Heritage Festival

Every second grade class at the kids' school participates in the Heritage Festival.  The kids spend time researching their ancestry, and parents can participate by hosting booths from their respective countries.  Madelyn chose to do England, and she was so excited with this project.  While I feel that it is a project for a slightly older student (since all the parents I talked with said they had done most of the work), I think it was a very enjoyable experience. 

We worked with another family since there's only one booth per country, and we set up a tea party and a poster display with facts about England.  The kids spent 5 minutes at each booth, so we did a few etiquette tips and discussed some of the facts with the kids.

To start the festival, there was a parade of nations and the kids had to wear costumes.  This was pretty tricky because English fashions aren't that different than American.  Madelyn wanted to dress in an older style outfit, so we just got her a colonial style costume.

Then, the kids were divided into groups and "toured" around the world with their groups.  Madelyn thought it was so cool that she got to "visit" 14 countries in one afternoon.