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Make the most of winter in Santa Fe, by cooking, reading, hiking, revamping your holidays, nurturing your loved ones, and exploring nature from underground to the stars!
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By Alma DeMange <br> <br> Wrap up a forgettable year with memorable celebrations.  Create fun holiday memories from home.
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By Elizabeth Rickert <br> <br> Rituals and recipes for any family to celebrate Kwanzaa at home.  Learn about the holiday tradition of Kwanzaa. By Claudette Sutton <br> <br> Unprecedented. Crazy. A bad dream. How do you describe a year like 2020?  Gustave Baumann inspired block print by Amaya, age 7 By Thais Carvalho <br> <br> As we struggle to navigate parenting in a pandemic, children rely on connection and security.  Support your child's learning at home until (and after) centers reopen.
By Melanie LaBorwit
<br> <br> Revisit a Santa Fe classic celebration and bring your favorite elements home. New at-home activities added! 
Crowds used to wrap around the block for entry to Christmas at the Palace.
By Hannah Hausman, Justin Kouri and Leona Hillary <br> <br> New Santa Fe Children’s Museum video series explores the art and science of food.  A Wee Explorations camper learns while she kneads. By Dr. Victor La Cerva <br> <br> Even with a vaccine progressing at warp speed, uncertainties will continue.  Amy Sherald inspired self-portrait by Ysabel, age 9 By Sally Maxwell <br> <br> Shutdown got you down? Imagine hibernating!  Prairie dogs call out a high-pitched bark to one another, warning of a nearby predator. By Chase Spearing <br> <br> New Mexico’s animals adapt in diverse ways when temperatures drop.  Clark’s nutcracker relies on its amazing memory to survive winter in New Mexico. By Christina Selby <br> <br> Native trees and wildflowers provide endless lessons for making it through a long, cold season.  By Kelsey Sinclair <br> <br> Winter creates ideal conditions for stargazing in New Mexico. Here’s when — and where — to experience the highlights of the cosmos.  Bundle up for the wonders of the winter cosmos. By Walter Cook <br> <br> Books by youth experiencing challenging times can guide us through our own.  By Esther Kovari and Judy Herzl <br> <br> These models from Monte del Sol Charter School could foster connection for your students.  The school art department went to digital art while they are working virtually. Artwork by Juliana Lovato CdeVaca.
By Claudette Sutton
<br> <br> Oh, 2020. You came in like a lamb, and you’ve been roaring like a lion ever since. 
“Creating Along the Camino,” by middle-school students in Carol Schrader's art classes at El Camino Real Academy.
By Kate Noble <br> <br> Santa Fe School Board president offers practical suggestions and guiding principles for this period of transition.  Isolation drawing by Celine Villalobos, Milagro Middle School By Cristina Rubio and Alma DeMange <br><br> Los Alamos friends and neighbors choose different options for 2020-21 school year.  Aurora on her first day of pre-K at home. By Erin De Rosa <br> <br> ArtWorks , an experiential art program for Santa Fe students and teachers, shifts lessons and exhibitions online.  Painting by Jonathan Alvarez, in Deb Magana's seventh grade class at El Camino Real Academy. By Judy Reinhartz <br> <br> Get to know the Santa Fe Alliance for Science and what it can bring to your classroom.  Girls from Nina Otero Community School work together on Secrets and Codes in an after-school math program. By Sarah Mandala <br> <br> ARTsmart and the Community Educators Network support students with hands-on learning materials in digital times.  Art Inspiration Bags, filled with supplies and instructions for creative activities, supplement children's virtual-learning experiences with tactile ones. By Jennifer Villela <br> <br> What do we do with our gloom this year? Make our favorite New Mexico foods, watch Zozobra's first no-crowd burn on TV or online, and dance!  Gloom's last stand: Zozobra burns, 2019. By Liana Star <br> <br> Teens help address New Mexico’s disregarded epidemic of child abuse and neglect.  CASA First Youth Ambassadors meet with their advisor, Miranda Saint James. By Siobhan Niklasson <br> <br> Observing seasonal patterns brings comfort in an uncertain time.  Strengthening our connections with nature may be a silver lining of the coronavirus debacle. By Jessica Schlarbaum <br> <br> Autumn is the season of change for New Mexico wildlife. Learn how to spot the signs.  Jessica Schlarbaum, education team leader at the New Mexico Wildlife Center, and Pancho the Kestrel observe their own form of safe distancing. By Ivy St. Clair <br> <br> A Santa Fe High senior shares how COVID-19 has uprooted her teenage experience.  Ivy St. Clair de-stressed from isolation, interrupted plans and fears for the future with trips to Abiquiu Lake. By Susan Lynn and Hannah Hausman <br> <br> Santa Fe Children’s Museum shifts gears to serve the community during the pandemic.  The pandemic has required the museum to find new ways to reach the kids of northern New Mexico. |