Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 12/1/2006 8:24:00 PM Author: Cindi Subject: The Holidays Hi Janie, With my 4 and 5 year olds, I do a Christmas around the world theme the whole month of December. While my students travel around the world, they also learn about the cultures/countries who celebrate different holidays other than Christmas. With each country that we visit, I tie in a food and a traditional craft from that country, and we listen to some traditional music as well from that country. For example, when my students visit Israel, we make potato pancakes, and I hide "gelt" in their cubbies (golden foiled chocolate coins.) It takes a lot of preparation ahead of time, but my students love it! My students also get a "passport" that gets stamped when they "visit" each country. I also try to teach them at least one phrase or how to count in the language of that country. Name: Email: Subject

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