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2019 Teacher of the Year "tells everyone they should use Jurassic Sand"

Posted by GEOLOGIST JERRY BERGOSH on

Geologist Jerry wants to extend his heartfelt congratulations to Sherrie West for winning the 2019 Utah 'Teacher of the Year' in Early Childhood.Sherrie was awarded the honor last weekend at the 2019 Utah Early Childhood Annual Conference and we cannot think of a more deserving person!I can speak from experience because as the Jurassic Sandman (aka Geologist Jerry), in my 28 year career of providing play sand for childcare programs and providers around the country, Sherrie definitely stands out in the top echelon of educators.When we took this picture together in front of the Jurassic Sand exhibit shortly after she...

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Indian Educators Conference

Posted by Jerry Bergosh on

Greetings from the Indian Educators conference where we are inviting members of the Indian Nations in attendance to Carve their Own Rock Art. Here are a few from this morning. The four shown have great stories that go with each. Penobscot shows the Fiddle Head fern, a spring food source. The Laguna Pueblo rock art board was done by a teenager attending the college fair here at conference.The MOWA Choctaw shield is from the Mobile Washington Alabama tribe. Last but not least is the Sand Scratch Board carved by a member of the Patungwungya (pumpkin) Clan. The member depicts her...

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'Rock Art' from the National Indian Head Start Sacramento Conference 2015

Posted by Jerry Bergosh on

Greetings to all NIHSDA members! I'm so excited for you to see these wonderful Rock Art carvings done on our Jurassic Sand Scratch Boards at the 2015 NIHSDA meeting in Sacramento.   I want to thank everyone that took me up on my offer to 'sign' our unique visitor book. It was a 5" x 7" piece of Navajo Sandstone mounted to white cardboard that you had to carve into to make modern-day Petroglyphs. We make them from the sand that has weathered out of the 200 million year old Navajo Sandstone Formation (the geological name of the rock formation we...

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