5 For Friday Freebies and a Petroglyph Family Friendly Field Trip (Panama)

1. Petroglyphs!

This last week we went on a fun field 

trip to Nancito, Panama and other 

hidden but local petroglyph sites - The 

kids had loads of fun!  Petroglyphs in

Panama are a common occurrence

Anthropologists don't exactly understand 

their meaning but some have a 

lunar/solar calendar significance.  Others

appear to be types of road signs to 

passing travelers...

We set up a petroglyph station after our

field trips where the kids... 

a: found a soft rock & cleaned it at a

washing station

b: carved a petroglyph style design 

that they learned about or just 

something unique...

c. colored it with chalk pastels!

Eating Healthy local 

Fruit! 

 Finally to end a wonderful day we 

enjoyed our local fruits and learned 

about all the health benefits...

Maracuya Apple Beat Juice Recipe:

1 Maracuya seeds scooped out into a glass

3 Juiced Sweet Apples

1 juiced beat

Stir & serve over ice 

Yum!!!

2.  I Spy Sight Words in

 English & Spanish! 

I also finished up and bundled a new set

 of I Spy Sight words this week.  If you 

would like to check them out just click

 on any of the pictures:)

3.  I have also been getting

 ready for the Facebook

 Frenzy that's Coming Soon!

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO A FB FRENZIE- 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR - YOU WILL ONLY 

HAVE 3 DAYS TO like AWAY & GRAB YOUR

 FREEBIES!  

 

You can get ready by Liking  my fb 

page now & grabbing this Freebie, (I have 

a great fb frenzy freebie planned - it's

 so hard to wait to share it with you

 all!) I will be keeping you posted:)...

  

4. New PanamaArt 

Artist's interpretation:  "a little girl wearing the chaquira"

Children’s Chaquira Indian 

Beaded Jewelry Set! 

 These are so cute...need I say more...and 

we custom make them with the colors

 you want!

 5.  5 For Friday Freebie

Free Shofar Clip Art

Just in time for the Jewish High Holy 

Days!  We have been celebrating the 7 

month on the Biblical Calendar = Jewish

 High Holidays

Yom Teruah is passed, the 

shofar announcement has been made and

 now we are counting 10 days until Yom

Kippur ( a fasting day of repentance to 

God as individuals, families, and as a 

nation)  This is a pen & pencil basket of 

gifts we made for our family & 

friends...along with our Yom Teruah 

notebook Bible study - you can make 

them to0! Click here and here for more

 info.  

The shofar is a very important part of 

every Jewish holiday. So I thought I 

would leave you with these freebies 

today; a shofar craftivity and clip art 

- enjoy!

Just click on the picture for the 

craftivity...

  You can right click and save the 

shofars below-don't forget to give credit

back to Thetravelingclassroom when

you use them! enjoy:)

Join in the fun below:)

 Cute Chevron Numbers Clip Art by Blair Turner http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Blair-Turner
Cute Frames by Dots of Fun http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Dots-Of-Fun

The Indians of Panama Grupos Indígenas de Panamá

Today I wanted to share a little about the local Indian population that still lives here.  They are an ancient people group that have blended with other people groups around them but have still been able to maintain their culture and languages.

The Panamian Indians Or "the indigenous " people of Panama make up about 8% of the total population of Panama.  There are approximately  nine tribes here.  They are classified into seven different types of cultures.  They are called the Kunas, Ngobe, Buglé, Emberá, Wounaan, Talamanca, Bokotas, Teribes and Cricamola.  The comarca Indigegna is the official territory given to the Indigenous peoples here.

Something I think is a really neat characteristic of Boquete, Panama is the distinct presence of Indigenous peoples everywhere.  They wear distinct clothing.  Some of the clothing is representative of their tribes.  Others have meanings through the colors and shapes that they are adorned with.








These are hand beaded necklaces done by the Choco and Ngobe Indians in Panama. The beads are made of coral, seed or plastic beads. They are called Chaquiras.  They have been handcrafted here for hundreds of years, maybe longer.

This particular necklace has the characteristic shapes of triangles that represent the mountains here in Panama with the red representative of the blood shed in the early 1900's when the Spanish came to Panama.  (This was told to me by the indigenous artist of this particular piece - Eliab Davis of  Tienda Davis)

You can visit him here in his local shop in Boquete, in the Los Establos  shopping area.  He sells various different types of Indigenous art.  At his store you can also find molas, jewelry, beaded works, wood works, clothing, and more. This is a mola...

and a squirrel  carved out of  a coconut!

This is the plaza where his store is


and this  a picture in front of his store...


and a peak inside:)  You can also visit our etsy shop if you can´t make it to Panama!


Below are pictures we took on a local Field Trip.

These are called the Guaca mountains by the locals...

These are petroglyphs here in Boquete, Panama.

 We were only able to see two of the four today.  The others are on private property and we were not able to see them.

We were told they were maps or guides that are about 1000 years old.  The circular sections are pictures of mountains.  The wandering lines are possible pictures of trails or local rivers . 

Both of these places are great Family Friendly Field Trips!  You can learn and see the hand crafted items of the indigenous and see real artifacts over 1000 years old!  I hope you get to visit.  I love to hear your comments if you get to go visit:) 

Hope you enjoyed learning a little more about the local people here:) 

If your interested in a teacher giveaway or two you can find some good ones here, just click on the pictures below!

As the locals say here,  "Chow":)