Cinco de Mayo – May 5th

Chorus:
Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo!         (Hands on hips and do a little
That’s the fifth of May.                          cha-cha- dance.)
Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo!
What a happy holiday!

All day long we’ll have a fiesta -           (Clap hands.)
We’ll sing and clap our hands!
We’ll have piñatas and play maracas   (Pretend to shake maracas.)
Like a mariachi band!
Chorus

At the Battle of Puebla                       (Children get a partner and loop
In eighteen-hundred sixty-two             arms and dance in a circle.)
Mexico fought for independence.
Viva Mexico! It’s true!
Chorus

Counting

Teach children to count in Spanish. Learn other common phrases and practice them on Cinco de Mayo

Pinata

Make your own piñata with 2 paper plates, tissue paper, construction paper, candy and small toys. Staple the 2 plates together leaving a 5” opening at the top. Put the goodies inside and staple the opening. Let children decorate with tissue paper, markers, stickers, etc. Punch a hole in the top and tie on a piece of string as shown. Hang from the end of a broom. Roll up several pieces of newspaper to make a bat to swing at the piñata. Blindfold one child at a time, turn her around, and let her have 3 tries to break the piñata. (I always made it impossible to break the piñata open until everyone had a turn.) The child to break the piñata gets to pass out the treats to her classmates.

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