Que Linda!

It's getting close to the last few days of school and 6th graders are anxious to shed the walls of school. They are still coming out to Nature's Classroom and loving the freedom to explore the outdoors. What a great way to finish out the school year.  

My group of students this week was filled with Spanish-speakers, so we had some fun adding a lot of new words into everyone's vocabulary. It was also a great day to give those kids who are bilingual a leadership roles as interpreters.  Nature knows no language boundary, so it's easy and fun to help them learn. Hands on learning is perfect for bringing people together. 

My students could not wait to get into the reptile room and hold some snakes!  They were not afraid, just excited!  Their noise level was an indicator of enthusiasm, not disrespect.  I loved sharing our animals with them and one young man who spoke no English just touched my heart. He had been silent the entire day, but when we went into the reptile room, he became my assistant, completely on his own accord.  He helped all the other students get to know snakes and loved on my alligator.  He started it, and it soon echoed among the group...soon everyone was saying "Que Linda!"  "How pretty!"