holiday party

Seth's teacher wanted to have centers at the class party.  On my friend pinterest, I found a second grade party that had all the elements she wanted.  So I did what I do best, I copied it, adding my own little touches.  At the Christmas center, they made popsicle stick trees.  At the Hannakuh center, they played the dreidel game.  At the New Years center, they wrote resolutions.  At the food center, they decorated and ate sugar cookies.  At the Kwanzaa center, they played mancala.  The kids already knew how to play the games because they had done them during their Christmas around the world unit.  It was chaotic, maybe a little too chaotic for some parents, but I did the best I could given what I was given to work with.  

A lot of kids left with their parents when the party was over.  A few had to stay an extra hour to wait for their buses.  Seth and I hightailed it out of there after I had cleaned up the classroom.  Hello, break!