Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Celebrations of Light

As we approached the winter vacation, Ms. Harrington’s second graders did some reading about the many winter celebrations around the world in Nancy Luenn’s Celebrations of Light. We noticed that whether we celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Diwali, Ramadan or Bon Matsuri, Chinese New Year or Las Posadas, it is likely that light will be an important part of the celebration. Why is light so important to us? Here’s what the students think:

Celebrations of Light from Nettie Harrington Pangallo on Vimeo.

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