“She really wanted us to buy her food,” kindergartner Kyle Baldasare said.
“I think she will be excited when the box of food comes,” classmate Brandon Hood said.
The children learned about Navajo culture and practiced weaving on plastic trays with natural materials, like corn husks and decorative grasses, brought from home.
“Indian children learn how to weave,” kindergartner Anna Enslen said.
“She (Emma) uses a loom made of wood when she weaves,” fellow student Elizabeth Kueterman said.
Classmate Chloe Flatter said she hoped Emma “has a fun time making a rug with our yarn.”
“I know she will like her new things,” Allan Murray, another student, said.
“We learned they prefer to be called Indians rather than Native Americans,” said kindergarten teacher Sally Beam.
The children raised money to buy gifts for Emma by doing chores at home.
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