Martes 29 de octubre: más decoraciones.

Tres amigos.

I finally got a chance to take more pictures today and I believe this is all the work the students did yesterday.

If your child does not see his or her skull in any of the last two posts let me know and I will update the blog with their work.

Lots of beautiful stuff!

I really love the use of gray in these two skulls.

Wow! Boo or what?

Free and controlled styles.

These two look delicious!

They remind me of jewels.

Beautiful flower?

...and of course, bunny and heart.

Martes, 29 de octubre: decoraciones

Amarillo, rojo, naranja, azul,, rosado, gris....me gustan.

Today we practiced how to tell time in Spanish and we finished decorating our sugar skulls.

Below are some more samples of today's work.

¡Hasta el cinco de noviembre!

Sofisticada y sencilla....dos estilos diferentes.

Colories vibrantes....muy bonitas las dos.

Calaverita pequeña y calavera con sombrero y gafas.

Ojos rojos y profundos.

Martes, 15 de octubre: ¿Qué hora es?

Some of our calaveritas de azúcar.

Today we made our sugar skull bases. Once dry, we will finish decorating them so they can be displayed on November 5th.

Below you will find two videos in Spanish, that highlight the importance of remembrance during the Día de muertos. Don't worry if you don't understand what they are saying as we will go over them in class next week.


Dia de muertos 2010 Versión 01 from Jorge Enriquez on Vimeo.


Día de muertos 2010 Versión 02 from Jorge Enriquez on Vimeo.

Also, next week we will learn how to tell time in Spanish. Please go over the video below in preparation for class.



¡Hasta el martes!

Martes, 8 de octubre: Las flores son bonitas, grandes y rojas.

calaveritas de azúcar

Today we continued working on our gender and number agreement (noun-adjectives) and started working on our first project for our Day of the Dead display: flores de papel (paper flowers).

Next day in class (and if the kitchen is available) we will start building our calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) with sugar and egg whites (or for a vegan alternative: sugar and corn starch) so they have time to dry out and be decorated by November. We will also continue working on our paper flowers and papel picado projects.

I really hope our "ofrenda" will look both colorful and beautiful as we set it up on October 29 or November 5 for everyone to admire during lunch time.

Please for next class, watch the three videos below.

Los números



Día de los muertos.





 ¡Gracias y hasta el martes! (Thanks and see you on Tuesday!)

Martes, 1 de octubre: Noun and adjective agreement.

For the past two weeks we have been working on building up our vocabulary, particularly nouns and adjectives.

This week we started addressing number and gender agreement.

For the next few weeks and in preparation for the Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead), we will start working on paper decorations, sugar skulls and other ofrendas

If you could, please go over the two videos below before class.

¡Hasta el martes!


Noun-Adjective Agreement:





Día de los muertos en los Estados Unidos: