Preschool-Friendly Paper Plate Christmas Wreath Craft
Creating crafts at Christmastime will always be one of my favorite ways to celebrate the holidays with children. I loved incorporating crafts and art projects into our holiday fun when I taught kindergarten, and now that my daughter Dessa is old enough for preschool, the crafts keep rolling. We recently created a simple paper plate Christmas wreath that was the perfect age-appropriate project and … [Read More...]
Christmas Inspiration
My students have been working like busy little elves preparing their gifts for Mom and Dad. We always make two gifts to send home – one addressed to Mom, the other to Dad (this helps simplify things for the more complicated family situations). Over the years, I have made many different parent gifts in the […]
The holidays have arrived! And so begins every teacher’s daily roller coaster ride as we countdown to Christmas. I can literally feel the excitement in the air when my students arrive at school each day. I hear daily stories about their elves, trips to visit Santa and dozens of questions about our upcoming Christmas program. […]
This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of my links, which helps to support the blog. As you know, I am hosting a classroom elf this year. My studenents watched An Elf’s Story on DVD, then wrote letters to Santa requesting an Elf on […]
For the past several years, I have done a directed drawing lesson with my students as their parent Christmas gifts. The children paint their drawings with watercolors and I frame the completed art projects in inexpensive frames from the dollar store before wrapping them up and sending them home. I have created the same Christmas tree […]
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