For the last month I have work hard to build up a networking site for World Language Teachers in Waldorf Schools. Well... the site itself is a networking site on NING. But the work I've been doing is contacting many teachers and schools from around the world! After a little bit more than a month there are more than 100 members. Most members teach in schools in the United States but teachers from schools all over the world are joining the site every day. There are teachers from: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom. I am very proud of all the connections I've made.
This will help me not only in my work as a Spanish teacher at City of Lakes Waldorf School but also generate great resources for my new school project: Writing the Spanish Curriculum. I am very excited about that work.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Samba line dance
We dance this to Magalenha by Sergio Mendes
You can dance it to Ricky Martin’s Maria or any samba dance (4 count)
Free dancing at the beginning, raise arms over head, walk forward and back, shake hips, etc.
When you hear “He, he, he, he, he, he” get ready to start and start with the drums
Start with your left foot
Go forward 4
Point your right foot forward (on four)
Go back 4 starting with your right
Point your left foot back (on four)
Cross left foot over right
Bend at the knees
Point your right foot out to the right and touch
Cross right foot over left
Bend at the knees
Point your left foot out to the left and touch
Volta right for four counts (Volta is when you cross one foot directly in front of the other and shift
Volta left for four counts your weight between the two in a forward/backward motion)
You start over again right out of the volta left
You keep repeating the same steps but always turning to the left so you are facing another wall in the room
You can dance it to Ricky Martin’s Maria or any samba dance (4 count)
Free dancing at the beginning, raise arms over head, walk forward and back, shake hips, etc.
When you hear “He, he, he, he, he, he” get ready to start and start with the drums
Start with your left foot
Go forward 4
Point your right foot forward (on four)
Go back 4 starting with your right
Point your left foot back (on four)
Cross left foot over right
Bend at the knees
Point your right foot out to the right and touch
Cross right foot over left
Bend at the knees
Point your left foot out to the left and touch
Volta right for four counts (Volta is when you cross one foot directly in front of the other and shift
Volta left for four counts your weight between the two in a forward/backward motion)
You start over again right out of the volta left
You keep repeating the same steps but always turning to the left so you are facing another wall in the room
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
My first stainless steel bottle!
Yay! I just bought a Klean Kanteen bottle at Midwest Mountaineering. I am very happy with it. And now I can ditch all my plastic bottles. Well... I will be reusing them for other projects, of course!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Fringe time! Yeah!
Among this crazy summer (CLV for 5 weeks, Water! show, La Semana camp) I bought an Ultra Pass for Fringe Festival 2008. Last year I was so bummed that I got to see only a couple of shows! Now I am hyper-happy that I'll see as many as I want!
Check it out!
Fringe Festival
Check it out!
Fringe Festival
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The Water Show
Wow! Summer has been so intensive (and intense!)
Work at camp has been very tiring and busy but LOTS of fun and I don't regret coming back there (for one more Summer). It has been great to get my CLV energy back. CLV is an awesome program! And it has also been good to work again with my friend Kika.
While supervising campers and counselors and managing their money and travel arrangement I have also been working on my Water Show.
It's a show that In The Heart Of The Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre commissioned me for their Water Festival on July 26th. For more information visit hobt.org/
Work at camp has been very tiring and busy but LOTS of fun and I don't regret coming back there (for one more Summer). It has been great to get my CLV energy back. CLV is an awesome program! And it has also been good to work again with my friend Kika.
While supervising campers and counselors and managing their money and travel arrangement I have also been working on my Water Show.
It's a show that In The Heart Of The Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre commissioned me for their Water Festival on July 26th. For more information visit hobt.org/
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Back at Concordia Language Villages
I must say that I had some concerns about coming back to CLV Summer Camp. I know I promised by good friend Kika that I would come back this Summer to El Lago del Bosque, Wilder to work with her, but I had some mixed feelings about losing my precious free time during the Summer.
But anyway, work at camp is not bad at all. I enjoy most of it. This Summer I am Assistant Dean AND Business Manager again so my days are pretty full. Although I am trying to balance work time with rest time. While working here I also have to create my show about water for In The Heart of The Beast Theatre. That is going well.
Camp is going well as well. We had a pretty nice (and small) session with the younger kids. We'll see how things go the next two weeks with the older ones.
But anyway, work at camp is not bad at all. I enjoy most of it. This Summer I am Assistant Dean AND Business Manager again so my days are pretty full. Although I am trying to balance work time with rest time. While working here I also have to create my show about water for In The Heart of The Beast Theatre. That is going well.
Camp is going well as well. We had a pretty nice (and small) session with the younger kids. We'll see how things go the next two weeks with the older ones.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Almost there (inside the Xcel Energy). Go Obama!
Yesterday was truly an important historic moment for USA. Obama
claimed the presidential nomination for the Democratic party at a HUGE
rally in St. Paul (Xcel Energy). I was very excited about it and
decided to go there. But it was a little naive of me to think that I
could get in. The doors opened at 7 pm and I arrive around 6:30 pm and
there were blocks and blocks of people. Downtown St. Paul turned into a
human maze with thousands of Obama fans and supporters. I just ended up
at one of the gates but behind the fence and just watched people get it.
So much enthusiasm and joy! I was not able to see him live but just by
being there I felt, like many others, that I was part of great moment in
history.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Guantanamera in the streets of Ensenada, Mexico
Street musicians singing "Guantanamera" in by a taco stand in Ensenada, Mexico
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
We are back in the US!
We arrived to the hostel in San Diego around 9 pm on Tuesday night. We had a great spaghetti dinner and we got ready for bed. We are all FINE but TIRED! See you soon!
Monday, May 26, 2008
We are fine and HAVING FUN!!!!
Sorry for the lack of posts and updates but we are in Bahia de Los
Angeles since Friday and internet access has been extremely difficult
to find.
Angeles since Friday and internet access has been extremely difficult
to find.
We are all fine and happy and having tons of fun. Hopefully updates soon.
paulino
Saturday, May 24, 2008
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