What better time than Hispanic Heritage Month to introduce your kiddos to this diverse culture? With its rich heritage and vibrant traditions, it’s the perfect theme to enrich your daily lessons. This inspiring collection of authentic books, colorful crafts, delicious recipes, and hands-on activities will provide your preschoolers with bite-sized cultural highlights that are perfect for teaching them all about this spirited culture!
1. Teach Spanish Using Music
Keep your students dancing for hours with these cheerful movement cards! You’ll introduce them to the Spanish language by combining new vocabulary with movements that are guaranteed to make language learning more memorable.
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2. Prepare Some Delicious Hispanic Food
These Hispanic recipes are not only kid-friendly, but lots of fun to make! Engage your learners in this scrumptious experience where you’ll guide them through cooking these delicious recipes while also encouraging them to put their own fun twist on guacamole, nachos, and colorful dessert tacos.
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3. Listen to Some Latin Music
Here’s a great way to build your kiddos’ motor skills by entertaining them with the rich sounds of Latino culture. Invite them to dance along to this mix of classic Hispanic music as you incorporate some simple salsa, merengue, or cha-cha steps into their dance lessons.
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4. Read a Book about Frida Kahlo
Engage your littles in this inspiring tale of Frida Kahlo. Encourage them to listen carefully as you take them through the journey of Frida’s life and how she perseveres to overcome challenges. They’ll also meet some adorable animals along the way as you highlight the special bond that she had with these cute critters.
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5. Create Painted Ponchos
Your little fashionistas are in for a treat as you have them design this vibrant accessory. Task them with bringing paper ponchos to life by adding their own creative flair using yarn, glitter, or whatever embellishments they can dream up!
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6. Make a DIY Piñata
What kid doesn’t love a pinata? In this activity, you’ll have them create their very own! Simply task your kids with recreating these easy designs using various materials, before inviting them to adorn their adorable craft with tissue paper, streamers, and more. With tons of creative options to choose from including an Angry Bird, disco ball, or ice cream cone – there’s no limit to the fun designs that they’ll create.
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7. Play a Game of Loteria
This classic party game is super popular in Mexico and is guaranteed to make a fun-filled classroom game for your pupils. Challenge them to fill a grid with colorful doodles before inviting them to play this exciting game that’s similar to Bingo. You’ll build their Spanish vocabulary while having fun along the way.
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8. Sing Spanish Alphabet Songs
Treat your kiddos to these cheerful sing-alongs that are fantastic for including in their language-learning lessons. Simply encourage them to keenly listen to these videos while they follow along and repeat the sounds of the Spanish alphabet out loud.
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9. Play a Hispanic Game
This traditional Hispanic game is a playground favorite of kids around the world. Start by having your class stand on one side of a line. You’ll then assign one student to be the caller who will call out “mar” or “tierra”, prompting the rest of your class to jump to the corresponding side of the line.
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10. Hispanic Song Sing A Long
Here’s an activity that’ll help you incorporate famous songs into your littles Spanish learning experience. Engage them in hitting just the right notes as they sing along with catchy rhythms, repetitive lyrics, and memorable melodies.
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11. Read a Bilingual Picture Book
Treat your little readers to some relaxation time with these stunning picture books. Invite them to peruse through this collection of bilingual books that feature text in English as well as Spanish! It’s a wonderful way to help them learn new vocabulary while developing their appreciation for Latino culture.
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12. Make Mexican Paletas
Cool your class down on those hot summer days with these yummy paletas! Using this easy recipe, you’ll guide them through making this delicious Mexican treat and allow them to choose from all sorts of flavor combinations such as mango pineapple, and cucumber mint.
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13. Make a Latin Artisan Craft
Get those little hands crafting with this creative activity! Engage them in forging adorable sombrero crafts by having them paste cups onto paper plates. Then, let their imaginations run wild as you invite them to adorn their hats with all sorts of colorful decorations to celebrate Hispanic holidays in style.
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14. Make Recycled Maracas
In this hands-on activity, your little ones will craft DIY maracas! Task them with filling small plastic bottles with a variety of items such as beads, paper clips, or erasers before having them attach a handle. It’s a super easy process and they’ll also make fantastic instruments that your learners can use to jam along to popular Latino hits.
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15. Try a Coloring Activity
Calm the classroom chaos with this coloring-in activity! Simply provide your kids with these blank character designs before inviting them to adorn their pictures with crayons and markers, while you take the opportunity to teach them about the important contributions of famous Latinos.
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16. Make a Colorful Macaw Craft
In this radiant activity, your students will learn all about the Scarlet Macaw! Start by showing them examples of this beautiful bird before tasking them to color in this printable template as you have them recreate its dazzling colors.
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17. Educational and Fun Activity
This incredible learning resource is packed full of stunning visuals, interesting facts, and captivating activities! Engage your kiddos in completing the various tasks included as you guide them through topics featuring tourist destinations, food, people, and cultures that across twenty-one Hispanic countries.
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18. Make Mexican Metal Art
Popularized by Mexican artisans, this Repujado artwork is sure to ignite the creative fire in your pupils. Using foil plates, you’ll challenge them to create their own Repujado designs by pressing patterns into the foil. Once they’ve created their patterns, have them use colorful markers to adorn their artwork with a vibrant tapestry of colors.
