Holiday Happenings

The students have been learning about different holidays over the past couple of weeks.  We studied the Jewish holiday Hannakah.  The students had fun eating potato lattkas and playing the dreidel game.  We also learned about Kwanzaa which is a week long celebration held in the United States honoring African heritage and culture.  This week, we are studying Christmas.  We have made wreaths and stockings.  Today, the students had the opportunity to visit the other classrooms to participate in a variety of activities.  In Mrs. Miller's room, they learned more about Hannakah.  In Mrs. Raiford's room, they wrote letters to Santa.  In Mrs. Foutty's room, they played the dreidel game.  In Mrs. Terreni's room, they talked about Los Posadas (Las Posadas (Spanish for "the inns") is a nine-day celebration .This celebration originates in Spain. It is a yearly tradition for many Catholic Mexicans and some other Latin Americans and symbolizes the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born.  In our classroom, we learned about the legend of the candy cane.  Ask your children to tell you about the candy cane!  The students are also making a Christmas surprise for thier families!  Have a happy holiday.