC6gCcOLj55vLoyp_mbjGHhI1LVvwh0Sqko/s1600/clausara+3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663081118517831426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eg-HKSrImogDKNUIC_AslzJirc27xKESv5okuOLrdUGAwtawBono-KXCwiPLwuGDIjHlbzjkDk9eraTwRCAkrSGbeedVyWFpdyHHwyXHQC6gCcOLj55vLoyp_mbjGHhI1LVvwh0Sqko/s320/clausara+3.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSwgqr1q23stQy6zA01qYWERY7yT43AViXtg2c9OkS8F8FyjJ9S1KcBuvobGjjdc5NNlSkVJDkzndFZqti1Gn4tU3Xh_sZXgAk0hxvQOWaq2siSsjY-nZDkIYI7jC5IuNsxmmholSaP4/s1600/clausura+7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663081114135538706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSwgqr1q23stQy6zA01qYWERY7yT43AViXtg2c9OkS8F8FyjJ9S1KcBuvobGjjdc5NNlSkVJDkzndFZqti1Gn4tU3Xh_sZXgAk0hxvQOWaq2siSsjY-nZDkIYI7jC5IuNsxmmholSaP4/s320/clausura+7.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAOYVYZOG5NlYLLxvc1EoKemLF0aeHBBtI1fnybusqQjvAj1BMdpizFacWO3UOLxRPqguvSjv_N3ZuyNyF6mhFyT5Pt9MjbgHVbmCQxhX7QjwYFv8BmFR4h7muCPrjAbsS4YVzORyMlo/s1600/clausura+5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663081109909499922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAOYVYZOG5NlYLLxvc1EoKemLF0aeHBBtI1fnybusqQjvAj1BMdpizFacWO3UOLxRPqguvSjv_N3ZuyNyF6mhFyT5Pt9MjbgHVbmCQxhX7QjwYFv8BmFR4h7muCPrjAbsS4YVzORyMlo/s320/clausura+5.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928333754379670085.post-24464955542741611662011-09-27T17:29:00.000-07:002011-09-27T17:38:29.014-07:00Tortillas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAt9W_H0DlCEtkcWaktu_6jKqGoXqmJUPW9dIDkv7ZGqikLJH2zPZmvUmDhcpx5NZauxW8AeqzPI5xUa7FR9DfzoM8Cd5WdOtSjT9yANsh6iSq7B4xtPT4ge9Wlv04CiJxVHGaDCVKqsY/s1600/easter+1012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657202476892028130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAt9W_H0DlCEtkcWaktu_6jKqGoXqmJUPW9dIDkv7ZGqikLJH2zPZmvUmDhcpx5NZauxW8AeqzPI5xUa7FR9DfzoM8Cd5WdOtSjT9yANsh6iSq7B4xtPT4ge9Wlv04CiJxVHGaDCVKqsY/s320/easter+1012.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n90eheSdaQXSjNkJVIl6AcVRSnokdIxdE4vQgMO6dsebuHu8L-QyyuOHEFdXwwRg08a6QIzihElAVhnSybv_22jUyjWd5kRYDm0D9ewCYBwnZJHRyaUtUBNM6DTHIyQuf8cOGEsjujA/s1600/easter+1008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657202469463367826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n90eheSdaQXSjNkJVIl6AcVRSnokdIxdE4vQgMO6dsebuHu8L-QyyuOHEFdXwwRg08a6QIzihElAVhnSybv_22jUyjWd5kRYDm0D9ewCYBwnZJHRyaUtUBNM6DTHIyQuf8cOGEsjujA/s320/easter+1008.jpg" /></a><br />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.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764639275727973062noreply@blogger.com0