A months-long exchange eventually turned into a grant proposal aimed at finding a way for students to better experience and listen to the prairie. Students Daphneiris Almonte, left, and Julissa Garcia and from the North Valley CTE program paint on prairie paper with pigments made from local soils as part of the Thinking Like a Prairie workshops. Even kids that think that they’re not artists or not artistic, did really, really well.”Seeing all the different versions of a plate or a painting made from the same materials brought its own lesson, she added. North Valley CTE students Isidoro Martinez, left, and Aaron Linner paint with soil pigments on prairie paper as part of the Thinking Like a Prairie workshops. North Valley CTE students Julissa Garcia, left, Daphneiris Almonte and Aaron Linner press prairie plants into clay plates as part of the Thinking Like a Prairie workshops.