The purpose of this book is to acquaint your students with the customs and language of Mexico and to help you incorporate this culture into your daily classroom routine. The activities are organized by month, with topics that correspond toother aspects of your curriculum. As you travel through this marvelous resource, your students will be exposed to Mexican culture, language, history, folklore, music, art, and more.

Bienvenidos, Grades 1 - 6

Children's Books

Downs, Cynthia

Becker, Terry

Education & Reference

Instructional Fair

Classical Music Stories innovatively introduces elementary-age students to the fascinating world of classical music. This resource comprises twenty sections, each featuring a different piece of music. By concentrating on the narrative qualities of theclassical music stories, the incredible world of classical music leaps to life! Teachers can also use the cross-curricular approach in this book to introduce subjects as varied as social studies, history, art, creative writing, math, and science.Biographies of the composers highlight the sections, followed by a variety of suggestions, activities, or reproducible worksheets. This is a wonderful way to incorporate music education into your classroom.

Classical Music Stories

Hispanic Games &amp; Rhymes is an exciting resource that will be used by any educator who wishes to incorporate an entertaining bilingual approach. Each of these Central and South American poems, rhymes, songs, and games has been translated intoEnglish. Educators can approach these wonderful traditional games and rhymes and enjoy them in either English or Spanish. The adventurous student and teacher will explore the poems and songs in both languages.Beautifully illustrated and filled with patterns for fingerplays, this wonderful resource will soon become a well-worn and much-loved addition to your classroom.

Hispanic Games and Rhymes

Erickson, Gloria

Support Spanish acquisition using Skills for Success: Building Spanish Vocabulary for students in all grades. This 128-page book helps students practice beginning Spanish vocabulary and build awareness of Hispanic culture. It includes game ideas, instructions, reproducible game cards that show Spanish vocabulary words and their English translations, more than 350 Spanish vocabulary cards, a pronunciation guide, and an answer key.

Building Spanish Vocabulary: Winning Ways to Teach and Practice Spanish (Level 1) (Skills for Success)

Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Bring Hispanic culture to life for students in grades K–5 using Celebrating Hispanic Culture! To best understand Hispanic culture, students learn about the culture's background and how everyday practices and celebrations originated. This 80-page book includes information about the history of Mexico and Central America, the Hispanic calendar and holidays, and information on celebrations and fiestas. Hands-on activities re-create artifacts, crafts, and symbols that are significant to Hispanic life.

Celebrating Hispanic Culture

Geography & Cultures

Carson Dellosa Education

Celebrate the rich diversity of cultures with these simple and inexpensive projects that simulate authentic crafts, artifacts, and games. International Crafts and Games offers a multitude of projects for the elementary classroom.Your students will create a rainstick from Uganda, assemble nesting dolls from Russia, produce stamping sticks from Australia, and more. With 100 projects from which to choose, just gather readily available materials and follow the clear,step-by-step instructions to produce meaningful experiences. What wonderful learning opportunities await your class!

International Crafts and Games, Grades 1-6

Arts, Music & Photography

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