In-class+Activities

Dear Family and guardians,
===We will have many in-class activies related to our Mexican Culture Unit in next couple week. We want to share with you the art projects that your child will be making in class. We want you to have a general idea of the projects and would like to ask you to have a conversation with your child to share their learning with you.===

In the next couple weeks, we will make:
=Papel picado:= Papel picado is a traditional folk art from Mexico that involves cutting out intricate patterns on colorful tissue paper. The tissue paper is then glued to a string in a line to form banners which are used as decorations for important festivities throughout the year.

=Piñatas:= A piñata is a figure, usually made from a clay pot covered with paper mache and decorated in bright colors, with candy and fruit inside. At parties, piñatas are suspended from a rope and children, usually blind-folded, take turns hitting it with a stick until it breaks and the candy falls out onto the ground and the children rush to collect it. Breaking the piñata is a fun activity at Mexican parties.



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