We learned that the Christmas tree tradition probably started in Germany. Gingerbread is also a German tradition, and we included a unit on gingerbread men.
This is our interactive writing about Germany. Below is our tannenbaum hats.
Another day we flew to Mexico to learn about their holiday traditions and Los Posadas. After finding Mexico on our world map, we colored a map of the country and the Mexican flag in our holiday suitcase. We also made pinatas from white paper lunch sacks.
We read the book, The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tommie dePaolo. The book tells the legend from Mexico about the beautiful poinsettia.
I shared a live poinsettia with the students. And we created our own flowers with construction paper.
Our interactive chart for Mexico
Our trip to other countries ended in Israel where we learned about Hanukkah. We were fortunate to have our parent, Mrs. Hinton come to our class and tell us about the 8 day Jewish holiday. She shared with us her family's menorah.
Many of these ideas are from the Kinder by Kim website.
