Christmas Concert

Yesterday, the children, Susan and Whitney headed to the Anne Portnuff Theatre to watch the Yorkdale Central Christmas concert.  They got to see students K-5 sing Christmas songs and view what they will be participating in in just a few short years.  Everyone had a lot of fun and were very well behaved!

Turkey Claus

The children listened to a cute little story today - "Turkey Claus" by Wendi Silvano.  In this Christmas tale, Turkey doesn't want to be Christmas dinner.  So he enlists the help of Santa to help avoid being holiday dinner.  You'll have to check out the story to see if he's succesful or not. ;)

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Poor Rudolph! Has a big, old red nose that needs to light the way for the other reindeer.  That's quite a hefty responsibility he has.  The children at Susan's channelled Rudolph today with their adorable reindeer hats that also included a shiny, red nose.  They also practiced their prancing which was quite good and very reindeer-like.  Santa will have a few good subs from Susan's if he needs.

Mooseltoe

What happens when Moose forgets to get a Christmas tree?  He becomes it!  The children adored listening to this cute story "Mooseltoe" by Margie Palatini.  A cute moose with a terrific moostache.  They each then got to make their own Mooseltoe and adorn his mustache and antlers with various decorations.

The Littlest Elf

Santa couldn't get things done without his special helpers - elves.  The children got to read a couple of stories about little elves at the North Pole.   One of these was "The Littlest Elf" by Brandi Dougherty.

From Amazon.com: "Oliver may be the littlest elf in the North Pole, but he has a big desire to discover his very special job in Santa's workshop! But after getting lost in the toy shop, making a mess at the book shop, and falling in the mixing machine at the bakery, is the littlest elf just too little?

Perhaps he just needs the littlest reindeer to remind him what Christmas is all about!"

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies

A creative, curious little mouse celebrates Christmas with many different things such as stories, games, songs, treats in "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies" by Laura Numeroff.

The Penguin Who Wanted to be Different

"The Penguin Who Wanted to be Different" by Maria O'Neill.

This was a great little story about a penguin named Dorothy Penguin.  She realizes that all penguins look the same so she makes a Christmas wish to Santa to make her a little different.

Christmas Stories

The month of December brings about thoughts of Christmas.  To get into the spirit of the holiday, Susan reads many Christmas themed books to the children.  Throughout December the children will be making crafts related to these books each day.  The first book they read and crafted was "How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas" by Jane Yolen.