The students have been learning about the Danse Macabre in music class, which is a piece of music by Camille Saint-Saëns, a French composer.
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November 1 and 2 were the celebrated in Mexico as the Day of the Dead. This traditional holiday falls around the same time as Halloween but is very different! In Mexico, the people celebrate their loved ones that have died and prepare for their spirits to come back for one night for a visit. To prepare, the people of Mexico put out offerings of flowers, food, and candles, and visit their loved ones graves. They also create sugar skulls, which are decorative pieces of art made from sugar, to put on their loved ones' graves. They decorate these with pretty designs and sometimes a name to show who they are honoring. The students learned about sugar skulls, saw some designs and how they are made. Then they decorated their own sugar skull puppet. We especially emphasized how different the holiday is from Halloween and how the sugar skulls are not meant to be scary or gory, but just a representation of the loved ones coming back from the dead for a visit. They turned out to be beautiful, well thought out projects!
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Mrs. WarnerWelcome to the Van Buren Art room! Here is where I will share what the students are creating. Click your child's grade to the left to see what they are doing in art. Keep looking on the main "blog" page for general info that pertains to everyone. Archives
December 2018
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