Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
How to Make a Macaroni Christmas Wreath Craft
Sometimes the best gifts we receive from our children and our students are the
ones they make from the heart. These gifts don’t have to be store-bought. They
don’t have to look 'perfect.' And they don’t need to cost a lot of money. The
gifts that mean the most are often the ones that are homemade by someone we
love. Today's blog post is about a quick-and-easy Christmas craft you can make
with your students and children... macaroni wreaths! Keep reading to learn more.
How to Make a Christmas Gingerbread House from Recycled Milk Cartons
Making milk carton gingerbread houses for Christmas is a traditional craft
that children look forward to when they are younger. These gingerbread
houses are fun to make, wildly popular with the students, and can be
integrated with a wide variety of children's literature. (Need I go down
the endless list of gingerbread-themed books, poems, fingerplays, and
rhymes?) To make milk carton gingerbread houses, you will need empty
milk cartons from the school cafeteria, royal icing, and lots and lots of
Christmas candy. Keep reading for more information!
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How to Make Cinnamon Scented Christmas Ornaments Christmas Craft
Not too long ago, one of my friends was talking to me about some Christmas
ornaments she and her granddaughter made together. They made the ornaments
out of applesauce and ground cinnamon, which surprised me. I had no idea
ornaments could be made that way! (What rock do I live under?) As
proof, she sent me her recipe and the photos in this post. She gave me
permission to share her 'secret recipe' on my blog. Read on to learn this
'secret recipe' so you can try making this fun Christmas craft with your students and families too!
The Saint Nicholas Day Snow by Charlotte Riggle
Saint Nicholas Day is an exciting time for many children around the world. On
Saint Nicholas Day friends and families gather together, exchange small gifts,
share a meal, and attend Mass. The Saint Nicholas Day Snow by Charlotte
Riggle is a children's book that describes how a young girl named Elizabeth
spends Saint Nicholas Day at a friend's house. Keep reading to learn more about
The Saint Nicholas Day Snow and how you can use it during your language
arts and social studies instruction.
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10 Quirky Corona Christmas Books for Children
Christmas 2020 is going to be one for the history books. Most of the people around the world are under some sort of restriction or lockdown. What will Christmas look like this year? How can we have a fun and safe Christmas? More importantly... will Santa still be able to deliver presents on Christmas Eve? If so... how will he do it??? These 10 Quirky Corona Christmas books by self-published authors try to answer those questions for you. Keep reading for the details about each of these books!
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A World of Cookies for Santa: Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around the World by M.E. Furman
Once Thanksgiving is over and the calendar flips to December, many
well-meaning schools, teachers, and librarians will start preparing their
lesson plans to teach their Christmas Around the World units. There is
nothing inherently wrong with teaching a Christmas Around the World unit, but
I get irked when I see teachers and staff using bulletin board displays,
storybooks, and worksheets that depict cartoony children with big goofy smiles
and dressed in stereotypical cultural clothes. Instead, I prefer to see
books, drawings, and resources that depict real children engaged in authentic
activities and traditions.
A World of Cookies for Santa: Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around the World by M.E. Furman does a good job of teaching us about Christmas around
the world without having to resort to cartoony stereotypes. The children
in A World of Cookies live in various countries around the
world and they set Christmas cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Each cookie is delicious and unique to the country it comes from. At the
end of the book, the author includes recipes for each of the cookies for you
to try on your own. Read on to learn more about A World of Cookies and about ways you can integrate it into the lessons you teach.
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