Christmas Break Ideas ~ 2018

If you're looking for some fun, Spanish-related activities to do over break, check out some of these ideas:

• Try a new recipe!

1. Mexican Hot Chocolate
2. Mexican Christmas Eve Salad
3. Spanish turrón
4. **5th and 6th Grade students requested that I add this recipe from the DR.  It's not a Christmas recipe, but we sample it in 4th grade and they love it.  Morir Soñando (In class, I used a little sweetened condensed milk instead of sugar.  I also made a dairy free version by simply mixing orange juice and canned coconut milk.)

• Try a craft!

1. Poinsettia ornament
2. Farolitos (Luminaries)
3. Piñata ornament
4. Make a paper bag piñata
5. Papel Picado

• Learn some new songs (All are available through Herrick Library)

1. Merry Navidad!:  Christmas Carols in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada
2. Feliz Navidad:  learning songs and traditions in Spanish by Anna Maria Mahoney

• Read a book (All are available through the Herrick Library or library loan)

1. The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola
2. The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
3. N is for Navidad by Susan Middleton Elya
4. Uno, Dos, Tres, Posada! by Virginia Kroll
5. The Gift of the Poinsettia by Pat Mora and Charles Ramírez Berg
6. A Piñata in a Pine Tree by Pat Mora
7. 'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong