December 2021
Happy Christmas to all and Happy First Day of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa celebrates family and important principles of humanity. Today- Umoja/Unity. From the Official Kwanzaa Website: It begins with ourselves, but expands outward to include others and the world. It reaffirms Anna Julia Cooper’s assertion that “We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnaturalness of all special favoritism whether of race, sex, country or condition. Umoja urges a moral sensitivity and caring kinship with each other, other human beings, all living beings. ” One of the traditions of Kwanzaa is to create a display of bounty and prosperity featured on an Mkeka...a mat, that is placed underneath the other items. The children were very open to trying their hand at paper weaving to create an Mkeka. We also learned about St. Lucia Day, as celebrated in Scandinavian Countries. My class traditionally makes candle wreaths which we wear on St. Lucia day as we parade dow...