Nine Days 'Til Christmas!

Our class is busy wrapping up our first semester of learning.

Last Friday, we went on a field trip to the Fox Theater to see "The Prairie Nutcracker," an adaptation of the original story that is set in Kansas.  There were lots of different schools there. We got to see a preshow, ballerinas dancing on toe, and some awesome tap dancers! 

We've also been learning about Christmas (and other holidays) around the world.  In Russia, Babushka comes instead of Santa Claus.  She is an old woman who brings simple gifts for children on January 7 during Epiphany.  We also learned about La Befana, the Christmas witch from Italy.  She comes and cleans your house in addition to leaving you gifts.  If you're naughty, she leaves you dark candy or coal. In Ethiopia, Christmas isn't a huge holiday.  Families celebrate together on January 7 by eating doro wat, a kind of chicken stew.  Then they spend time together.  Next week we're going to learn about Christmas in Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and several other countries.  We're also going to learn a little about Hannukah and learn to play dreidel!

We finished reading "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"  Today we created Vokis of the main characters.  Head on over to the BGS Christmas Wiki to see all of our Vokis!  Click on the character's names in the left sidebar to check out our work.