Yesterday we watched some videos explaining how the 5 de Mayo celebration came to be and started working on our piñatas. Lots of wonderful designs, including rainbows, giant sweets, and pyramids.

Next week we will finish them and we will fill them with candy so we can use them for our end of year celebration.

See you on Tuesday and start thinking how you would like to cover them as you finish them. I will bring all kinds of crepe and tissue paper, as well as the decorations we used for our chicken hats.

Pollito Sombreros y Cinco de Mayo

Hi, below (just before the four Cinco de Mayo videos) you will find pictures of some of the beautiful caps we did yesterday.

I will bring them to class for practice and then again at the Festival.

Next week in class we will talk about Cinco the Mayo, a date many Chicanos, or Americans of Mexican descent, celebrate.

Enjoy the videos below.

Some of the pollito caps

More pollito caps

Another view.

We also made pollito rings

Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo? (CNN)




Cinco de Mayo: 5 facts that you probably didn't know.




5 Cinco de Mayo Myths




Cinco de Mayo (History Channel)