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Here are some Christmas activities you could do with the students in your classes. Even though Christmas is during Summer (in New Zealand) we still adopt a lot of the Northern Hemisphere traditions and teach them in our classes. One notable case last Christmas was showing the teacher of the bi-lingual Tongan unit how to make paper snowflakes online and offline! The next few posts are going to concentrate on Christmas activities you can do in the classroom using computers.
Here are some Christmas activities you could do with the students in your classes. Even though Christmas is during Summer (in New Zealand) we still adopt a lot of the Northern Hemisphere traditions and teach them in our classes. One notable case last Christmas was showing the teacher of the bi-lingual Tongan unit how to make paper snowflakes online and offline! The next few posts are going to concentrate on Christmas activities you can do in the classroom using computers.
Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas
This was a favourite activity I did with students every Christmas where we would
sing the song
read the Kiwi Version of The Twelve days of Christmas, A Pukeko in a Ponga tree
sing the song
finally we would plan and write our own 'Twelve Days of Christmas' story
The children would write and illustrate their own books
The digital adaption of this would be to create their own books using either
Google Slides or PowerPoint (Younger children could have a template with most of the words typed and they would fill in the gaps, add pictures and themes to the pages)
The Book Creator app on the iPad
Here is a download for the PowerPoint. Click on this link then go to File - Download as Powerpoint or if you are a Google school, do it in Google Slides by going File-Make a copy
older children could create theirs from scratch
draw the pictures in Kidpix, Paint or Artrage
students could draw or paint pictures, take photos of final products
or use online programmes to create drawings such as Artpad is a simplistic art tool suitable for all ages, take screen captures of finished art work
Moviemaker (Windows) or iMovie (Mac) Insert photos, record voices or add a music track to create movie.
ComicLife is also another easy way to publish students work. Use their drawings or photograph artwork and add it to the comic.(If you are using images from online don't forget to reference!)
ComicLife is also another easy way to publish students work. Use their drawings or photograph artwork and add it to the comic.(If you are using images from online don't forget to reference!)
Themes
Themes
Different themes could be decided on. There are different schools of thought on the original meaning of the song. Here are some ideas for themes that could be used
Different themes could be decided on. There are different schools of thought on the original meaning of the song. Here are some ideas for themes that could be used
characters and settings from a fairy tale or favourite book
indigenous items from the child's country of origin
favourite sports (teams)
international themes such as Global Warming, Third World countries, Disasters
based on a Social Studies/Science topic studied that year
presents they would like for Christmas
presents they would like to give for Christmas
based on people in the school/classroom
based on a favourite movie (See the youtube movies below)
look through a current magazine or newspaper
write about notable school or personal events
How about a non-Christmas theme?
How about a non-Christmas theme?
There maybe some students in your class who do not celebrate Christmas so they could have a theme about the holidays. I saw a great book in a classroom a few days ago called 'The Twelve Days of Holidays'. This is written from the mother's perspective as she is increasingly getting 'fed up' with her children at home during the holidays. Students could write about
There maybe some students in your class who do not celebrate Christmas so they could have a theme about the holidays. I saw a great book in a classroom a few days ago called 'The Twelve Days of Holidays'. This is written from the mother's perspective as she is increasingly getting 'fed up' with her children at home during the holidays. Students could write about
the holiday they are going to have
their best holiday
their worst holiday
their dream holiday
or from the perspective of a member of their family
Other versions of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' that can be viewed that could motivate students are the following
Other versions of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' that can be viewed that could motivate students are the following
this one is a slideshow with pictures (paintings) of each day
this one is a slideshow with pictures (paintings) of each day
This next Youtube movie is a good example of how you can create your own Twelve days of Christmas on a particular theme, in this case on Disney stories.
This next Youtube movie is a good example of how you can create your own Twelve days of Christmas on a particular theme, in this case on Disney stories.
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