The Elf Store

The children have been planning and preparing for our recent visit to the Elf Store.  After designing their elves the children needed to budget their 60 cents carefully to fully dress and adorn their special creations.  Moms and dads volunteered their time and supported our students as they cut, snipped and glued fabric, lace and glitter to make their elves come alive. The energy in the classroom can be seen in the smiles of each student!

We shared ideas and at times had to rely on one another... what a team!

I can't help smiling whenever I see the creativity each student displayed.

Madelyn and Ella worked together as they cut out patterns for their elves.

Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped us create a bit of magic in a most creative way! We want to thank all of the families who had graciously donated supplies, there was an abundant supply of felt, lace, glitter, googly eyes. beads, feathers and pom-poms in every size you can imagine.  The children and I are so lucky to have your support and we are so very appreciative, thank you so very much!

Ms. Hagberg assisted some of the children in making good choices and staying within their budget of 60 cents.

Drew, Vincenzo and Ciaran worked together, shared resources and created a theme for their elves.  Be sure to take a peek at their creations below and see if you can locate the theme.

When we returned to our classroom we continued to practice our money skills by determining how much change each student needed... to total their original 60 cents. So we drew a bar model on the Smartboard and every student counted the amount of change they had left, and then they subtracted that amount from their original 60 cents.  Each student was told that their "ticket to lunch" was to determine the change or difference owed back to them to calculate their original 60 cents.  Boy they must have been hungry because in less than a minute every student had earned their ticket and were on their way to lunch!

We are ready to write our creative elf stories and the magical adventures ahead.