Wrapping Gifts

After the students were all finished making their gifts for their parents they wrapped the gifts.  It is so fun seeing the excitement of the students as they get their gifts wrapped. 

Check out this video of them getting their gifts ready. 

 

Preparing for Christmas

The students spent time during December to prepare for Christmas.  They enjoyed making carolers for Mrs. Vrooman to hang in the hallway at school.  They also made snowflakes using popsicle sticks.  They created a snowflake with jewels and another with glitter glue.  Another snowflake was made out of pasta glued together.  After the snowflake was glue it was spray painted white.  The final step was adding glitter to the snowflake.  We used all these snowflakes for our bulletin board which is “We Are Like Snowflakes All Different!”  I think this is very true because even though we all did the same project they are all different just like we are all different. 

The week before school was out for break the class spent time working on gifts for their parents.  They made a snowman made our of baby food jars.  We added peppermints, hot cocoa, and marshmallows to the jars when they were all finished.  These turned out really cute and they were fun to see how everyone finished theirs. 
 

 

They also made a gingerbread photo magnet for their parents.  The students thought that adding the picture before taking it home was a neat idea. 

Take a look at the video of the students making their crafts. 

Christmas Parade

Atkinson kicked off the Christmas season by having a light parade.  St. Joseph’s participated by having a Nativity float.  It was a great evening and seemed to get everyone in the spirit of Christmas.