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Monday, April 6th Line Time: More Costa Rica

Happy Monday boys and girls! It's Miss Jess, and today we're going to be learning more about Costa Rica.


We're going to talk about some of the fun activities you can do in Costa Rica, the foods they eat there, and the people that live there!

Activities

When traveling to Costa Rica, there are many fun activities you can do!

You can go:

  • Zip-lining

  • Horseback riding

  • Hikes through the rainforest

  • Sightseeing over bridges

  • Go sailing or rafting

  • Surfing

  • Snorkeling and scuba diving

  • Birdwatching

  • Go on a tour of one of the many farms

  • Fishing

Costa is so beautiful and should be explored, but it's a good idea to have a tour guide to show you all the great spots!


Here we're going to see a zip-lining and a rafting adventure with Molly and Sam:

Foods


There are so many delicious foods to eat in Costa Rica! They have lots of stands selling fresh fruit.


Some of their famous fruits:


Star Apple (caimito)

Purple on the outside and white on the inside, caimito is one of their favorite seasonal Costa Rican fruits. It looks like an apple on the outside and when you slice it open, you see the star-shape! This sweet treat is milky, sweet and creamy.

Passion Fruit (Granadilla and Maracuyá)

They have several different types of passion fruit in Costa Rica. There is the sweet ones: granadilla and the more tart version: maracuyá. You can eat this fruit with a spoon. You can also blend it to make a delicious juice! It's the size of a baseball with a crunchy shell and fruity jelly seeds on the inside.

Mango

Costa Rican mangos are unlike anything you've tried here in the USA. They're sweet and very juicy. You can pick them right off the trees!

Starfruit (Carambola)

It can be tart or every sweet. It looks like a star! It's really good to eat plain or add it to other foods like salads. It's perfect for a hot day.

Lychee and/or Rambutan

Mamón (lychee) and mamón chino (rambutan) can be smooth and green or red and spiky on the outside. To eat, you can crack it open with your fingers. It looks like a peeled grape! It's both sweet and tart.

Other foods:


Casado

A Casado is a Costa Rican meal using rice, black beans, plantains, salad, a tortilla, and an optional entrée that may include chicken, beef, pork, and fish.


Tamales

This dish consists of cornmeal that has been stuffed with pork or chicken that is wrapped in banana leaves and then boiled. They eat tamales on Christmas.

In class, we read a story called Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. If you'd like to listen to it again, it'll be available here:

People in Costa Rica

People love living in Costa Rica! They work hard to make their home a wonderful place for people to want visit.


Costa Ricans, also called Ticos, are a group of people from a multiethnic Spanish-speaking nation in Central America.


The people have many festivals and parades to celebrate their culture. They have these festivals several times a year. The people will dance and wear the traditional outfits. See how colorful they are:


Children in Costa Rica go to school everyday, just like we do in the United States:

Costa rica is known for their agriculture. They have many farms and depend on all of the many crops. They have many workers to help handle all the different products:

Craft:

On this blog, there is an awesome craft you can make.

Supplies:

This craft represents the Carreta Cart that the Ox will pull. This helps the people transport their items from town to their houses or other places they might be going! It's something that's very traditional to the people. The cart is decorated very beautifully with lots of colors.

Here is the link for the free printable:


You can make your cart as colorful as you'd like! Have fun!

I hope you had fun learning all about Costa Rica! There are so many books and other resources as well. Next week, we'll be learning all about Chile.


Have a wonderful day! Bye bye!

 
 
 

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