I joined Shera for her field trip today in San Juan Capistrano. It was a beautiful sunny day and the mission was buzzing! They had about 300 children from different schools there today. All of Shera's 4th grade went. Here we are in front of the original adobe walls of the mission.
The class got to try out the little handmade games the children played with at the mission.
The Indians didn't have corn here to make food, so they used acorns and had to crush and boil them to get the acid out. This prevented them from getting bad tummy aches! Here are some of the stones they actually used to grind the acorns. Shera is in front of the kind of homes they used for their shelter.
Here are the bells of SJC Mission that were dedicated by President Nixon.
The swallows come back to the mission every March 20th and fly to Argentina every October 20th. It takes them 3 days to travel!
They got to play instruments just like the local Indian tribes had back then too.It was a really great day!
2 comments:
Oh, California is filled with so much history! It is easy to fill up the whole year with fun trips all over the place. I can't wait till I can go on some field trips with my kids classes! (maybe one day, when I am not nursing though!)
Never made it to visit this mission while we were living in Irvine, better head up to the Santa Barbara mission before it's too late!
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