While snipping careful shapes students will be encouraged to think about how we celebrate special occasions and how crafts and holidays are part of our folklife. In this activity your students will learn about the history and folklore of Mexican papel picados.
These colorful and festive traditional cutouts are simple to make and bring great satisfaction to their creators. Pape l Picada (Mexican Tissue Paper Banners) In this activity students will be introduced to a variety of traditional music forms, played on an array of traditional instruments such as Swedish bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, triangle, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, and Indian harmonium. Traditional music in Wisconsin has an amazing diversity, thanks to the many immigrant groups who have brought their instruments and musical styles to the area. The dances for this session have been specifically chosen to suit the Zoom format. The children will be prompted to think about dance in their lives: Do you take dance lessons? Does your grandma ask you to polka at weddings? Do you dance at parties? If your students can smile they will enjoy the activity. In this activity you and your students will enjoy social dances from several parts of the world. Life is a dance! Throughout history people have moved together to music for celebratory and social occasions. Second grade teacher, Doudna Elementary School “Thank you so very much! We all had a very nice time! The kids were so good, and they enjoyed every part of it…The kids were still dancing out the door… We will for sure be back next year! Thanks again for spending the afternoon with us!” Praise for Folklore Village’s Virtual Field Trips: The Virtual Field Trip also features an interactive, virtual tour of Folklore Village grounds. The activities are bookended by an interactive introduction and conclusion designed to reinforce educational concepts and contextualize the activities. Our Virtual Field Trips consist of your choice of folklife activities that are geared towards elementary school-aged children, but readily adaptable to multiple ages and ability levels. Want to experience a bit of who we are and what we do in an interactive, online program hosted live over Zoom.
Folklore Village offers Virtual Field Trips as an option for groups that may not be able to travel to Folklore Village, or groups who would like to see a bit of what we do.
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