Travel with
Sonia de los Santos

The theme for this week is: Travel

In this video Sonia de los Santos sings songs in Spanish. One of her songs is about golondrinas, a type of migrant bird.

Migrant means someone or something who travels looking for a better life.

Today we will create a map of our travels inspired by Sonia’s music.

Step 1:
I will watch this video

If I want to get right to the song about Golondrinas, I can skip to 6:05 in the video.

As I watch, these are some keywords I should know...

Migrant

Someone or something who travels looking for a better life. They may have adventures along the way.

Emoji of a brown bird standing on one foot

Map

I use a map when I am traveling. It shows me how to get from one spot to another. It helps me plan my trip.

Emoji of a map with colorful landmarks: A dog, tree, boat, X marks the ending spot

Adventure

An exciting experience where I will be doing and seeing a lot of different things.

Emoji of a brown suitcase with colorful stickers

As I watch, I will think about:

Where have I traveled?
Where would I like to travel?
What will I do when I get there?
What will I see while I travel?

Warm up

Before I start my map, I can warm up as I listen to Sonia’s song “La Golondrina”...

Sonia de los Santos smiling at the camera with her arms lifted to each side, hands pointed downwards to mimic a bird flying

Step 1

I will skip to 6:05 in the video where Sonia talks about La Golondrina.

Step 2

Sonia encourages us to move our arms during the song: Up (Ariba) and Down (Abajo). I’ll practice moving my arms, I’m like a bird!

Step 3

I’ll move my arms while Sonia plays. When she sings I’ll move my arms slow, when she plays her instruments I can move them faster.

Emoji of a person with hands on hips

Emoji of a person with arms extended to each side above shoulders

Emoji of a person with arms raised above head

Step 2:
Plan My Trip

I will write, draw, or talk about what will happen during my trip:

I want to travel to__________________________________________.

Is it somewhere outside, inside, far, near, warm, cold?

Emoji of a nature scene, blue river, two green trees, grey mountain

Emoji of a desert scene: sand-colored landscape with green cactus

Emoji of a beach scene: blue water, tan sand, red and white striped beach umbrella

Emoji of grey buildings in a variety of shapes and sizes

I want to travel by_________________________________________.

Will I travel by train, bike, drive, walk, fly?

Emoji of a person walking a dog

Emoji of a grey airplane pointed upwards

Emoji of a red bicycle with black wheels, black handlebar, and black seat.

Green trolleycar on a track with snowy mountains in the background

On my trip I will see_______________________________________.

Will I see animals, people, nature, famous places?

Emoji of a brown squirrel

Emoji of a pink flower with green leaf

Statue of Liberty emoji

When I get there, I will____________________________________.

Will I visit friends, take photographs, go swimming?

Emoji of a person waving hello

Emoji of grey camera with yellow flash on upper left

Emoji of person swimming, head and one arm extended out of the water

I can draw or write other things I will do or see on my trip____________________________________.

Step 3: Create My Own Map!

I will use what I noticed and thought about during the performance to create my own map of my trip.

I can either Draw, Write, or Talk about my map...

Emoji hand raising index finger

First

I will include the spot where I’m beginning my trip, and the spot where I’m ending my trip.

Drawing on white paper, upper left smiley face with the word "start", lower right X with the word "finish"

Emoji hand raising index and middle finger in the "#2" gesture

Then

I will include a path connecting my start and finish spots. I will include those things I will see along the way, and the activities I will do on my adventure.

Map showing start at upper left, a dotted line indicating path, house, tree and flower along the path, and X marking finish

If I want, I can also act out my trip instead of drawing or writing.

Emoji hand waving

Last

I can watch the video again and create a new map of my travels.

Explore More

Extension Questions:

What will I bring with me on my travels? Who will come with me?
Sonia describes herself as a Golondrina. What animal would I be, and why?
What other adventures would I like to have? Where else would I like to travel?

Additional Links:

To learn more about Sonia de los Santos, and hear more of her music, visit her website.
For additional activities related to this performance, check out the #concertsforkids activity guide.
To learn more about Lincoln Center Passport programs, click here.

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Lincoln Center - Passport Program - [Travel and Adventure]

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