Tito Puente Lesson Plans, Coloring Pages, Crafts, Activities and More

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I'm delighted to participate once again in the MKB Hispanic Heritage Series. I've chosen to highlight musician Tito Puente this year. Below, you'll find a few resources for studying the Mambo King, as well as a free download that I've created for the occasion. I hope you enjoy!

If you want to learn about other important figures, check out my post on Latinos in History Your Children Should Know.

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Tito Puente Lesson Plans

• Here is a great lesson guide to accompany Monica Brown's children's book shown below.
  
  
• Resources from TeachingBooks.net
  
  
• From TpT, this is a lesson plan for K - 8th
  
  
• Tulsa Library has this downloadable lesson plan that involves Tito: Going on a Sound Hunt
  
  
• Also, one of my favorite artists, Rafael Lopez, has posted this great biography about Tito Puente on his blog. The images are fantastic.
  
  
• For older children in middle and high school, NPR has a fabulous collection of materials

Coloring Pages & Download

Not a lot of options are out there for coloring pages. So I made one and am sharing it with my newsletter subscribers. 

I also have a MommyMaestra's 1-page reading passage and coloring page for young readers. You can download this printable page for free here (English-only version). The reading passage is for 4th - 8th grades.

OR you can purchase the full reading passage with English and Spanish versions plus a digital version here in my TpT shop. 

Videos about Tito Puente

For Younger Children:

• Check out this introductory video to the book Tito Puente:

• You can also find Tito Puente on Sesame Street! And again here. 

For Older Students

• And for older students, here's Tito's official Oye Como Va video.

• This is a great interview with Tito. 

Tito has also been featured in a Google Doodle! Shown below. If you want to share the (excellent!) story behind it  with your children/students, check out the video, Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Tito Puente.

Books

Definitely one of my favorite children's books on the market...

Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo

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