Make a time capsule with your child. Get a box (preferably
plastic) and put things from the past year in it. A newspaper, a
picture of the child, things written down that the child did, and
other things from the year. Put a lid on it and keep it in a good
storage space (not too hot or cold). Write the year on the outside.
Then when your child is grown with his/her own children they can
share what things were like when they were that age.
Name:
Faith Bonfini
Email:
faitbonf@enoreo.on.ca
1-13-01
We have Newspaper Day the first week of January in our SK class. Each
child brings in a Newspaper and we explore it together. We make up a
chart story of 'What's in the News! ie: sports, weather, comics. Then
the teacher makes each child whatever garment they want out of whatever
section of the paper they choose. Paper hats by the traditional fold
method, vests by creatively carefully cutting, skirts ie: Hawaiian
strips etc. The children then walk around the school showing off their
Latest Happening Outfit!
Daylene 12-14-99
Have each child draw a picture of something special they want to do during
the new year. Have them dictate a story about their picture to
you. Assemble the children's pictures and stories into a book and put
it in your reading area.
Daylene
Set up a New Year's party in your dramatic play center!
Add party hats, old fancy dresses, old men's suits, lots of jewelry, noise
makers, and a clock set at 12:00.
Introduce the materials to the children and talk about how many people
celebrate the new year. Put the props in your dramatic play center and
let the party begin!
Contact_FullName:
Darlene
Contact_Email:
Jubdbi34@aol.com
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Kids' New Year's Eve Party
Our grocery store hosted a mid-day New Year's Eve party for kids so that they
would know 1) this holiday is for kids as well as adults and 2) New Year's Eve
can be fun and alcohol free. We had the Coca-Cola Polar Bear make an appearance
(from the local Coke distributor); kids played the Coke ring-toss game (if they
threw a ring around a two-liter of Coke, they won a 12-oz. can of soda--and, we
made sure all kids won); we had party hats and noise makers; we let them pick a
New Year's "resolution" from a fish bowl (these were actually goals in
disguise such as "I'll send a picture or note to a grandparent, aunt or
uncle at least once a week," and "I'll go to sleep with a smile on my
face every night); we had free refreshments, balloons; we had a display showing
what were the highlights from each year a child was born (i.e., if the child was
born in '91, the song of the year was "Unforgettable," which team won
the Super Bowl, what the population of the U.S. was; how much a dozen eggs
cost); the kids made hors d'oeuvres. The kids--and parents-- had a great time!
