- Reason Behind Cinco de Mayo...
- Where is Mexico?...
- Over the year we have taught several songs in Espanol. We sing our songs. Bueñas, Dias & Red is Rojo
- Over the year we have taught the students to count to ten in Español
- MATH: We use cinco de mayo to add interest to our math activities.
- We will compare and contrast the American flag with the flag of Mexico. The kids will color the flag of Mexico. Mexico's Flag, The children will also put together a paper chain using the flag's colors. They will make it a pattern of three; green, white,red, green... We will use this chain to decorate the gym for the fiesta.
- The students will enjoy making colorful tissue paper flowers. Some of the girls might put them in their hair.
- We will read several books that correlate with our theme. (Fiesta by Ginger Guy, Ferdinand by, Tortillas, Tortillas by, The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell)
- The last day of our unit will be celebrated ESL sponsoring many activities such as: The Mexican Hat Dance. The boys will decorate sombreros and the girls will create serapes. The celebration will end with a piñata. The students will take turns being blind folded, they will be turned around in the circle sometimes this makes them become a little dizzy. The object of the piñata is to hit the piñata (which is hanging from a tall tree limb) with a special piñata stick. When the piñata breaks, candies and toys will fly through the air, the children will scramble to try and get as much as they can. (A stick decorated with colorful streamers)
- When the piñata breaks and the students have their hands full of piñata candy, we will retreat back to our room and make tosadas, we will eat hot sauce and chips with our tosadas and of course a little punch to cool off our tongues. In the background we have Hispanic music to add to the flavor of our theme.
- FIESTA TIME!!!!!
We will discuss what Cinco de Mayo means to the Hispanic people. We will learn the song to help understand and remember the war with France, and Mexico's President, Benito Juarez.
We will bring out a globe and a map of North America and show it to the children. We will show the children where we live, and where Mexico is. We will discuss with the children how long it would take to get to Mexico both by car and by airplane. A good way to make these times more concrete to children is to explain it in terms of their routine. Zoom: Enchanted Leaning: Great Introduction (Student fill in the blanks Map)
| Song:
Sung
to: "Do you know the muffin man"
Cinco de Mayo Benito Juarez Do you know the story of, the
story of , the story of
Yes, I know that brave Juarez,
brave Juarez, brave Juarez
The French they had no right
to rule ,no right to rule, no right to rule,
Our soldiers and the people said,
the people said, the people said
So Juarez formed an army troop,
an army troop, an army troop,
That's why we like to celebrate,
celebrate, celebrate,
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| Game
Benito Juarez Says... How To Play: Before playing explain to the children that Benito Juárez, a Zapotec Indian, was born and raised in extreme poverty. With hard work, determination, and strong love for his country, Juárez became the president of Mexico and defeated the French, who had occupied the country for five years. Played similar to Simon Says. The player up is "Benito Juarez". Player will say "Benito Juarez says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop". The children are to keep hopping on one foot until player says "Benito Juarez says stop". Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, sit down. Sometimes Benito Juarez will say "Benito Juarez says" and sometimes he won't. It's a fun game to play with young children. |
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