I hope you all are enjoying your winter break! Having a little extra time on my hands, I thought I'd catch up the blog. We took a trip around the world with Mrs. Reeves' class to learn about how holidays are celebrated in six different countries. Students had to fill out passport applications to the 't' before receiving passports and boarding passes and starting their adventures!
Students also made their own suitcases to hold their work and decorated them with stickers!
The first country we visited was Italy, where they say "Buon Natale!" for Merry Christmas.
We sampled Panettone, a delicious fruitcake/spongecake
...and then we wrote our Christmas promises to our parents and folded them like napkins, in Italian tradition.
In Mrs. Reeves' class, students first visited Mexico, where they learned about the tradition of Las Posadas and the traditional way to make hot chocolate. Then students got to sample Mexican hot chocolate and warm tortillas with butter and cinnamon-sugar! In Mexico, they say, "Feliz Navidad!"
Also in Mexico, students made poinsettia crafts!
Mmm, these cinnamon rolls seemed just perfect for a trip to...
Sweden, which was our second stop in our classroom. "God Jul!" is Merry Christmas in Swedish. We learned about St. Lucia's Day, which celebrates a girl long ago who gave food and gifts to the needy.
Turns out, we had a perfect St. Lucia Day girl in our midst!
The St. Lucia girl serves coffee and sweet rolls to the whole family on December 13th. We got to try cinnamon rolls and coffee (decaf, with lots of creamer) in that tradition!
After our treat, we got to make St. Lucia's Day crowns!
