Mrs. Childress' K/1 class visited the Media Center this week as part of their Hispanic Heritage studies. Mrs. Husketh showed them a map of the world so we could see how many countries speak Spanish as a native language. First we found the continent that we live on and then we noticed how many Spanish-speaking countries are close to us.
Mrs. Lehotzsky (our media intern) introduced an instrument called the guiro (pronounced we-ro) that is played in many Latin American countries. We also learned that this instrument is sometimes called the "fish instrument" because it looks like a fish!
The friends in K/1 learned how to hold this instrument and how to use the stick to make sounds. A few students demonstrated how to make music with the guiro.
Mrs. Childress' class will be making guiros to share at Hispanic Heritage Night next week. We can't wait to hear their Latin American rhythms!
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