Friendly reminders:

  • VIP Day : Thursday Nov/21/2024 9:00 -10:30am
  • Fall Break: Nov./25- 29 2024 School will be closed, no childcare.

Agradecimientos:

  • A big thank you to our room parents, Jill, Arlo’s mom, and Kelly and Oscar, Ruby G.’s parents, and parent association coordinator, Erika, Lucca’s mom. They were keenly aware of all the classroom’s needs for the Dia de Muertos celebration.

Celebrating Día de Muertos in Live Oak was very exciting. The children showed interest in learning about this Mexican tradition and engaged  in all the activities and projects related to it. We appreciate everyone taking the time to join us and be part of this special holiday by getting to know more about each other through sharing meaningful memories about our loved ones.

Here are a few short videos of our ceremony and the children’s dance:

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1029834409/b0f6a4f15d

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1029836490/fcdd9e112c

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1029835541/e75da14758

 

 

Sugar Skulls

Sugar skulls were definitely the most exciting activity for the children. They loved watching Griselda make the first one, and were eager to decorate their own sugar skull with candy and frosting. A special thank you to Kelly who made 20 sugar skulls for the children to decorate!

Art and crafts

Our Live Oak students enjoyed all the arts and crafts we made for this celebration (skeletons, colorful skulls, papel picado, flowers, skull embroidery).

Cempasuchil Legend

This Aztec legend tells the story of Xochitl and Huitzilin, who were close friends, and grew to fall in love. Since they were children they walked up a mountain to bring offerings to Tonatiuh, the Sun god. One day, the men in their village had to go to battle, so Huitzilin told Xochitl he had to go. When he did not come back, Xochitl begged the Sun to bring them together again. The Sun turned Xochitl into a Cempasuchil flower, and Huitzilin’s spirit came back as a hummingbird. It’s said that as long as hummingbirds are visiting Cempasuchil flowers, Xochitl and Huitzilin will be together. The children loved this story and were eager to act it out at circle!

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