I was so proud of my little kindergarteners this week when they performed at the Christmas Concert without an ounce of stage fright! Here we are practicing one morning for the Jingle Bell Rock!
We also sang a rousing rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with the First Graders!
We broadened our horizons and learned about another wintertime celebration, Hanukkah! We made latkes (Jewish potato pancakes), candles, colored Menorahs, and played the Dreidel game!
We had a visit from a very special guest. No, not Santa..... Emma's new baby brother Miles! He is so handsome! And Emma is a wonderful proud Big Sis!
In between all of the holiday festivities, the kids got to participate in a Mini Dribblers scrimmage! It was a very entertaining game, with a final score of 2-0. The kids all played with a lot of heart! One of the best moments of the game was a jump ball.... when they uncovered the dog pile, it turned out that the jump ball was between 3 members of the same team!
Pets, pets, everywhere! Our most popular Prize Card was earned by several members of our class, so we had special visits from Aiden and his dog, Taiga, and Sawyer and his dog Woody! It is always an exciting treat for us to get to hang out with pets at school, so thank you for sharing! The dogs were in doggie heaven, too, I believe!
Last but not least, we had a great Book Buddies Christmas party! Our Buddies happened to stop by the office and pick up some mail addressed to the Kindergarteners from Santa's Elves! We had written to Santa a couple of weeks earlier, and the return letters got here just in time! Our Buddies helped the kindergarteners read their letters, each from their own special elves! We got letters from elves named Cookie, Diddlebob, Jingles, Macaroon, and Kiki, among many others! It was SO exciting!
We spent some wonderful time in the library reading Christmas stories together....
... and then played a letter matching gingerbread man game that our 5th Grade Buddies had made for us, and had some reindeer chow treats. There were lots of hugs to go around... we love our Book Buddies!!!
I was too busy running around trying to find the presents that some sneaky elves hid in the school to take any pictures... but we had a great time at our Christmas party Friday afternoon. Thank you to Loretta Fitting and Madison Crozier for staying to help, and to all of the families who brought yummy treats to share!
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