Christmas Fun

We continue to work hard doing our Reading, Writing and Math right through to December 20th and for Social Studies we are learning about Christmas Traditions from around the world.  This includes the tradition many families have of hanging stockings in the hopes Santa will leave some small toys and treats.  It is said that St. Nicholas, then a kindly Greek Bishop, felt sorry for a poor man whose three daughters could not marry because he had no gold for the dowries.  By night the Bishop dropped a purse of gold for the dowries down the man's chimney.  It landed, by chance, in one of the girl's stockings.  In those days stockings were often hung by the fire to dry.  In time, because of this legend, children began hanging up their stockings at Christmas, hoping to find them filled with treats. 1T students are picking up needle and yarn to hand stitch their own little stocking at school.  It is gratifying to watch them gain confidence and hear expressions like; "I'm really sewing " and "This isn't as hard as I thought it would be!"