Bienvenidos a Peru!

Welcome to Peru!

Continent: South America

Capital City: Lima

Languages Spoken: Spanish & Quechua

Flag: Red and white stripes with a coat of

arms in the middle. Inside the coat of

arms are the vicuña, a kind of deer

representing Peru’s animals, the cinchona tree representing Peru’s plants, and a cornucopia of gold coins, representing the

mineral riches of the country.

Geography: Mountains, plains, rainforest,

and coastline

Money: Nuevo Sol (New Sun)

Useful Phrases in Spanish and Quechua:

English: Hello

Spanish: Hola

Quechua: Napaykullayki

English: Please

Spanish: Por favor

Quechua: Allichu

English: Thank you

Spanish: Gracias

Quechua: Solpayki

English: I love you

Spanish: Te amo

Quechua: Munayki

English: See you later

Spanish: Hasta luego

Quechua: Huq ratukama

Musical Instruments of Peru

PanpipesEach wooden flute plays one note and

is bound together

with other flutes to make one multi-note

woodwind instrument.

CharangoA cousin of the

mandolin, this double-

stringed instrument

is sometimes made

from the skin of and

armadillo!

CajónThis box is a kind of

drum sat on by the

player and played with

the hands.

HarpSimilar to the harps

from Europe, South

American harps are

played with fingernails on the right hand and

fingertips on the left hand to create two

different sounds on the

same instrument.

Sing along with your children to the Peruvian Heritage Songbook. For lesson plans, project ideas, audio tracks, and all Heritage Series

Songbooks, visit www.montessorimusiclab.com.

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Peruvian

Ambassador

Krysia VillonCentral Square

& Broadway

Preschool

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Peruvian

Ambassador

Krysia VillonBroadway

Toddlers & East

Cambridge/

Lechmere

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Cooking PartyCentral Square:

4pm

Parents welcome

to attend!

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Cooking PartyEast Cambridge:

@ 4pm

Parents welcome

to attend!

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Cooking PartyBroadway:

@ 4pm

Parents welcome

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