Early Writing

We are learning about where the alphabet came from. In doing so we have studied cave drawings, petroglyphs,cuneiforms and hieroglyphics. We even made up our own alphabet with symbols. After we had our alphabet created we played what's that word, hangman and we each wrote our names.

FIELD TRIP

We are lucky enough to have a nice hike in our area that has petroglyphs on the side of the mountain. Did you know that petroglyphs were early drawings used by Native American Clans? They were used to warn from danger and provide information regarding where water and game was available. We climbed the hill to get a closer look at the images and guess what they may have been trying to say. After we hiked back down we drew replicas of some of the symbols as well as making up our own symbols to warn that rattlesnakes and scorpions were in the area.