Friday, November 28, 2014

Countdown to Christmas

Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year! I love everything about this holiday! I have just finished decorating the Christmas tree at our house. The snowmen figures are out on the hearth and the stockings are hung. Tomorrow the garland will go around our front door!

I have seen on Pinterest (my favorite place to browse for ideas) the idea of wrapping Christmas books and opening a new one each day. Well, I decided to do this activity for my students at school. I didn't realize how many Christmas books I had in my classroom library until I began going through them.

I spend one even deciding which books I would read on each day. This took a lot of planning and thinking about. But once I decided which books I was reading on each day the wrapping part was very simple.

I took the basket of books to school the Friday before Thanksgiving. My students were very curious about "the gifts." I was asked several times what the gifts were for. I decided not to tell my students until we get back. I do not think they liked that answer very well, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise!!

Below is not the best picture of the basket of books. I will take more pictures and blog about the activities that will go along with the stories.


I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving break! I have sure enjoyed my break away from school!! I needed time to relax and re-energize myself!