Last week we celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Lot's of fun was had by all!
We made Mexican Flags using red and green construction paper.
I was able to find Mexican music on the music channels through my cable provider. We took out our musical instruments and had a ball!
The weather this week was cold and dreary so we were able to get our bodies moving and grooving with a little dance fiesta.
This project was called "Mexican Jumping Beans". We dipped beans in paint (we used the colors of the Mexican Flag) then placed a piece of paper in a container. I used a plastic Tupperware container. A cardboard box with a cover would work fine too but I didn't have one big enough.
Then each child was able to shake the container to get their beans to jump around and...
Vuala!
We also made our own maracas. We used small plastic cups, beans and masking tape. Then we turned on our musica mexicana and had a blast.
It was hard to find age appropriate books at the library for Cinc de Mayo. This one above was actually a great story that the kids could understand and follow along. The one below was a little too old for them so we just looked at the pictures and made up our own stories.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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