New Mexico

The kids loved learning about New Mexico - from the various Pueblos to National Parks (White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns) to the Balloon Fiesta, there is so much to learn and do and see!

Books:

• Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters (We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today) by Rina Swentzell

• Shaped By Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Harber Freeman

• New Mexico (My United States: A True Book) by Michael Burgan

• E is for Enchantment: A New Mexico Alphabet by Helen Foster James

• Tía's Tamales by Ana Baca

• A Spoon for Every Bite by Joe Hayes

• Elan, Son of Two Peoples by Heidi Smith Hyde

• Kiki’s Journey by Kristy Orona-Ramirez

• I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor

• Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story by Joseph Bruchac

• Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez

• Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes

• Josephina American Girl Books

• The Farolitos of Christmas by Rudolfo Anaya 

• Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes

• The Water Lady by Alice B. McGinty

• Saige by Jessie Haas (independent read)

• The Day It Snowed Tortillas

• Carlos and the Squash Plant by Jan Romero Stevens

• The Making of the Atom Bomb by Victoria Sherrow

• The Santa Fe Trail by Linda Thompson

• Georgia rises : a day in the life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Lasky, Kathryn

Art Project:

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

For New Mexico there was no question that the kids wanted to portray the famous Balloon Fiesta. Balloons are done with colored sharpies, with water color sky and field.