Category: Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Inspired Crafts for Kids

Frances September 26, 2017 4 Comments

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and do I have a treat for you! Hispanic inspired crafts for kids from countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain! With 30+ kids craft you’re sure to find a favorite for your kids to make. It’s a great way to learn about each country.

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Five Easy Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Frances September 1, 2017 No Comments

Hispanic Heritage Month is about celebrating the history and culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans. For the past couple of years we have been celebrating it at little one’s school and community. If your school and/or community doesn’t celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month why not bring it to them? Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month will teach the children about cultural awareness and diversity.

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Frances September 28, 2016 No Comments

For the third year in a row, I have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with friends, and with our community.

We are mid-month through Hispanic Heritage Month so you can still plan a party or a community event before October 15.

Don’t know where to start? Well, have I got news for you! I’m thrilled to share some ideas on how to get your party started over at Mommy Maestra! Click here: How to Host a Children’s Hispanic Heritage Month Party

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Notable Hispanic Figures: Thirty Days of Resources

Frances September 8, 2016 1 Comment

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated during September 15 – October 15 every year. That’s thirty days to learn about thirty notable Hispanic figures during this month!

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Sharing Our Hispanic Heritage: Ideas for the Classroom & Community

Frances September 23, 2015 4 Comments

Hispanic Heritage Month is the perfect time for us as a familia to share our Hispanic heritage with little one’s friends at school, and with our community.

Although Latinos are the second largest, and fastest growing minority group in the United States in our small Southern community we don’t have a large Latino presence. This is our opportunity to educate others on the beauty and richness of our heritage so they too can embrace diversity. This is significantly important due to all the negative media towards Latinos that we are seeing daily.

Monica from Mommy Maestra sums it up on her post on Why We Need Hispanic Heritage Month:

“Hispanic Heritage Month is a vitally important observance for the United States, perhaps now more than ever. According to the U.S. Census, there are 53 million Hispanics in the country. And yet every day media reports show an increasing hostility toward Hispanic immigrants and Spanish-speaking families as they are used for political platforms, promoting stereotypes and ignorant backlash.”

Therefore, we need to continue to instill pride in our bilingual and multicultural child. Particularly since we live in a community where Latinos are far and few.

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In little one’s classroom, he only has one Hispanic friend. She too, is bilingual and her parents are from Mexico. Since they are the only two Latino and bicultural children in their classroom. I approached her Mom so her daughter can participate in a special presentation activity on sharing their heritage. I thought it’d be cool for them to do it together! The activity includes: reading a book, talking about where their family comes from, and gifting their classmates with a mini-piñata.

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Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta for Kids

Frances September 15, 2014 7 Comments

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated every year throughout the country from September 15 through October 15 to recognize the contributions of Hispanics and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States and to celebrate their heritage and culture.

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