Roll a Silly Sentence as a Story Starter or Just for Fun

Rolling a silly sentence is a great activity that you can take a lot of different ways and that doesn’t require a lot of setup.

Royal Baloo has the printables you need to play roll a silly winter sentence. You make dice with the silly phrases on them and use a printed sheet to line up the dice to make the sentence.

Just rolling the dice and reading the funny sentences is enough, but you could also use this activity as a story starter.

Have your child write or draw the story or scene that results from what they rolled. Or they can just tell you the story. Or you could start with one roll, go until they can’t think of more to say, then roll the dice again and have the story take a turn.

Do you play roll a sentence games? I’d love to know how you would use these storytelling dice!

[Photo via Royal Baloo.]

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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