Spanish summers are hot, with average temperatures of 30 Celsius degrees. The coastal areas have milder temperatures due to sea breezes. From June to September, Spanish people enjoy leisure time at the beach, countryside, or visiting grandparents' villages. They also celebrate holidays like Children's Day in May and Tree Planting Day in March. Traditional crafts include making Christmas trees from plastic bottles or doves of peace from plastic yogurt containers to symbolize peace.

1. CRIE OF NAVALENO

2. SUMMER IN SPAIN
 JUNE
 JULY
 AUGUST
 SEPTEMBER

3. Spanish´s Climate
 Spain is located in the Iberian peninsula, in the southwest of Europe. Its
position give us an excellent weather.
 Spanish´s climate is quiet different. It is mainly due to its altitude and the
surrounding sea.
 Spain is one of the most mountainous country of Europe and it is encircled
by the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean.
 The difference between south´s weather and the north´s weather is
obvious.

4.  Spanish´s summer is quiet hot, specially in the geographic center of
the country.
 The average temperature is at least 30 Celsius degrees.

5.  The country´s coastal areas benefit from the sea´s
breeze, therefore their temperature is softer.

6.  The sunligth´s average is 11/12 hours per day and it
rarely rains during summer.

7.  How do spanish people enjoy their leisure time in
summer?

8. People go on holiday to:
 Seaside
 Countryside
 Visit their relatives: grandparent´s village

9. Let´s go to the beach!
 Spain´s got a huge coast thus, families with their
children use to go to the seaside at least during one
week in summer time.

10.  Whenever spanish people can´t travel to the beach,
they use to go to their town´s river, nearby lakes or the
swimming pool. It´s cheaper and furthermore, it´s funny.

11. Let´s go to the countryside!
 As we said previously, Spain is a mountainous country.
People like to practice activities such as hiking, climbing
or they like visiting the Pyrenees for example.

12. Let´s go to our grandparent´s
village!
 Family is specially important in Spain, we visit our
grandparents in the village every year. Agricultural
works are made.

13. Spanish´s behaviour against
hot
 People use a fan to cool off
 People walk through shades
 People wear hat
 People drink in fountains
 People don´t go outside during hottest hours, between
midday and 7 p.m.

14. HOLIDAYS
 Peace´s day
 Tree´s day
 Kid´s day
 Carnival

15. Kid´s Day
 It´s commemorated on the 15th May
 It´s celebrated in most of schools all around the country.
Children sing songs, act in plays, put on a costume and
they eat all together enjoying a big party for children,
parents and children.

16. Tree´s day
 It´s commemorated on the 21st March
 Children plant trees in different places such as the
school´s garden, parks, and they sometimes go to a
nearby forest to seed native trees. Each child is in
charge of watering his/her tree.

17. Peace´s day
 It´s commemorated on the 31st January
 Children celebrate it in school, they prepare paper
doves which symbolise peace. They also prepare
balloons with messages inside, cookies, sing songs,
etc.

18. ORNAMENTS
CHRISTMAS DAY
CHRISTMAS TREE WITH
PLASTIC BOTTLES

19. STEPS
 MATERIALS:
 – Cardboard boxes
 – 42 green plastic bottles
 – 4 cardboard tubes
 – Glue and scissors
 STEP BY STEP:
 – Cut 4 circles in the cardboard boxes each one smaller than others.
 – Draw 17 hole all around the biggest circle; draw 12 in the next one; draw 8 in the next one;
and 5 in the last one.
 - Place a bottle in each hole.
 – Place the cardboard tube in the middle of each circle.
 – Prepare a base for the tree using the remainder cardboard.
 – Glue the first tube with the base and place the fist circle, the next circles upside.
 – Prepare a cardboard star and place it at the top.

20. ORNAMENTS
PEACE´S DAY
DOVE OF PEACE

21. STEPS
 Materials:
 – Empty plastic of yogurt
 – Modelling clay of different colours
 – Silk paper
 – Glue and scissors
 STEP BY STEP:
 - Prepare head, eyes and beak with modelling clay.
 - Cut the wings.
 - Glue all parts in the empty plastic of yogurt.

22. ORNAMENTS
PEACE´S DAY
DOVE OF PEACE

23. STEPS
 MATERIALS:
 – White paper roll
 – Felt-tip pen
 – Plastic glass
 – Glue
 STEP BY STEP:
 - Draw a dove in a paper.
 - Fill the dove sticking the plastic glasses with glue.