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    Southwestern Frontier Unit (American Girl Josefina) Book List

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    How much do you know about the colorful history and rich culture of America’s Southwestern Frontier? This Book List is packed full of… well… BOOKS of course!   But you’ll also find family friendly movies, hands-on activity guides, craft kits, games, and more resources that will spark your family’s IMAGINATION and take you back to Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1820’s! Explore what life was like on the Santa Fe and El Camino Real Trails!  What you your family have to trade? Would you live in a pueblo on a rancho like Josefina, the young girl in some of the stories? Or would you travel along with the…

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    Josefina’s Southwest Christmas- Hands-On History

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    What was Christmas like in America’s Southwest Frontier? It’s 1824… the warm dusty streets are filled with all the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas!  Biscochos, piñon smoke, farolitos, las posadas, and mariachi! Maybe this sounds like Christmas in another country to you! Nope!  These are all some of the things Josefina Montoya loved about Christmas in her beloved Santa Fe! While Christmas in the early 1800’s wasn’t being celebrated in a big way in most places in America just yet, Christmas was a very special and important part of the culture of New Mexico! If you want to add to this Christmas study, you can learn all about Josefina…

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  • American Girl Units for Summer

    Summer School Fun

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    Can Summer School Be FUN ?!?!? YES !!! Keep everyone’s minds active and excited about learning… but at the same time enjoying the lazy, hazy days of SUMMER when the living should be EASY!  Think everyone curled up listening to these GREAT books…. or packing a picnic to take to your favorite big tree  (or park, or beach, or wherever you love to hang out in the summer!) and spending the afternoon reading together! THEN continue the fun with all kinds of hands-on projects based on these stories.   Recipes, dioramas, crafts, science experiments and LOTS of totally FUN ideas ! All planned out for you too!   SEE I told you this…

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