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Italy: Strega Nona and Big Anthony

- Date: 03.8.11

This week, Kindergarten and First Grade students flew away from South America and headed to a new continent:  Europe!

Our first stop: ITALY.

Who better to make us appreciate the lovely Italian folklore than Strega Nona and her sidekicks, Big Anthony and Bambolona?  Since Tomie DePaola’s characters are so well-known, we looked at a variety of their stories and voted on which one to share as a group.

Then we got to take a quick video detour to the wonderful city of Venice to see how glass sculpture is made.  Check it out for yourself by clicking on the picture below:

And the Amharic Word of the Week is:  Bye!  (pronounced “chow”)

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