Advent has begun, so we are counting down the days to Christmas. We will make a paper chain advent calendar where there is a link for every day until Christmas. Each day we will take off one link from the chain and so we will know exactly how many more days we have to wait. We will also begin to "light" our paper advent candles with tissue paper flames to count the four weeks of the season. On December 1st we will light the first candle of the Hannukiah and begin to count the eight days of Hannukah. The last week of school we will also light the Kwanzaa kinara candles. There will be more and more lights in room 23!
Our paper chain advent calendar.
The whole morning and afternoon chain. Making paper chains has really caught on with the children and we are making kilometres of chains to decorate the classroom for the holidays.
The classroom looks, feels and even smells (cinnamon dough!)so festive, bright & happy! What a wonderful environment you are creating for the children.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne! And thank you Liz Burgess for making us the cinnamon dough. It's a big hit!
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