Mexicolore replies: This is a comment from a Year 5 pupil following a team visit to her school: for all other testimonials on our in-school sessions, click on Visit Testimonials in the right hand menu.
25 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Phil Tulga, US music teacher, creator of Aztec Drum Rhythms webpage wrote:
You run a wonderful resource for kids, and I am proud to be a part of it.
24 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, DBC Pierre, Booker Prize winning author/’The Last Aztec’ wrote:
Really detailed site too. You’re doing Huitzilopochtli’s work - best of luck with it.
23 At 12.00am on Friday September 15 2006, Taryn Salinas, Research Department, National Geographic Magazine wrote:
This website is a terrific resource for children and adults interested in learning more about Aztec history and culture. Especially interesting are all the cool factoids that you don’t normally read in history texts. I absolutely love the Mexicolore site and wish I had found it sooner! I’ll be returning to it frequently in my research, I’m sure.
22 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Professor Frances Berdan wrote:
Thank you so much for your invitation to serve on your Panel of Experts on the Aztecs. I have enjoyed going through your most impressive web site, and I’m delighted to be part of this wonderful project... It’s a terrifically exciting project and site!!
21 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Alf Wilkinson, Professional Development Manager for the Historical Association. wrote:
All you ever wanted to know about the Aztecs, including a school visit service too. Superb, informative website, and lots of educational materials. Well worth a visit.
20 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Mario G—mez Molina, www.aztlánvirtual.com wrote:
Excelente página web dedicada a la difusi—n de todo lo que tenga que ver con los Aztecas entre estudiantes y profesores. Sus responsables llevan a–os realizando actividades en vivo para estudiantes del Reino Unido. En su página web se puede desde escuchar la pronunciaci—n de palabras náhuatl, aprender sobre todo tipo de aspectos de la vida de los Aztecas o escuchar y aprender sobre sus instrumentos musicales. Realmente imprescindible. [Inglés]
19 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Jessica Browning, Manchester wrote:
Wow, what a fantastic website. I am a student teacher and I am so delighted to have found all this information.
18 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Penny Bateman, ex-Education Officer, Museum of Mankind, author and consultant wrote:
You guys are doing such a wonderful job for Brit education and Mexican culture
17 At 12.00am on Sunday January 29 2006, Nadine (USA) wrote:
This website is a gem!!! What a wonderful find here on the net. Thank you so much for all of these wonderful resources!! I cannot express to you how thankful and excited I was to come upon your website!!! Not only is it extremely informative for myself, but also for my young children. I have vistied a lot of sites, and none are nearly as rich in information as yours.
16 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Deborah Tyler, secondary school art teacher, London wrote:
I have just had a look at your new website, it is a fantastic tribute to the amazing achievement and success of Mexicolore. Wow, both you two have done so much and always with such passion. Dan [designer of MexicoloreKids, and Deborah’s brother-in-law] is an incredible designer, but without a content or substance a website is nothing. So I take my sombrero off to salute two of the most hard working people I know.
15 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Mary Louise Alley-Crosby, illustrator, writer and founder of batplants.co.uk wrote:
I have now read all of the two parts of Tzictli and studied the illustrations. I am very, very impressed. What a treasurehouse of information and photographs. I am very honoured indeed to have my simple illustrations among them...
14 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, JeanOlivier Saiz, Spanish teacher in France wrote:
Your wonderful site... plenty of useful information for my students... it’s a blend of serious information and fun for everyone
13 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Marilyn Anderson wrote:
Your site, your work is amazing and inspiring! I am an artist-author-educator and I concentrate my efforts on the traditional arts of the Maya, doing work both here in the USA and Guatemala. With Maya educators, I helped print a coloring book of my drawings about the arts and crafts of Guatemala and raise funds for a project I call “Pro Arte Maya”. I also post free educational materials on my website www.marilynfanderson.com
I congratulate you again on your multicultural work and I will tell colleagues about you!
12 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Dr. Henry Stobart, Director of Graduate Studies/Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London wrote:
Many congratulations! - this is a wonderful and beautifully presented resource [commenting on the Teponaztli feature]
11 At 12.00pm on Tuesday January 1 2008, Dr. Bruce Barker-Benfield, Senior Assistant Librarian, Department of Special Collections & Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library wrote:
A valuable and enjoyable learning resource
10 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, National Grid for Learning Content Team wrote:
This a really valuable set of resources that will be well-used and valued by schools. It is well designed, simple to use and contains enough information for both teachers and parents to make effective use of the resources
9 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Professor Gordon Brotherston wrote:
What you have up on the site is wonderful.
8 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Chris Perfect, Larkswood Junior School, Chingford, London wrote:
It’s quite superb! Thank you! Children who work hard in class are given this opportunity as a treat. They love it!
7 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Frances Rogan, Arts Education Officer, Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company wrote:
What a wonderful web site you have, and what an important resource!!
6 At 12.00am on Monday August 22 2005, Historical Association Primary e-newsletter, December 2004 wrote:
If you study the Aztecs you may have already come across Mexicolore. They come into schools and do ‘living history’ presentations. There are now two new services on their excellent website - an entirely new Aztecs-for-children site, Mexicolore Kids, and an ‘Ask the Experts’ service. These can be found at...
5 At 12.00am on Thursday August 18 2005, Mike Freedman, Resources Vault, ICTeachers Ltd. wrote:
Mexicolore are a small, independent teaching team, established in 1980, specializing in educational services for schools, museums and everyone with a serious interest in the Aztecs. The Aztecs section of their website gives a wealth of information, stories and images about the Aztecs. I would particularly recommend the new (Nov 2004) Kids Pages which are SUPERB!
4 At 12.00am on Monday August 15 2005, Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano wrote:
Brilliant, very impressive, well done!
3 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Simon Levack, author ‘Demon of the Air’ wrote:
I added the link to your site, needless to say, because I was enormously impressed by it - not only compendious but also very thoughtfully constructed; I felt it would be ideal for my readers, who probably don’t know much about Mesoamerican civilisation but would like to learn more.
2 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, mexicanwave.com wrote:
November 19, 2004 The Aztecs - for kids! Kudos to our dear friends Ian Mursell and Graciela Sánchez of London-based Mexicolore, who have added loads of stunning new resources for teachers and pupils to their website. Over the past 25 years, Ian and Graciela have used music, dance, drama, costumes, artefacts, crafts, slides and more than a dose of infectious enthusiasm, to bring Mexican history and culture alive to over 100,000 wide-eyed and curious school children the length and breadth of England. An incredible achievement. The richness of the educational material on their website is, I believe, without equal and I cannot do it justice here. You’ll need to hitch a ride with their very own Aztec character, Tecpatl - ‘Tec’ for short - for a journey into Aztec life using Flash games & puzzles. Enjoy!
posted by Steve Bridger at 7:56 AM
1 At 12.00am on Saturday January 1 2005, Professor Stephanie Wood wrote:
I LOVE your site! It is very well organized, colorful, and offers wonderful resources and inspiration... The kids’ zone is wonderful. Using Flash seems especially appealing to children. The content seems very appropriate, too. Congratulations!