Christmas in America and Polar Express!

Today we took our last flight and flew around America! We made Santa Masks and will decorate and eat Christmas cookies tomorrow. This afternoon, we boarded the Polar Express to the North Pole to meet Santa. We also got snacks from the treat cart and got to drink some delicious hot cocoa. It was a magical day!

 Santa is all over the place!

 The set up...

 Getting our tickets ready and listening for the train whistle!

 Getting our tickets punched by the conductor!

 The conductor reading The Polar Express to us! It's smokey due to the smoke from the train!

 Santa arriving!

Art with Mrs. Houston

Yesterday we had our first official art lesson with Mrs. Houston. She comes into our room 2x a year to do special art projects with the students. They learned about the different kinds of lines and then got to make a 3D sculpture. They came home today to display at home!

 Mrs. Houston explaining the art project for the day...

 Starting to make our 3D projects. The students got a plate with a styrofoam ball attached and then a bag of goodies that they got to use!

 The finished projects...

Celebrating Los Posadas in Mexico!

Today we flew to Mexico to celebrate Los Posadas! We learned how the celebration lasts for 9 days and ends on Christmas Eve. There is normally a procession along the village streets and music, good food and pinatas. We also learned that poinsettias come from Mexico. Check out the craft one we made in your child's bag today!

 Making our poinsettias...

 Aren't they cute? The kids and the flowers!

 Eating chips and salsa for snack. Yum!

St. Lucia Day in Sweden

On Tuesday, we flew to Sweden to learn about St. Lucia! We made LuciaKatts (cat eyes) made out of bread dough and had Ms. Deb in the kitchen bake them for us. We also made crowns for the girls and star boy hats for the boys. We learned that St. Lucia Day is a celebration of light! That is why the girls wear candles on their heads and the boys have stars on their hats! 

 Make our LuciaKatts...

 What they looked like before we baked them...they are supposed to look like cat eyes:)

 Making our star boy hats and headbands with candles...

 A group photo!

 Eating our LuciaKatts...YUMMY!