We are winding up our month of Hispanic artists and it has been a really fun unit! We started Frida Kahlo last week and will continue with a few more art projects and books about her this week, before adding in Jose Posada, just in time for the Dia de Muertos.
We read a book about Frida from the Little People, Big Dreams series which I absolutely love. I introduced who Frida Kahlo was and Wyatt and I put together a little Frida doll kit from Michael’s Craft Store. It was a super simple sewing project, with a big plastic needle and holes to thread through, and then the rest was all felt stickers. I did the sewing to help Wyatt out and he added the rest!
Our state for the week was Nevada! It always surprises me which interesting facts Wyatt chooses as his favorites. For Nevada he thought it was really cool that it became a state on Halloween (in 1864) and he also really liked learning about the blue tailed skink. That part wasn’t too surprising.
For our supplemental language arts we read The More You Give and we discussed how love can be shown by different acts that can’t be held in your hands, like pancakes in the morning, growing strawberries together, all these little things that are really actually really big things. I had hoped to make a felted acorn with him to accompany our reading but we just ran out of time!
I am super excited about this week ~ rather than study a new state this week for social studies, we will be instead learning more about Dia de los Murertos. We have talked about it here and there, visited ofrendas, but we will be digging a little further this week. And all the art we are going to do! (hopefully lol!)
What We Used:
This section contains Amazon Affiliate links. In addition to the curriculum I am creating for him, we also use curriculum from The Good and the Beautiful, The Waldock Way, and Blossom and Root for phonics, reading, science, and social studies.
La Catrina Emotions (to introduce a little Spanish) || Nevada || S is for Silver || The More You Give || Frida Kahlo
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The More You Give looks good. I want to get to Michael’s to get my great-niece the Frida doll kit. 🙂
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That was really fun! I hope they have more like that in the future, for different holidays. And The More You Give is one of my favorite picture books that we have read all year.
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Great looking books! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Laurel-Rain!
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Oh, I cannot wait to see your work on Dia de los Muertos. That holiday has always fascinated me. And, I love Frida Kahlo and her independent spirit! Wyatt is really being stretched this year!
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Me too! To all of that. I have always been interested in Dia de los Muertos – what a beautiful celebration to remember family members who have passed.
And we are having too much fun with Frida!
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Looks like Wyatt is having a great time with these topics!
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He really loves our state study! I was not expecting him to enjoy that as much as he does!
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Those Little People, Big Dreams books are great, aren’t they. I transcribed an interview with the founder of them and found it very interesting. Lovely themes you’re looking at and I love the mix of craft and reading.
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They are awesome!! I keep adding them to our home library. And that is really cool!
Thanks Liz. 🙂
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That Frida doll is adorable and what a steal. Going to look into getting one. Ran straight to Amazon to put The More You Give in my cart. Also pinned it on several boards on Pinterest. Sounds like a precious book.
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