Today we began our day with looking through a book on Inuit inuksuks (pronounced e-nook-sooks)—cairn-like stone statues used to respect a person, show directions, leave messages, or frame a sunrise or sunset. We then took a trip to the South River to collect stones to build our own. (We collected lots, and I’m happy I [...]
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Day 13: November 3, 2009
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Day 9: October 20, 2009
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Today we culminated our life cycle of the butterfly with a visit to Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory. We also finished our American Indian/Mohawk unit, and have begun a study of Canada, our neighbors to the north. Throughout the beginning of the year, we have talked about and sung about the four directions, which leads to [...]
Day 3: September 27, 2009
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Today we began our study of the Mohawk Nation–one of the nations that make up the Iroquois League. (During colonial times, the French called them the Iroquois, while the British called them The Five Nations. The other nations are the Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, all located to our west in what is now New [...]
Week 34, Day 68: June 12, 2009
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We are still working on base ten and base 1 with our grids. (They will be sent home with them.) Today we had our last visit to Ruth’s home. The friends refer to her as “our Ruth,” and indeed, she has become part of our learning community. To say farewell and thank you to her, [...]
Week 29, Day 58: May 8, 2009
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Today we began our study of base 10 numbers and discussed ones, tens Here we go round the Maypole High, Maypole High, Maypole High Here we go round the Maypole High, Hold Colored Ribbons High! Laddies and lassies go skipping by, skipping by, skipping by Laddies and lassies go skipping by, let colored ribbons [...]
Week 28, Day 56: May 1, 2009
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Happy May Day!
Today we began our day with a celebration of Sebastian’s birthday with fresh out-of-the-oven blueberry cobbler. (Thank you, Lauren!) We prepared our Maypole, by digging a hole and installing a 18” 1 and 3/4” pipe for our 10 foot Maypole. Friends chose ribbons for our dance, and we decorated the top of the [...]
Week 9, Day 18: November 14, 2008
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Jayden led our morning circle, and we learned a new song about the glorious colors of Mexico. Although our study has been surface at best, the friends have had had lots of opportunities to look at books and artifacts that encompass the Aztec, Mayan, and Spanish cultures found in Mexico. Bright, splenderous colors are definitely [...]
Week 9, Day 17: November 11, 2008
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Our study of Mexico continues. Annika began our morning meeting. After reading a book of giving thanks from a prayer of the Iroquois (or Six Nations known as Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora) called Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp, we spoke of all that we are [...]
Week 4, Day 8: October 10, 2008
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We began our day welcoming Annika to our educational community. We welcome Annika—and her family to our circle of belonging, our circle of community, and our circle of friends. Maia was morning meeting leader, and we used our talking orb to discuss what we learned about the American Indians that we studied. This is what [...]
Week 3, Day 5: September 30, 2008
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Our day began with our morning circle lead by Elias. We read a couple of stories from “Feathers and Tales”.We reviewed the idea of stories that teach a lesson, and what each of these stories teach to us.
We will welcomed Annika to our community and began a “Peace Travelers” ritual that we will do each day [...]
