Mexican-American Texas — Grades K–2

A first look at the Mexican-American roots running through Texas - the food on the table, the words we say, the music we move to. Over five days, little ones go treasure hunting for where their favorite things really came from, with something to make or taste every single day.

• Five days of treasure hunting -- grind spices and sip like long ago, play Roots Lotería, make a banner and dance with it, and plant a seed to keep
• A "Roots of Me" tree and placemat -- a keepsake families make together
• A little Pith & Pillow wind-down each night -- included free in every packet: six quiet nights to look back on the day, name three good things, and settle in for sleep
• Fair to every side, teaching respect -- gentle, warm, and built on one idea: you belong here
• Grades K–2 · works anywhere · instant printable download

Respect, taught through understanding. Kids don't just make a craft -- they learn where it came from, why it matters, and whose it is. Every hands-on project arrives with its real story attached, in the present tense: these are living cultures, not costumes. The rule this packet teaches, in its own words -- learn from people, don't pretend to be them. That's the opposite of appropriation: real context, taught with care.

Get to the pith of it -- how to think, not what to think.