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Mexico Captal: Mexico City Area: 761,605 square miles Principal River: Rio Grande Principal Language: Spanish National Holiday: Independence Day, September 16th National Anthem: "Himno nacional Mexicano" Mexico is a nation located in the southern part of North America and to the south of the United States. Mexico was the home of the highly developed ancient Indian civilizations of the Aztecs and the Mayas. The country was conquered by the Spanish in the early 16th century and became one of the first lands in the Western Hemisphere to be colonized by Europeans Mexico became an independent country in 1821.
The Significance Of Cinco De Mayo	An online talking Ebook about Mexico	How to make a pinata
Cinco De Mayo to print & color		The History of the Pinata
Interactive Dot-to-Dot numbers are spoken in Spanish!	Translate English to Spanish & Spanish To English	Interactive FACE game in Spanish
ZOOM SCHOOL All about Mexico word searches, crafts, math games, even dinosaurs!		An interactive game that tells you the letters of the Spanish Alphabet. Click on the letter to hear its' name. Click on the chalk to hear pet names spelled out. See all mismascotas!
Teachers
Games and Activities for Kids	Activities and Crafts	Art project- Make a PaperBag Poncho
Recipes for a Feast	Spanish Label Printouts Animals, body parts, time, school supplies,measurements, colors, oposites, shapes, household items and rooms, clothes,holidays, seasons, months of th year, food, and much, much more.	Label the map of Mexico
Cinco De Mayo songs set to the tunes of nursery rhymes	A Cinco De Mayo WebQuest	Lots of resources for lessons
	A Cinco De Mayo unit utilizing the Web

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Mexican Crepe Paper Flowers

To add a colorful touch to your Cinco de Mayo celebration, gather the kids together and create Mexican crepe paper flowers. They're fun, fast and easy to make, and will add a festive touch when placed as a series of small flower arrangements down the center of the table.

Procedure:

Make a tidy stack of six pieces of colored tissue paper or crepe paper. Cut the stack so that it's 12 inches wide. (It can be any length - 12 inches or more.)

Begin at the top and make 1-inch folds in the entire layer, accordion-fashion, to form a fan. Secure the center of the fan with a wire twist tie. Trim the ends with scissors. You can cut an arch shape for a regular round flower or use fancy scissors for ruffled edges. Bend the fan in half at the twist tie and separate each layer of tissue carefully, beginning with the outside and working your way in. Add a stem made of pipe cleaner or artificial foliage.

Tips: A 12-inch-wide section of tissue paper will make a flower about 9 inches wide. Cut it narrower to make smaller, tighter flowers. Use a few more layers of tissue for fuller flowers.

Below you will find a thematic book list for Cinco de Mayo or a unit study of Mexico. These books may be found at your local public or school library. For your convenience, ISBN numbers, book reviews and related links have been provided on each detail book page.

Colors of Mexico by Lynn Ainsworth Olawsky	Festival of the Bones / El Festival de las Calaveras : The Book for the Day of the Dead by Luis San Vicente
Abuela by Arthur Dorros	Cinco de Mayo (Rookie Read-About Holidays) by Mary Dodson Wade, Nanci Reginelli Vargus	The Spirit of Tio Fernando: A Day of the Dead Story/El Espiritu De Tio Fernando : Una Historia Del Dia De Los Muertos by Janice Levy
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto	Secrets in Stone : All About Maya Hieroglyphics by Laurie Coulter
The Pinata Maker/El pinatero by George Ancona	My Mexico / México mío by Tony Johnston	Saturday Marketby Patricia Grossman
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales	Magda's Tortillas / Las Tortillas De Magda by Becky Chavarria-Chairez
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada