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Frizztext’s first two alphabet challenges for 2013 are for the letters A and B. When possible, I plan to use Spanish words!
You might remember that I have my very own personal welcome wagon when I pass through the outskirts of town! Even if I am in a hurry, I always stop and bask in her gentle nature! (See Children & Their Gifts)
She makes me feel like royalty!
This past week when Maria dashed out to greet me, I thought, “If I’m going to stop and talk with her, we might as well have a lesson in English!”
I asked her to get a pencil and paper, then we plopped on a dollop of earth left behind by a road grader. Anticipating Frizztext’s story challenge, I asked her to name a word that started with “A.”
“Arbol,” she stated.
In my notebook, I wrote the word in Spanish then English and hurriedly drew a tree and said, “Tree.”
“Tree,” she repeated, then wrote the word and drew a tree as well!
Since I didn’t photograph our classwork, here’s a pencil drawing from years ago:
Palo de Agua – Pencil – 24″ x 36″ – Lisa Brunetti
Her sister joined us and selected the word for B.
“Bicicleta!”
Oh my! Thankfully they were happy with a hurried scribble of two circles and a few lines connecting them!
We wrote ten or twelve more words, and they practiced pronouncing them. Then I tore the page from my notebook and presented it to them before continuing home.
Here is an image of the sisters in their Christmas Eve finery!
I will close with more images of A for Arbol and B for Bicicleta!
El Salvador
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Republic of Panama
Kicked Back in Nicaragua (Near Hacienda Iguana)
Costa Rica
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Bicycle Sunset
SJDS Nicaragua
Ecuador
(Costa Rica) Have a great day! Z
Frizztext kicked off the year with a new alphabet challenge. See more for A HERE and for B HERE.
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Me gustan sus arboles y bicicletas 🙂
ah! muchas grrrrrrrrrrracias, amiga! z
Sweet post.
What a beautiful pencil drawing Z :))) Me encantan todos estos arboles. Gracias por compartir 🙂
muchas grrrrrrrrracias, amiga! lisa/z
A great selection of bikes and trees. Some awesome trees there. A curious combination, trees and bikes, but they work together so well.
thank you! i’ve taken hundreds of photos of trees and bikes while living in latin america! it was nice to be able to share some of them!
Good Post
thank you! i appreciate your comment! z
I will learn
A is for Árbol – tree?
B is for Bicicleta – bicycle
greetings by
well done, grasshopper!
z
my self portrait:
Your posts always make the sun shine brighter in my part of the world!
thank you, hugh! with the ‘dead’ of winter coming your way, i’m delighted that my posts help offset the cold weather. those young gals help the sun shine brighter around me as well!
That is so cool. Maybe others would have said hello to the two little girls and continued on, but your spirit of generosity gave them a gift they’ll never forget moving your special relationship on a higher level. I love it.
Your photography is awe-inspiring, and the tree drawing is fantastic!
thank you! the young gals always make time to greet me, and sharing my language has always been hit or miss. it’s such an easy ‘upgrade’ to give them a little more. thank you so much; you’d probably have realized that sooner than i if you were walking in my shoes!!!
i’m glad you like the tree! painting is often ‘work’ while using a pencil is like breathing!
Wonderful pics, as always! 🙂
thank you! hope the weekend is good to you! z
Great idea…Spanish lesson for you and English lesson for the little ones. We will need to start brushing up on our Spanish if we are planning a trip your way next winter.
It will be great to see you when you head south! thanks, i’m glad you enjoyed the post! lisa/z
Beautifully done, z! Love these trees, smiles, sunset, and bike.
muchas grrrrrrrrracias! I’m glad you enjoyed the post! z
Fantastic. Wow, what a drawing – is that the same kind of tree in the first tree photo? Great pictures of the kids, too!
thanks; no,, i don’t have a good photo of one of those trees. that one grew on my property in costa rica – i loved it, though most people would be quick to cut it down because it was more dead than alive. it was a haven for birds, geckos and all kinds of critters! z
Árbol. Bicicleta. I am starting a page on my iPad with these. This will be fun.
Great shots, but I love Kicked back in Nicaragua.
Can’t wait for thee rest of the alphabet.
great! that photo op in nicaragua was a great moment! we came around a curve and paused at that intersection, and he just casually looked over at us.. and i was grinning and fumbling for my camera!
z
Thanks for sharing. I like you personal vignettes. Keep them coming as well as your great pix. Take care, BTG
Thanks for teaching us two new Spanish words. Your photos of both the Arbols and the bicicletas are wonderful. Nice also to see the two young ladies.
thanks, rosie! i’m glad you enjoyed the spanish lesson! i hope to be able to do this next alphabet challenge with spanish, which will also help my vocabulary!
Love the drawing and the sisters are beautiful. Love the smiles 🙂
¡Ah, que bonitas fotos! Especialmente la de Panamá… 😉
Thanks for invitation. But for now I can only visit your Blog and imagine that I’m there in the middle of this beautiful World of yours……… Have a Great 2013 !!!!!!!!!! Hugs from Illinois………
hey amiga
my thoughts have run your way so many times, and i hope that one of these days i get to meet you in person, and we bask in sharing stories. i am so proud of you.. please remember that you’re always there in my psyche, and i’m always sending you strong love and best wishes.
z
Great photos especially the trees. 😉
thanks! that reminds me that i have ‘e’ to finish!