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19. Discover Hispanic Flags
Add a pop of color to your learners’ day as you introduce them to Hispanic flags! Simply provide them with these printable templates of flags from across the world before challenging them to adorn each flag with its correct colors.
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20. Decorate Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls
Embrace the spirit of Dia de los Muertos with this creative craft. Provide your kids with pre-made sugar skulls or challenge them to make their own using paper mache. You’ll then invite them to use paint, markers, glitter, and gems to bring their skulls to life.
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21. Make a Hispanic Heritage Month Collage
Put your old magazines to good use by having your pupils create a cultural collage! Task them with flipping through your magazines to find pictures that represent Hispanic history and culture. Then, encourage them to stick their cutouts on a blank canvas to create a vivid tapestry of diverse cultures.
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22. Engross in Hispanic Fairy Tales
Gather your little ones around for some captivating Hispanic tales. Invite them to listen carefully as you read them traditional stories and fables such as “The Bird of Truth” and “A Sprig of Rosemary”. There are loads of options to choose from so you’re sure to find the perfect story to take your listeners on a cultural journey that’s packed with educational moments.
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23. Organize a Mini Hispanic Festival
Turn your classroom into a sensory-rich fiesta as you celebrate Hispanic culture and traditions. Simply decorate your class with paper streamers, maracas, and more. Then, invite your kiddos to join in the celebration as you immerse them in food, dance, and fun!
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24. Experience La Tomatina
Immerse your students in the joy of Spain’s La Tomatina festival. You’ll have them hanging on to your every word as you entertain them with this thrilling tale that details the festive tomato fight that actually takes place in Buñol every year!
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25. Embark on a Rainforest Adventure
Here’s an activity that’s sure to get your little learners’ creative juices flowing! Engage them in creating Rainforest artwork by having them draw and paint vines, flowers, snakes, and monkeys that are all indigenous to the Amazon! With each stroke, they’ll reveal layers of biodiversity while designing these stunning eco-artworks.
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26. Construct a Spanish Mission Model
Pique the interest of your future architects with this design challenge! Task them with crafting models of historic Spanish missions by having them piece together miniature bricks and wooden beams before prompting them to decorate their models with paint and greenery.
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27. Paint in Picasso’s Style
In this activity, your kiddos will pay homage to an art legend! Challenge them to create Picasso-inspired artwork by having them experiment with abstract shapes and colors as you transport them into the eclectic world of this iconic Spanish artist.
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28. Learn Flamenco Dance Steps
Get those tiny feet tapping with some Flamenco lessons! Start by arming them with fans and castanets before encouraging them to perform a series of basic steps as you have them embrace the rhythm of this traditional dance.
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29. Create Hispanic Hero Posters
Inspire your class with these Hispanic heroes of past and present. Simply provide them with these printable drawings and allow them to pick out their favorite before having them use crayons to decorate their Hero Posters.
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30. Make Cascarones
Gather your kids around as you have them crack open this beloved Mexican tradition! Invite them to fill color-stained eggs with confetti before prompting them to crush them over their peers to shower them with bursts of color.
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31. Design a Hispanic Food Collage
Add a culinary twist to your kiddos’ collages! Simply print out these adorable pictures of hispanic food and task them with cutting and pasting them together to adorn their canvases in this deliciously diverse tapestry.
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32. Learn a Hispanic Nursery Rhyme
Invite your littles to sing along to these adorable Spanish nursery rhymes! You’ll lead them in song as they hit just the right notes to reach their language learning milestones.
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33. Craft Tissue Paper Flowers
Breathe life into your classroom atmosphere with this radiant flower craft. Simply guide your students in folding and twisting colorful tissue paper before stapling the layers together and fluffing up their petals to blossom their Mexican-inspired folk art.
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34. Make Mola Art from Panama
Here’s an interactive and educational art activity that your little artists are sure to love! Introduce them to the layered world of Panamanian Mola art by having them cut out animal designs from colored paper. You’ll then task them with cutting out shapes that they’ll use to add vibrant layers to their Mola masterpieces.
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35. Conduct a Hispanic Foods Taste Test
Satisfy those hungry little tummies with this delicious exploration! You’ll engage them in whipping up mouthwatering Hispanic dishes such as empanadas, tapas, and churros. Once complete, you’ll take their taste buds on a culturally rich journey as you have them sample each dish.
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36. Build a Mayan Temple
Your kiddos will uncover long-lost secrets as you have them craft these mystical structures. Challenge them to replicate the grandeur of ancient Mayan temples by allowing them to use air-dry clay to form layers of bricks that they’ll then stack together to emulate these towering monuments.
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37. Weave a Guatemalan Worry Doll
Introduce your learners to diverse cultural traditions by having them craft these miniature Guatemalan worry dolls. Using yarn, you’ll task them with wrapping pipe cleaners, twigs, or craft sticks with colorful textures to adorn their charming dolls with traditional accessories.
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38. Mold Hispanic-Inspired Pottery
Pay homage to Hispanic craftsmanship with this pottery craft. Simply provide your kids with airy dry clay that they’ll use to sculpt pinch pots. Then, provide them with examples of traditional Mexican patterns as you have them decorate their pots with stunning visuals.
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