Monday, December 19, 2016

Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning

Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
For our last For the Love of Learning Jess and I are sharing what Christmas looks like in our classrooms! This has been such a fun collaboration! I know Jess and I have both enjoyed showing off our classes and sharing fun Preschool projects with you. So lets jump right in:
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Art Gallery Board:
Our school Director sent home Christmas tree printables as "homework" for the families to decorate together. I love how different they all are. My students cut out paper strips for me (a great fine motor activity) to make into this paper chain.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
 Parent Board:
I had to brush up on my snowflake cutting skills but they turned out cute enough haha.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Crafts:
The children painted Christmas trees and decorated them using glue and collage materials.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Trees:
Alphabet tree- I made this using a circle punch for the "ornaments" and then traced 26 circles on the butcher paper tree shape. Both circles have upper and lowercase letters.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Felt tree- I made the felt tree a couple of years ago for Brielana and the ornaments even longer than that as they were from Kinsey's first Christmas.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Books (not pictured):
Always my favorite. I wrapped 10, one for each student, and had a different kid unwrap a book the first two weeks of December as a take off of our Book Advent calendar. They LOVED it. Its always the little things.

Parent gifts:
I've had these gingerbread frame kits for a couple of years from Oriental Trading Company. Such a cute make-for-parents gift. They all look different! That makes me smile. 
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of LearningDecorating gingerbread house:
I went the easy route and kept our half pint milk cartons and affixed graham crackers to it with frosting. We had a lot of fun with this! And wouldn't you know I forgot to take a picture of the finished houses.
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
And some more little touches:
Bells at the science area just because :)
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Christmas card display:
Christmas in the Classroom // For the Love of Learning
Thank you for taking the class tour and Merry Christmas from Room 12 to you!

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10 comments:

  1. Oh I just love December in your classroom! So, way back when I was in 1st grade, my teacher sent home a huge turkey cutout for Thanksgiving & a huge Christmas tree cutout for Christmas. We decorated each with our families & my Mom STILL puts them up each season! I'll have to text you a picture when I'm there later this week. :) I never thought of that idea for a gingerbread house. Clever!

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  2. Omg girl!! Everything looks adorable! I love the gingerbread houses. So fun! Your room is so cheerful!

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  3. Nothing says preschool like milk carton gingerbread houses. So sweet friend, I love it all.

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  4. What a festive setup! I love the milk carton gingerbread houses!

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  5. Oh I love how you set up those gingerbread houses! GENIUS!

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  6. You are seriously the most fun teacher! And brave to decorate gingerbread houses with that many kids ;)

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  7. SO fun! I love it all!! And I love the "homework." I totally would have swiped that and colored it myself.
    And those gingerbread houses seem so stress-free. Genius.

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  8. Love it all!! I can't wait till Ez and Declan start bringing home school-made gifts. The parents are going to love those frames :)

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  9. It looks so great! Christmas decor makes my heart so happy! I love the card holder.

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  10. Kids crafts are my favorite thing EVER. Your classroom looks SO cute for the holidays!!!

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