Måndag, 28:de juli, 2008
"Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia"
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Stugan 'Riksdagen' ledde oss under morgonsamlingen.
The cabin 'Riksdagen' led us during morning meeting. |
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Och sedan så hissade vi flaggan...
And then we raised the flag... |
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Today's daily expression was "Aja Baja," which means "Oops!" |
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Frukostens matpresentation.
Breakfast's meal presentation. |
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Today during Gott och Blandat, the two-week villagers reflected on their experiences so far at Sjölunden this session. |
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Jens shares the goals he wrote in his CLV visa for the summer. |
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In her CLV visa, Tina shows where Sweden is as well as other places she has visited in her life. |
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Emilia's språkgrupp got a chance to use costumes as part of their Swedish lesson today. |
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Vi leker under långfritid.
We like to play during free time. |
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We started our new TURAS OM and INTRESSE activities today. One activity offered was learning how to dip candles. |
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Vi täljer smörknivar med Elli.
Elli shows us how to carve and sand our butter knives. |
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Vi stöper ljus!!!
We are making candles! |
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Doppa bara ett ögonblick...
Only dip it in for a second... |
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Question: Is it a snake or a candle?
Answer: Ett ljus, inte en orm!! |
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Here's how names are written in runic lettering. |
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Magdas familj på besök!
Magda's family visits. |
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Here are some new activities!
KONST!
ART! |
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Lydia calls hers "Framtiden," which means "The Future." |
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Dagmar calls hers "Kärlek," which means "love." |
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Two of our ledare from Sweden, Liv and Rasmus, are teaching camping skills they learned as campers and Scouts themselves in Sweden. |
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Liv teaches different methods of tying . |
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Rasmus explains the differeces between the rules about nature in the United States compared to Sweden. |
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Here's our newest cabin, which we call Skansen. It is located right across from vävstugan (the weaving cabin). |
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Meeting on the veranda of the vävstuga, Greta's activity group learns to knit. |
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Here's the view of them from the inside of vävstugan. |
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Hur ska jag göra nu?
What do I do next? |
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Sticka, sticka, sticka.
Knit, knit, knit. |
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The veranda and the path to the new Sjölunden were built to celebrate former dean Linda Wallenberg's 25 years at Sjölunden.  |
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Let's see what activity is happening inside the stuga! |
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Why, it's Magda's weaving group . . . Hurrah! |
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Maja hjälper pojkarna hitta inslag till sina mattor.
Maja helps the boys find weft for their rugs. |
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Here is a worksheet which helps magda and Maja teach various concepts about weaving all in Swedish! |
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Lars practices phrases which can be very helpful in an ctivity. Today's phase, "Kan du hjälpa mig?" seems very useful here at Sjölunden. |
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Here's our new båthus.
Hurrah! |
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What a lovely view down to the water . . . |
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En mystisk seglingsledare.
A mysterious sailing instructor. |
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Here are the sailboats. |
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Bea ute på segelbåten.
Bea out on the sailboat. |
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All done! This was Bea's first day of sailing---ever. |
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It's time for LONG FRITID. Stefan vill köpa Sprajt.
Stefan wanted to buy Sprite.
Martin practices with his brother Stefan. |
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After the evening program, the credit villagers meet in the matsal to work on homework.
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Then, Riksdagen and Skansen quietly came back to Stockholm to practice for their Lucia surprise and decorate the dining hall for Christmas (Jul) tomorrow. It took a while to get ready. |
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Tyra had lots of help as she was getting ready to be Lucia.
And here she is!!! |
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The tärnor attend Lucia.
The tomtar (elves) and pepparkaksgubbe served lussekatter (Lucia buns) to each villager.
. . .and finally, came the stjärngossar (star boys). |
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We gathered on the stairs to practice and be on our way to the first cabin. |
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Right outside the first cabin, we sing, "Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!"
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Once inside the cabin, we sing traditional songs that are centuries old and which tell the legends and praises of Lucia.
The tomtar, dressed in red, give out lussekatter or Lucia buns to the half-awake villagers.
Luciadagen is celebrated on December 13th in Sweden.
Dagmar was happy to wake up credit teacher, Greta!
and Axel even sang along with the credit boys playing stjärngossar.
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Then Lucia (Tyra) led the entire group to the next cabin. (There was a lot of singing en route!) |
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God natt, alla!
Tomorrow we'll celebrate jul (Christmas)! Life moves fast here at Sjölunden! |
