Our disrict has a weird schedule this year. We don't go back until January 7th. New Year's will seem to be done and gone by then. Then to make things even more complicated, we will be having our "Christmas" parties on January 11th.
It seems that some very naughty kids decided to spread rumors about shootings and bomb threats at some of our local schools. They posted and spread rumors on some of the social networks locally and so we had school cancelled in the three largest districts here in North Idaho.
So we will come back to school in January enjoying some Christmas/New Year activities...combined with the end of the quarter assessments of course. Piece of cake.
So, optimistically, I've come across some fun things to celebrate the New year with--in a perfect world of course. Perhaps some of these ideas will be useful for you too.
Fun in First has a fun poem she posted last January. She also included a goals worksheet that you could adapt for your class and the new year.
Here is a great time matching game to start the New Year.
The First Grade Parade (one of my favorite blogs to visit because she has wonderful freebies!) created this one.
Jennifer Drake's TpT store has a lot of fun, low cost activities for the New Year. This coloring page is a freebie in her store. It will be great for the end of the first day back when my first graders burn out and are ready to go home :)
And here are an assortment of freebies on TpT related to the New Year.
Explaining what a resolution is can be difficult with young children. They haven't had time to make all those mistakes that we resolve to fix each year :) But here is a fun book that puts it in terms that kids can understand.
I am certain that this is more than I could ever complete in a week. But it's a fun list to choose from just the same!
Happy New Year everyone!!
