Stick Man
A truly sweet holiday book is Stick Man by Julia Donaldson, the same author as Room on the Broom. After reading the story to the class we went outside to collect sticks and leaves (if the students wanted to use leaves) and then brought them back in to create our own "stick man." They turned out so cute!
The day after we made our stick people art, we had some popcorn and watched the movie version of Stickman on Netflix. The kids loved it, and it was so fun to watch for things that were the same or different between the book and movie!
Paper Penguins
Another one of my favorite holiday stories is Little Penguin gets the Hiccups. After we read the story, and helped scare the hiccups out of the penguin, we started making our own paper penguins. We started by watercoloring the background of the paper. Then we started making the bodies, the icebergs, arms, beaks, eyes and finally the winter gear. The kids spent so much time on the penguin hats and scarves! They turned out so great!
Finger Painted Snowflakes
Who doesn't love painting with their fingers? The kids were so excited to be able to do this again. I gave them a plate with a light blue, and dark blue and white paint and students had to cover the entire paper with paint, however they wanted! They then picked out which snowflake silhouette they wanted and I glued them together to create the final pieces of art.
Winter Music Assembly and Gift Wrapping
Another part of our preparation for winter break is having the High School band and choir come to our school and perform classic winter songs. It was a lot of fun and kids were very excited thinking about the fact that they have options to sing or play an instrument as they get bigger.
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| The high school band (on the left) and members of the choir (right) perform for our students. |
Later we finished up our Christmas gifts for you and the kids got to help wrap them. They were so excited to give them to you and I hope you enjoy what they made!
I hope you all have a wonderful winter break and get to spend some quality time with your families! Enjoy the time together and I will see all your children on Wednesday January 2nd, 2019!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
