The Christmas Party

Our Christmas Party day was sure nice!  We watched a 
movie in the morning and then we had the party with 
Bingo, lunch and the gift exchange.

We had five "theaters" set up in grades K-5.  The kids 
could go to whatever movie they wanted.  Each child got 
a free pop and popcorn for their movie.

The kids enjoyed playing Christmas BINGO.

The boys and their Hot Wheels from "teacher".

The girls and their dolls.

Here are the bird trading cards from the teacher.

A yummy lunch!

Cute Birdy Video!

Check out this cute video!  The kids loved it and they really laughed!

Season's Greetings from the Hatchlings!

More Hot Cocoa

This photo cracks me up!  Those funny boys!

The Elementary Christmas Concert

The elementary Christmas concert was grand!  The kids did such a nice job!  This was their first time in front of such a large audience and they were feeling a little nervous, but they did a very nice job.  Here is a photo of the kids and I before the concert in front of our classroom tree.

Eight girls and eight boys equals one awesome 
kindergarten class!

Happy Decem-bird!

 

I wanted to decorate one of the bulletin board with birds, so I set out white construction paper, tempera paints and Q-tips along with some backyard bird pictures.  I told the kids to choose a bird that they liked and try to paint it.  I went to the other side of the room to work on a lesson with some other students.  I was so surprised when I returned to see these amazing bird paintings!  I was impressed!  I guess they have been drawing birds in their journals for some time, so they are experts!

December Art

 

I printed each child's hand print on the paper with green paint in the shape of a Christmas tree. Then they used tempera paint and Q-tips to add details.  I thought that the trees turned out really nice!

Hot Cocoa Parties Rock!

It is traditional in my class to occasionally have a cup of hot cocoa in the winter.  We also have animal crackers to dip in.  The kids LOVE it!  It is a nice treat at the end of the day after a cold recess break.  I mentioned one day that if anyone wanted to bring a box of cocoa we could start having hot cocoa once in awhile.  One boy brought a huge box of 60 envelopes of cocoa!  I guess we will be set for a few parties!

Hot cocoa, anyone?

Mmm...cocoa and animal crackers is delicious!

Ha-ha! The Halloween cups have recently been replaced by Christmas cups!