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Monday, February 20, 2012

Taller Colibri Open House March 3

Taller Colibri school in Huayapam, Oaxaca is holding an open house Saturday, March 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
We will show student work and take a trip to the nearby river. Snacks and refreshments will be served. We are located at the intersection of Union (the main road into town) and Campo Santo in the house on the corner with the dark red fence. A map is reproduced below.

Here's a few pics from our recent field trip to the ruins at Yagul





 Taller Colibrí (Hummingbird´s Workshop) is currently located in Huayapan, a small town about 20 minutes from the center of Oaxaca City. Huayapan is rich with natural areas to explore, including rivers, mountains, and ponds. The school has a welcoming and home-like environment, with shared work areas, garden, a small library, kitchen, and garden. A mixed-age group of children between the ages of 6-10 spend their days Taller Colibrí, there is currently one lead teacher. The children have the opportunity to use both English and Spanish during school activities and in their interactions with each other and members of the community of Huayapan.

The mixed-aged group of students at Taller Colibrí participates in an active, experiential curriculum that integrates art, the natural and community resources of the local area, and the interests of the children.
The curriculum is based around interdisciplinary themes of study that incorporate language arts, history, social studies, math, and hands-on experience in the world. Theme investigations and projects are done in both English and Spanish.




Thursday, March 17, 2011

Carnivorous Plants

This past week at Taller Colibri, the kids have been working with carnivorous plants--as any parent knows, most children just go nuts for them! Lucky for us, we were able to find some for cheap at a gorgeous organic nursery here in Oaxaca -- we scored a sundew plant for all of 30 pesos, less than three bucks.



We also scored a venus flytrap and more to bring to the school site, where the students can enjoy watching the plants eat a few bugs.

The picture here is a drawing I made of a sun dew plant. Okay, so they don't really have eyes, I just added that for a dramatic effect.

Next up, Taller Colibri is doing a unit on magic. We'll look at the life of Harry Houdini and learn some tricks.