Summary
How do you like to celebrate the arrival of spring? May Day is a celebration of the new season, honored with festivals, food, and dancing around the maypole.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Short explainer (1 min) from PBS LearningMedia's *All About the Holidays*.
- What season does May Day celebrate?
- What is a maypole, and what do people do around it?
- How do people in your area mark the arrival of spring?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: May Day, maypole, spring, festival.
Try it: Draw a maypole with ribbons and write one sentence about a spring tradition you know.