These are only a few of the descriptive qualities of the world’s smallest bird. They are also worn as earrings by chiefs, sought after for their jeweled pelts by Aztec royalty, shamen and Victorians, used as love potions (“Polvo de Chuparosa”), and the major character of many indigenous American mythologies. Believed to be reincarnated warriors, or emissaries to deities, they are identified with a supreme god of the sun and war. For example, in the Nahuatl language of Mexico its name means “rays of the sun” or “tresses of the day star”, while in some South American local dialects it is a “house cleaner”, “flower sucker” or “flower kisser”. Through out the western hemisphere indigenous Americans have almost as many local names as they have myths about the tiny revered hummingbird. 4.also called a “hummer” by some American bird lovers. a small jewel colored bird found only in the Americas related to swifts and having narrow fast beating wings, a long slender bill, and extended tubular tongue for drinking nectar. 2.the tiny hovering bird called colibrí by the Taíno.ģ. an English word which is derived from the humming sound made by the bird’s rapidly beating wings. also Zum Zum, (from Cuban Taíno) apparently from the sound made by the bird’s wings while in flight. the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Dutch (kolibrie) words for hummingbird originating from the Taíno language. Taíno name for a small brightly colored bird of the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America that can beat its wings rapidly, making a zum-zum or humming sound.
Like Polvo de Chuparrosa or "powdered hummingbird " this is an image of a premixed cologne or perfume, one of the items along with votive candles and amulets, sold in Mexico and South America.Ĭolibrí /ko-lee-bré/ n. (7) Hummingbird Magic for attracting the opposite sex. The images were made by scraping away the top layer of iron-oxide coated surface pebbles to reveal the lighter color underneath in order to create drawings that are only recognizable from the sky.
This etching is one of 300 large linear earthwork designs created between 200 BC and 600 AD. (6) Gigantic image of a hummingbird from the famous Nazca of the Pampa region of Peru, South America. (5) A Victorian woman wearing a hat with stuffed hummingbirds attached to it. (4) Jamaican Taíno sculpture of what appears to be a hummingbird man. (3) Cuba’s bumblebee-sized hummingbird superimposed on an image of the biggest hummer, the swif-sized South American Patagonia gigas. (2) Jamaica’s national bird, the Streamtailed or “doctorbird”. In the Montessori Method, guides are able to observe each child each child individually.Image: (1) Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica’s hummingbird-warrior and sun-god. It is during this period that children learn manners and practice them in a very natural way. The years between three and six are the years in which children are most attracted to the rules of human behavior. Through normalization they become self-disciplined individuals. Montessori developed what she called the “Prepared Environment” which possesses a certain order and allows children to learn at their own pace and choose the materials they want to work with.
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The Montessori methods and principles applied in the classroom help the child achieve this freedom when they are allowed to work free from adult intervention and to follow their natural development. In order to fully develop the child both physically and intellectually, the child must have freedom. Montessori found that a child’s true nature is that of peace and harmony which emerges through normalization. Children will develop healthy relationships and a strong sense of citizenship to support attitudes, skills, and ideas which are fundamental to a lifetime of learning. Program details See program details (opens in a new tab) Enrichment activities See enrichment activities (opens in a new tab) About Colibri Spanish Immersion PreschoolĪt Colibri Spanish Immersion Preschool we nurture our students’ emotional, social, and intellectual growth.
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