This site is has a variety of activities that a student or child could do to help him or her learn about the Cinco de Mayo. On this site there is a list of different such as the history of Cinco de Mayo, crafts that you can do with your students. Then there are even some games that the teacher can hand out to his or her students, like the crossword puzzles that are given.
This is a good site for parents and teachers because of the ideas that are given to help a child understand what Cinco de Mayo is about. On tab that is good for the parents to use is the one that has to do with the different recipes that are given that are related to Cinco de Mayo and even the Mexican culture. One activity that is on here is one that has to do with crafts that are related to Cinco de Mayo. When you click on that tab some ideas that are given are making a sombrero, and making a fiesta puppet.
Another good tab on this site is the one toward the bottom, the tab teaches the student some Spanish words that are different parts of the face. There are also two other tabs that have to do with counting in Spanish, and there is another one that is about counting in Spanish backwards.
This site is mainly about the history of Cinco de Mayo. It explains what the history is and what the celebration of Cinco de Mayo is about too. This site also has section that describes why the celebration of Cinco de Mayo is larger in the Unites States compared to Mexico.
The next section has six tabs, lesson plans, songs and finger plays, crafts, worksheets and coloring, and clipart and graphics. Under the lesson plans tab it gives suggestions like making a piñata, and when you click on it, it shows the literacy focus and science focus. It also tells you how to set up your classroom so that way the children know what they are making. There is even a section for English language learners. This section is really good for teachers because it already has lesson plans so if you are unsure of what you want to do for Cinco de mayo then this site will give you plenty ideas.
Another tab that is good to look at is the one with worksheets and coloring, because you have a choice of what you want to look for, either worksheets or coloring pages. At the bottom of that section if you click on Cinco de Mayo worksheets it will take you to another site that has a list of different worksheets and one that it has is a Cinco de Mayo acrostic poem.
At the very end of the site there is a box that has a list of more information that has to do with the Mexican culture. Below that there are two books that you could find or buy that have to do with Cinco de Mayo. This is a good site for teachers because it has lessons that you can use when teaching. This site is also good for kids that are trying to find out about Cinco de Mayo, the history and why the United States has a bigger celebration than Mexico.
This site is an online library that is good for kids. When you get to this site it is colorful so it interests the web surfer. This site will take you directly to the story of Cinco de Mayo. It gives you a brief story about what the Cinco de Mayo day is about. It also tells the people reading this, that Cinco de Mayo is not a Mexican independence day, the very first sentence.
After the brief description of Cinco de Mayo it list books that are about Cinco de Mayo and books that have to do with the Mexican heritage. Off to the side are some pictures of the books may look like, so the person looking at this site can see if it is something that he or she may want to find in their own library and check out. There is even a video recording called Cinco de Mayo and in the video it shows the celebration of Mexico’s win over the French. One book has Mexican recipes, and another book has crafts, games, stories, and cultural activities. Below that are some sites that you can explore to find more information about Cinco de Mayo.
I think this site would be good for kids that are in the 3rd grade and higher because the information that is given is more appealing to a kid than to an adult. The books and websites that are given are also more kid based. I would recommend this site to any kid that is doing a project on Cinco de Mayo or just wants to know more information about what Cinco de Mayo is.
This site is called Kaboose and it is a site that would be good for teachers. I think that this site would be good for teachers because it has coloring pages that you could give out to your students, it also has history lessons, and games that you can do with your students. This site would also be good for parents if they wanted to have a party for Cinco de Mayo because it gives party ideas and Mexican recipes, so you could cook with your child.
When you first open this page up, it has three pictures that you can click on that have to do with Cinco de Mayo. For example if you click on the picture with the Mexican flag it will take to different crafts that you could do with your students or with your children. A couple of the craft ideas that are given are a wearable sombrero, Mexican flag piñata, and maracas. A good craft that a teacher could do with her students is general Ignacio Zaragosa portrait, because he was in the battle between Mexico and the French, so it could be like a history lesson.
You can click on the history lesson tab it will take you to another page that explains why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo and it even list some fun facts about the Cinco de Mayo like this holiday is mainly celebrated in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. This part of the site is good for students because it gives them information that they would want to know about when it comes to the Cinco de Mayo holiday and the Mexican culture.
By Blanca
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