The book that I used was: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Mexican Hat Dance by Alma F. Ada & F. Isabel Campoy. The storybook is about children in school that are learning to do the Mexican hat dance for their Cinco de Mayo celebration, and it’s followed by the history of Cinco de Mayo.
After story time we had our craft session with dyed red, green and white rice for the children to make a Mexican flag.
For fun we had sombreros, ponchos, and maracas for a photo prop.
This post has been shared at Worldwide Culture Swapper, The Usual Mayhem’s Virtual Book Club for Kids, What We Do All Day’s The Children’s Bookshelf, Crafty Moms Share: Sharing Saturday, and Kid Lit Blog Hop #14.
This is awesome!!!
Oh my goodness you have the best play dates! I love your idea to use colored rice to decorate the Mexican flag and those books sound adorable – Cinco de Mouse-o – What a great title for a children's book.
Gracias Kali!! It was fun!
Awe thank you!!! The kids have a ball, and the mommies in the playgroup are always looking forward to the next "cultural" playdate. 🙂
I love your playdates! This looks like so much fun! I really love the photo prop idea. Kids love to dress up, so I bet they had a blast with that!
Oh the pictures are SO cute! Love the idea of a cultural playdate. The books sounds like a fun read too! Thanks for sharing on Kid Lit Blog Hop!
-Reshama
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A wonderful play date. I am inspired by your creativity and enthusiasm to teach your child and others about cultural differences. Thanks for linking it in to the Kid Lit Blog Hop. cheers Julie Grasso
Omigosh! That looks like so much fun! Can I come over? lol Thanks for the book recommendations as well. One of my friends is having a party the first weekend in May to celebrate Cinqo De Mayo so I'd love to get a book from the library to teach my kids about what is celebrated. Thanks for linking into the Kid Lit Blog Hop!
Wow, that looks like a lot of fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!