what ideas can i do in the homecorner of a pre school for christmas?
818176
buy a cheap mini xmas tree and get the kids to decorate it. They'll love the fact that they're helping you and it lets them be a little creative.
916673
Buy some pretty Christmas toasting glasses, and have a toast to your first Christmas together.\nBuy an ornament for the tree, a nice collectible one, just the two of you.\n LIght a Christmas candle together.\nDecorate the tree.\nDrive around, and see all the pretty lights, tune in a radio station playing carols.. Or go to a comercial light show.\nBuy some canned goods, and take them to the food bank, together.\nCall the relatives to wish them Merry Christmas.\nGo to church.\nHave an empty creche under the tree, and put the baby Jesus in it. \nBuy each other an ornament. \nDo a Christmas eve tradition. Open just one gift from each other. \nHave a cocoa and cookies snuggle by the fire, or TV.\nBuy a Christmas movie, watch the same one, or a different one, every year.\nGo caroling.\nVolunteer to a food bank, or deliver Chistmas baskets to the poor. \nIn advance, call a local nursing home and ask what they need for the patients.\nHave a open house for the neighbors.\nFill each others stockings, without the other one seeing.\nCook dinner together. Cook something that isn't a tradition.\nDeliver some small gift to each of the neighbors, a plate of cookies, a box of candy. \nBake some cookies together, and decorate them. Or make fudge.\nAnd don't forget the mistletoe!
958645
use a jazz chant or chanting lesson that uses grammar from a christmas story. if it's too wordy, break it down.\n\nor you could show them a short movie or clip about the christmas story and then have them act out some of the main points (LEA)
843359
Here's a link to some cute favors you could put together, from Snowman Soup to Grinch Poop:\n\nhttp://www.recipezaar.com/cookbook.php?bookid=31703
846283
why not just make some Christmas cards that would be nice or even Indian dream catchers there fun to make,look in to yahoo or messenger for those dream catchers in crafts.or make them a special poem,Popsicle stick you could make some things like to put there pencils in or any thing else you could make with that.or go to a dollars store.do little fingers pup-its,write them each a joke on nice paper at the dollars store and surround it with a little bow red or green.or give them one of your specials pictures and make  little bow around them.or ask them if they want to exchange gifts with all of you in the party,ill explain every one brings somethings they don't want any more but it has to be something nice,not broken only nice thing that they don't want anymore,then they rap-pit up and bring the gift to the party,oh yes don't forget to put names in a box and every body picks a name before Christmas and then they could go home and check what they don't want to have anymore,but they shall not tell anybody about it will be a surprise for them,we made that a couples of time and you should of see what nice present we had we were all happy and laughter together it was fun..........oh yes.
873108
What I would do is wait until December and go to the store [if your area does it] and pick a child or two from the charity [like what Kmart does] and buy them some presents.  A lot of families don't have money for presents.  One year I bought presents for a little girl.  It was fun because I have just boys, so it was nice to buy dolls and stuff like that.  I also put in ten dollars for the parent [s] to buy a little something.  I didn't have a lot of money and my son and I agreed that some of our Christmas fund would go to help another child.  Turns out that his teacher put his name on a list like that and he got a couple new outfits new shoes and a couple toys.  We were not well off at all but it does make you feel good to wake up on Christmas and know that somewhere a child is smiling and happy and you made that happen.
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you dont say how old your group is but there are lots of ideas both here and in other places\n\nsome of my favorites \n\nhave the children use recycled items to make a bed and then use a rectangle shaped paper or piece of cloth to make the blanket\n\nread goodnite moon and then make a childs own copy of the favorite pages \n\nhave the individual child or groups of children choose either to make or choose pieces of cloth to make quilts ( you can read a variety of stories about quilts beforehand to ed the children on quilts or bring some to show)\n\ntalk about and then graph what the children do before bedtime and maybe even when they get up to reinforce routines and opposites\n\nread stories about animals and how they "sleep"\nincluding hibernation, and then they can design their own bedrooms or create one for their favorite animals\n\nck out your local library or bookstores for stories related to sleeping, naps, etc to get more ideas
1121687
Have the kids pick up their own toys and put them away.  Make a game of it, set a timer, or sing songs while you do this.
732051
I think you should do something special that will be there for ever. like a nice paint job..... energetic colours like bright yellows, greens and pinks. or paint a mural of Winnie the poo... by them balls and street chalk... these are just some ideas but remember that they are children so you have to think like a child..... good luck! x x
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Hey! Mandy!\nI am going to do my Christmas on line.(easier)\nHoping to teach both of my kids how to bake Holiday food.\nGet some better colored lights for Christmas.\nGet a tree that looks hot.\nDecorate the front yard with lights.\nLet my kids play in the snow as much as they want.\nAnd of course Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra,And Elvis Presley music.\nOh gosh you know threes got to be a lot more but I will stop.\nYou got the Idea.
933473
Tis the season...\n\nSo gingerbread would work well.  You could go so far as to make the axles out of the straight parts of candy canes.
833022
Go to Ac Mooreof a craft store and get some pretty crate paper and ribbon, a soap making kit and make some beautiful soaps, get some pretty scents and some real lavender or eucapyptus leaves.. put them in the soap mix.. and wrap them pretty in the crate paper, tie a ribbon around it and get them a poof or washcloth from the dollar store...find other lil fun things at the dollar store and make them a bath basket  or you can even make bath salts toooo... \n\nfor the kids get them a basket full of fun thing from the dollar store, silly putty, play doh, dolls, etc. the men get them a coffeee cup fill it with hot cocoa package, and some marshemellows in a zipply bag, maybe some candy too... the tie a ribbon around the whole thing..
762361
Share some love with someone less fortunate. Visit an old people's home and help brighten their Christmas. \n\nParty.\n\nEat heaps of prawns.\n\nTo name a few things.
796745
I would say only give a gift to the teachers that work directly with your son. And if you dont want to give a gift you arent obligated to. I used to be a daycare teacher and some parents would give small gifts (from the child) and others didnt. I would never expect it. You could do something small like a scented candle that you wrap in tissue paper in put in one of those tiny gift bags. Or you could fill a x-mas coffee mug from the dollar store with m&m's or some other candy. You could do a $5 gift card for the nearest coffee shop (but if you do it for all 7 people that may be too much $$). You could do a gift of a new toy or book for the classroom which would go to everyone--you  may need to ask the director of the daycare their policy on donating to the classroom though. Even a homemade christmas card made by your son would be nice. DONT SPEND A LOT OF MONEY if you do choose to give gifts! It is not expected!
1074944
whenever I need ideas for preschool activities I go to a - z teacher stuff. \n\nThis particular thread is about circle time activities. Actual teachers post on this website so they will post ideas that have been successful in THEIR classrooms.\n\n\nhttp://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?threadid=18311
974294
One or two years ago I used buttons, glue, puff paint, etc. and decorated Christmas stockings for each member of my family. You can decorate it with a picture of something that they love, like music notes or a soccer ball. That way it's personalized and it works for any age or gender. Hope this helps
587526
Go old-school. Make their locker look like a present. Use wrapping paper.