So for the ONE week I had my kiddos this month, we talked about Christmas around the world. Each class had a different country, and we looked up facts about the country (Population, location, capital, etc) and then how they celebrated Christmas (or didn't) and also how to say "Merry Christmas" in their language. We listened to a Christmas song for each country, too. And by that I don't mean we listened to Jingle Bells in Arabic. We listened to a legit Arabic Christmas song. I was inspired by a conversation I was having with a teacher about the best time to visit Disney World. I told her I had been at Christmas once and each country in Epcot is done up in their version of Christmas. I think the kids liked the change of pace and also learned something! With the older ones, I told them why it is important to learn about other people around the world. Because we got wrapped up sometimes and forget we aren't the only ones on this planet. We are 1 out of 7 billion, and when the students laughed at how "funny sounding" their Christmas music was or their language was, I reminded them that people in Nigeria probably think we sound funny and goodness knows our music sounds ridiculous to them! Overall, it went really well and I will definitely do it again next year!
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So I didn't have classes this week because we were doing some standardized testing, but I did get the library ready for Christmas! Check out my holiday stuff! |
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