Hispanic Heritage Month Ideas and Activities

Building awareness of all the different cultures and diversity is an integral part of every classroom. A celebration that many recognize early in the school year is Hispanic Heritage Month. We celebrate the Latino culture from September 15th to October 15th. It is a great time to recognize the influential leaders and read books to help students and families understand the different cultures in America and the World.

During this month of celebration, many honors past influential leaders, and many visit museums or attend festivals; another enjoyable and meaningful tradition is trying food from these cultures. Understanding and bringing attention to this culture will be crucial to many of your students. I have always taught at diverse campuses and recognizing different cultures has always been part of the school and my classroom atmosphere.

HERE ARE MY TOP FAVORITE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCES

I have collected some of my favorite activities to use with your students. I have research activities, google classroom resources, and comprehension activities.

Here are some links to my favorites:

• Best Seller Hispanic Heritage Month Teach-Go Pennants with grading rubric, and options for each student to choose their own to research! Student tested in over 10,000 classrooms
• Best Seller Hispanic Heritage Month Reading Passages with passages written by me and student tested in over 7,000 classrooms to use all month long!
• ​Biography Lapbook for use on any influential leader
• ​Hispanic Heritage Month Color Quote Posters
• All my Hispanic Heritage Month Resources

HERE ARE MY TOP FAVORITE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BOOKS

I have had a wonderful opportunity to share some wonderful books for this month with some of my teacher friends. As we shared these books with each other they all had special meaning to each of us and we are so excited to share with other teachers in hopes they will join your classroom library. Thank you to my amazing friends [Yajiara, Maribel, Tanya, Kay, Marisol, Aris and Lorena] for helping me learn about these titles. Some of our favorite books to read during this month and to add to our classroom library are:

• Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
• Dreamers
• Islandborn
• Abuelita Full of Life
• Chocolate Milk Por Favor
• Too Many Tamales
• A Pinata and a Pine Tree

Favorite Hispanic Heritage Month Freebie

As part of the celebration I created a poster that students will enjoy completing to celebrate their culture! Regardless of their culture and heritage they can have fun sharing all the wonderful things that represent them. To grab this freebie click on the image below or CLICK HERE.

Find more Resources Here