Display various Latin American flags around the classroom when celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and allow your preschoolers to replicate the flags using wooden craft sticks and a fourth of a sheet of white construction paper. Red, white, blue, yellow and green are prominent colors within the set of flags. Students will, to the best of their ability, draw and color various flags from Spanish-speaking nations, to include those within South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands and Mexico.
Print various pictures of Hispanic role models that have contributed to the American culture and allow children to cut and paste them to blank index cards. Share with the class the contributions each role model has made throughout history. Each child may create three cards for trading among friends. The contributors may come from backgrounds in sports, politics, science, music and the arts. Tito Puente, Gloria Estefan, Ellen Ochoa and Cesar Chavez are a few names that may be recognized through the activity.
When conducting your morning circle routine, celebrate Hispanic heritage month by teaching the students the Spanish equivalent of all numbers from one through 10. Encourage each student to count to 10 in Spanish throughout his day with blocks, pencils and during any other teachable moments.
At the end of your Hispanic Heritage celebration unit, throw a fiesta for your students to include food choices such as tacos, nachos and tamales. Listen and dance to Latin music after the mealtime has passed and give each student a turn to hit a piñata filled with treats and prizes. End your fiesta with a well-deserved and necessary siesta, or nap, which is a integral part of a preschooler's day.