In October we learned about different people that make up families: hermana, hermano, bebé, mamá, papá, abuela, abuelo, tía, tío, prima, primo, etc. We practiced and learned songs and poems about families too. We found pictures of different kinds of families in magazines. We glued these pictures onto paper to make cuadros de familia or family portraits.
We also talked a lot about Halloween o día de las brujas. We made spider puppets out of black felt. We painted shapes of pumpkins orange. We glued black eyes and mouths onto orange pumpkin shapes. The children shared what they were going to dress up as for Halloween. We learned a song about an escoba voladora/flying broom and we acted like brujas or witches flying on a broom.
We had a Colores community night one evening in our backyard. Students, teachers, families and friends were invited and came in costumes. We had a costume parade, we ate dinner together and had fun visiting and getting to know each other.
