Day 6 - Mexico

Just down south of U.S.A. we crossed the borders and arrived at Mexico. Here again we had a Spanish guest Leonie with her pretty daughter Maria, who gave us a brief introduction of the history, culture, language and the geographical location of Mexico.

And then came the exciting game of ‘Lotteria’ where each child was given a cardboard with pictures and their Spanish names written on them.Each child was to pick up the grains on each picture as Leonie shuffled a set of picture cards and took out one picture each till there was a winner who had no pulses left on his/her cardboard. It was something familiar to Tambola played in India. In the process the children got familiar with the basic Spanish vocabulary. In the end Leonie presented a few story books as a token of affection to the winners.

It was now time for the traditional food of Mexico- ‘tacos’. A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including vegetables , cheese etc.

How could anybody travel out of Mexico without tapping their feet to the moves of the Mexican Hat Dance. The children enjoyed the tapping and the clapping of the hat dance and were eager to present it before Mr.Fogg! Mr.Fogg presented sweets to them for their performances!