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12 days of Christmas Art (by Hannah):
Hannah in Grade 5 has come up with a great art project where she is providing an Art prompt every day for 12 days until Christmas. These art prompts are Christmas related and the students who signed up (there were quite a few) are encouraged to complete an art task around these prompts. A prize will be offered to those who complete these prompts. This is not mandatory but certainly fun. :) Hannah is coordinating the submissions, the work and the encouragement for completing these art prompts. I am looking forward to sharing these with everyone on the blog once completed.
Here are the prompts so far (I hope I captured them correctly :)). These must all be scenes like in a movie (i.e. full backdrop.)FULL LIST UPDATED - Dec. 19!!!
1) Thursday Dec. 12 - Frosty the Snowman or Santa and his Reindeer
2) Friday Dec. 13 - Christmas Shopping
3) Saturday Dec. 14 - Don't leave the cat alone with the tree
4) Sunday Dec. 15 - Over-decorated tree
5) Monday Dec. 16 - Santa and his elves at the workshop on Christmas Eve
6) Tuesday Dec. 17 - Santa delivering presents
7) Wednesday Dec. 18 - Santa with a new hairdo
8) Thursday Dec. 19 - Christmas lights overload
9) Friday Dec. 20 - The star of Bethlehem
10) Saturday Dec. 21 - A library full of elves on the shelf (Mrs. Kiss)
11) Sunday Dec. 22 - Your favourite part of Christmas celebrations (Mrs. Kiss)
12) Monday Dec. 23 - The Nativity Scene (Mrs. Kiss)
(Mrs. Kiss' suggestions are pending approval from Hannah :))
Again, this is a student-driven initiative and I will support her with prizes for those completing the tasks. I welcome student-driven initiatives and ideas and am currently working at setting up another one that would involve reading. More to come soon on that :).
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A play with words...
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With thanksgiving fast approaching, I have to share this song. We must think of the turkeys too :).
