Re: Cinco de Mayo Activities

[Judy Wait <jwait@delphi.fcoe.net>]

Sorry to tell you this after the fact, but you could file the ideas for
next year.
This morning in celebration of Cinco de Mayo we set up a display in the
LMC with artifacts from Mexico, flags,books (celebrations,
costumes,cookbooks, atlases,Mexico) and played Mexican music. During the
morning recesses we served hot tortillas with those tiny tooth picks
that have Mexico's flag on them and played the music again. During lunch
recess we helped students in the LMC to make colorful tissue paper
flowers using red, green and white tissue. I used the book
-Paper-Cutting Stories for Holidays and Special Events_ by Valerie Marsh
to storytell the events that led to the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and
students cut out the "answer" to the story...which was a French solider
and a Mexican soldier shaking hands. This took only about 10-15 minutes
per class so I did some at the end of their scheduled lessons, and
scheduled in as many other classes as I had time for. The students
enjoyed these activities in the LMC!
Judy Wait, LMT
Pine Ridge School K-8
Auberry, CA

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