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Día de los Reyes Magos
By TX Teacher
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One traditional holiday that just passed on January 6th is Día de los Reyes Magos (Kings Day). A traditional recipe of bread with candied fruits is made and a baby is hidden inside. Whoever gets the piece of bread w/ the| baby has to host a party on Feb. 2. Some people hide a bean inside too and whoever gets that has to bring the drinks. Here's a web site w/ a picture of the bread: http://www.inside-mexico.com/cocinarosca.htm I'm not saying you'd want to make the bread, but you could always make piñatas, maracas or papel picado with your class. | |
Papel picado is the tissue paper rectangles with pictures cut out on them. They're hung on a string and can be used to decorate your classroom or a hallway. Another tradition in Mexico around Christmas time is Las Posadas. You could have your class make construction paper lanterns and read about it. Tommie DePaola has a book out about Las Posadas. Hopefully this has helped. If you need more ideas just write back.
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