Sweet Pea's class Christmas party was this morning and what fun we had! Even though class parties aren't the hour long, action-packed fun-a-palooza that they were "back in my day" because of increased focus on instructional time and testing, I thought it was important to plan some big fun for the kids today! I enlisted the help of the Hubs, who's on vacation for two weeks, and extremely artistically talented. I have the vision and he sees it through and makes it real. We're a perfect team ;) So I came to him semi-last minute (par for the course, eek!) and conveyed my vision for "Pin the Red Nose on Rudolph"....and this is what he creates! C'est MAGNIFIQUE!!
We also played "Human Christmas Tree" which was so much fun! We divided the class up in to 3 teams. Each team got a roll of green crepe paper and baggie full of those foamie stickers in various Christmas shapes. Each team wrapped a member up in the green crepe paper. And then decorated the "tree" using the foamies. Super cute and super fun! The kiddos loved it!!
I planned one other game that we didn't get a chance to play. I made a jingle bell necklace for each child. The game is played like "Hot and Cold" hidden object. Have a child hide an object, like stuffed Santa, somewhere in the classroom. Have the "finder" wait in the hallway while the object is being hid. Bring in the "Finder" and the children ring their bells slow and low to show the finder is far away from the object, and as the finder gets closer to the object, they ring it louder and faster.
It was so fun to be back in the classroom and share the giggles of a group of kiddos excited for Christmas vacation. I do miss those "little things" about teaching :)
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