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Three interesting laboratories to provide proactive ideas on how to best educate our children. You will be involved in a journey in search of the resources available to you now, you can help your child to grow in the art.
The course will be held in the parish hall of Castionetto Chiuro from 20.30 to 22.30 on Wednesday after three 13, 20 and 27 October.
The course fee is € 8.50 per evening. This is to allow to participate in a single evening, although to get the most you should attend all three evenings.
Every parent has a very important task not only against his son but to the entire society to the welfare of children and young people today is a contribution to society in the future, the health of each family is closely linked to the health of the community. These meetings
want to give support to each parent
helping him to become aware of their resources and emotions, to share their experiences with other parents, strengthening its role in order to better deal with the difficulties in the relationship with their children.
The workshops will be conducted using active methods.
Parolini News: born in 1980, and married with a daughter, residing in Tresivio degree in educational sciences, worked as a professional educator. She trained as a facilitator of self-help groups and has created and led groups in Valtellina
AMA for mourners and families and people with mental health problems.
Voluntary Association and operator Fighter since 2004. A graduate of the school of specialization in leading groups with active methods and psychodrama in Milan.
Graciela Forzatti : born in 1964 in Buenos Aires, to Italian parents, married and mother of five children, he graduated as a teacher of theater and dance, create their own school Theatre and dance in Buenos Aires, is also a professor of theater at the public school
Argentina. Since 2007 he is in Italy, lives in Vervio, teaches theater and dance in various parts of the Valtellina. A graduate of the school of specialization in leading groups with active methods and psychodrama in Milan.
This year we definitely have broken records in terms of extent of mowing lawns ... at least for some twenty years now!
This thanks to the efforts of many people who have organized themselves independently.
The first part was cutting lawns that were cut in other years, this hay was almost everything packed and taken away.
The other fields have been cut and the hay left on the spot. This was the most eco-logic that can be taken.
In recent years we have tried to collect this hay of little value (contains many other herbs, ferns and low value) and bring in a truck container in Chiuro then be disposed of. Obviously this involves a great expenditure of energy, both to gather hay for transport.
The solution leaving the cut hay in the meadow has the drawback that in the year following the harvest is more difficult and hay also contains the old one. However, since the mountain hay is less sophisticated, difficult in the coming years there will be a greater demand.
would be almost impossible to work all the hay, or rake, pick, pack and ship saw limited time that we all have!
He certainly did fly by the possibility of using the mower bought this year by our association and made available on loan to those who made the request simply by signing a release form .
The mower has been very versatile, especially with the application of iron wheels that increase the stability.
other activity that has been made, again spontaneously without any planning on our part is to clean the path of the Sun, is in on the Dalico, which for some years was not more carefully (maybe the year in which was presented as a low road that connects Tirano Sondrio). The path is therefore feasible in the stretch to dall'Agnée Verdumana and Dalico to the Fountain Valley thanks to the cleaning of brush cutters.
In particular in the two valleys after Barec the moors where grass and shrubs had made it almost blocks the path
Thanks to all those who helped achieve this goal, not those of the very large group that people often say "You crazy!"
publish the program of the districts up for grabs this year organized by the GS Castionetto.
From June 20 to July 4 and from July 5 to July 18.
Today we went for a trip already postponed to April due to bad weather.
Unfortunately today the weather has not given us a hand!
Given the forecast is not so bad, some predicted worsening with time variable by 17, we decided to brave the season that year was very rainy.
Castionetto Leaving at 8 am, to meet in Sondrio and Massimo Nicola. Unfortunately
just entered Chiavenna it started raining, arrived in Borgonuovo under waterfalls dell'Acquafraggia ( another link) at 10 rain became more insistent.
We are refugees in the bar to reschedule the day, get to Savogno in those conditions it was unthinkable, and after a quick consultation we decided to visit the palace Vertemate ( another link).
Fortunately there were no reservations, and our group of about 25 people was exactly what you need for a group tour, which began at 10.30.
The caretaker was really good to introduce the wonders of the building and involve children, a little 'demoralized by the failure to climb to Savogno for a couple of hours.
while it poured outside.
Chiavenna At 13 we went to eat at the very moment when the rain gave a break
After lunch we went to visit the collegiate ( another link), with its baptismal font of 1156.
As time seemed to turn for the good we decided to reverse the last part of the trip as planned.
using the bike path that runs alongside the mere , we headed towards Prosto ... from that moment on, no more rain!
On the way we admired a pot of giants.
Once in Prosto we exploited the hospitality crotto of Belvedere which allowed us to get to the bottom of the crotto ( another link) to see where it exits the Sorèl .
After going to take some biscuit Prosto ( another link), we returned to the waterfalls dell'Acquafraggia.
Since we could not get on Savogno where, shelter, waiting for us to foil pie and saw that "if Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain Muhammad goes "... we went to the departure of the cable car place where, after fifteen minutes of waiting, the mountain ... er ... the cake came from us!
Borgonuovo In the park so we ate the cake, before returning to 18 per Castionetto.
All a bit 'tired for the day, there has nevertheless engaged in a walk long enough, at 19.15 we were in Castionetto.
Savogno remains a goal that we have promised to reach next year!
Today with Nicola and Massimo Giana Pizzatti Savogno we went in the town of Piura (SO) to make an inspection tour of the elementary Castionetto we do Tuesday, April 27.
The program should be:
Yard Departure Castionetto elementary school by bus at around 8:15 or as soon as possible. Arriving at 9.45 in
Valchiavenna in Borgonuovo (fraction of Piura) at a height of 400 m (point 1 of the map).
At 10 we start the climb to the stop location "Ronchi Stables" where we will see the houses and among other things an old press beam pressing (similar in type to that of handling included).
continue on the path to climb the steps of passing the crotti Savogno (3) and reaching Savogno (4) at an altitude of 950 m around 12.
In the yard of the church we will do lunch, so we'll go to the shelter to give us a cake.
Savogno visit the village and the old sawmill.
Around 13:30 we will be heading towards Dasile (5) arriving at 14 at the highest point of our trip at 1100.
also visit the small town and see an old chestnut.
During the inspection we had to go down a path (in red on the map) but which proved unsuitable for children because it is full foliage and therefore dangerous.
Then return to the good road made to climb up to Savogno.
From here we will descend for another path to the top of the falls dell'acquafragia (6) where we will spend on a catwalk (Indiana Jones style, but absolutely no danger!) And we will go to an observation point of the first jump the falls.
descend to return to the bus arriving at about 16.
Here, if we have complied with the timetable, we will transfer by bus to visit the prostate where crotto Belvedere and we will do another walk to Chiavenna going to see a pot of giants.
Departing Chiavenna arriving at around 17:30 Castionetto to 19.
Here are some photos taken during the excursion
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red path
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