Canadian Colours Mayday Float

With Mayday approaching, we spoke with the children about this year's theme, "Celebrating Canada". One child said, "We live in Canada". We then talked about how we would decorate our float with that theme in mind. Immediately, the children came up with a lot of clear ideas: I want to be a knight, I want to be a princess, I want to be a ...
We as teachers thought, Canada embraces diversity. So the children came as they wanted, each representing Canadians in their own way.  The name of our float, "Canadian Colours" expresses a child's idea of diversity more simply.
Below is a slideshow of our Mayday festivities.