The activities shown in this post are all new this week in the classroom. However, each one is a seasonal variation of something we've already had out. Flower arranging and bead stringing have been out all year with a few variations. I have found that both of those activities are favorites of the children and are chosen daily.
I added seasonal flowers to our flower arranging work. The little vases look so festive and fun on our tables during classtime.
And here is a seasonal variation of the bead bouquet activity I added to the classroom in November. For December we are using red, white and green pipe cleaners and star beads.
I have had some variation of bead-stringing out all year and it is an activity that is chosen daily by my students. For December I pulled out some white and red beads to string. I put these out after school on Monday and my son was with me. He immediately wanted to string ALL of them and made a pattern of all the white beads, then all the red beads. He worked steadily until all the beads were on the string. You can see in the above photo that he already had his coat on, but wouldn't go home until he had done this work!
The flower arranging is a great idea! I just left the Dollar store (after spending $50)last night wondering what I could do with the pointsettas! Looks like I need to go back. :) My kids are having a fun time with your ideas-thanks!
Posted by: Stacy | December 04, 2008 at 08:52 AM
Love the Christmas flower arranging! I'm off to Michaels tomorrow!
Posted by: Lindart | December 05, 2008 at 06:30 AM