Cinco De Mayo and Colorful Fun!

Offering your children a fun activity to do on this day of celebration is a wonderful idea, but do they really know the meaning of the day and why you are celebrating it with them?

Before offering them a coloring page, be sure to explain to them why they are coloring these pages and what it means.

What is Cinco de Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for May 5^th. This day is celebrated in the state of Puebla as well as some other parts of Mexico. In on May 5, 1892 Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, gained victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla.

(Information provided by, Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

Activity Village- a website offering the resources for teachers, parents, and children to engaged in fun filled crafts together such as; games, kid crafts, printable coloring pages and much more.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cinco_de_mayo_coloring_pages.htm

Preschool Coloring Book- Offering a wide variety of coloring pages for your Children to enjoy such as; historical, animal, people, alphabet, number, plants, seasons, weather and much more.

http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/cpcinco.shtml

About.com- allows you to search for almost anything you are in need of including coloring pages for your children!

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/cincoprint_8.htm

Crayola- Always a favorite amongst kids and parents alike!

http://www.crayola.com/calendar/detail.cfm?event_id=48&year=2010

Color me good.com- Has a wide variety of banners, flags, dancers and much more representing Cinco De Mayo, for your child to color and use as decorations.

http://www.colormegood.com/holidays/cincodemayo.html

The color.com- This site allows your child to choose between a number of Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, load the coloring page and color online, so that they may instantly send the picture to grandma, grandpa or friends of theirs, a neat site to look into!

http://www.colormegood.com/holidays/cincodemayo.html

abc teach Directory- Providing a Mexican flag, Sombrero, map and many for your child to color and decorate with!

http://shapebooks.net/directory/basics/social_studies/places/north_america/mexico/

Although my son is only one year old, my fiancée and I try to include him and make him knowledgeable of most every holiday celebrated. It is wonderful what the internet provides for a person/parent now a day. Instead of going out and buying a coloring book I can now go to my computer and print off a coloring sheet for him as needed. Makes for an easy fun filled activity and day for the both of us. Also a great tool for teaching him association with new words to pictures, being that he is now starting to put sentences together. I hope you enjoy these coloring pages as much as we have!