Winter...or is it?

We keep talking about winter in Kindergarten, although it certainly hasn't felt that way much!  We are so excited to get some snow...enough snow to make snowmen and build snow forts anyways.  In class, we shared our December family projects.  This was AWESOME.  It is so interesting to see how each family celebrates the holidays in their own way.  I learn so much this way!  Below are some from our friends...

We also created our own snowmen, since we don't have enough snow to make them for real!  This was a great opportunity to work on our fine motor and cutting skills.  

Before break, we also talked about the real meaning of the holiday season.  We talked about all the things that we hoped to get for Christmas and then read the story Night Before the Night Before Christmas.  In this story, a family runs into all sorts of problems when getting ready for Christmas.  The cookies are burned, the tree is too skinny, the outside lights don't work, Mom is sick and on and on and on.  At the end of the story, the family realizes that all they really need to make their holiday special is each other.  We talked about the things in our lives that are the most important to us and how more often than not, they are not things, but people.  We talked about how we are thankful for our families, pets and the hugs and love we get from our family members.  We wrote about it and drew a picture inside the present.  So sweet!