Day 14: Eggcellent Kriol

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Day 14: Eggcellent Kriol

Mickayla running a bilingual literacy activity incorporating the languages Kriol and English.

Kriol followed by the English translation from the session.

Engineering an egg protector for the eggcellent egg drop experiment.

The big drop.

Did the egg "bust"? The kids word for crack.

Egg-success.

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