4th Grade Rendezvous

The 4th grade Rendezvous was on March 16,

the kids were asked to dress for the event. Either as

Native Americans, pioneer kids or mountain men,

Raychel went back and forth between a

Native American or a pioneer girl, so

Monday morning while she ate I quickly

sewed her and Jolene an apron!! Her teacher went around on a horse named

Scooter.The kids went to 11 different stations learning

hands on what life was like at this time....

here they made a "talking stick" it

was the way the Native Americans thought

they could get advice and talk with

the spirits.....

at this station they wrote letters on brown bags
and sent them by way of the pony express...

here they got to make pottery.....

at this station they learned about wild animals of

Colorado

at this station they learned how to make soap, lotions

and other items...they got to make Native American jewelry out

of beads...

to run off energy from all they listening they played

a Native American game, a mix of soccer and

hockey....

and finally they got to paint Native American

markings on rocks, they also got to listen to an

Native American storyteller and eat fry bread, they

were able to trade their pottery for a pop at the trading post

and eat their lunches around a camp fire.

It was such a great day the weather was perfect, the sun

was shining and just as you were getting to warm a

cool breeze would come past.