During the last few years, I’ve collected quite a few resources to help teachers “survive” the few weeks before Winter Break. Rather than recycle them in separate posts this year, I decided to put the links to the posts all in one place. (The “Telegenic” post shares related videos.)
- Creative Ways to Survive the Weeks Before Winter Break
- Logical Ways to Survive the Weeks Before Winter Break
- Physical Ways to Survive the Weeks Before Winter Break
- Telegenic Ways to Survive the Weeks Before Winter Break
One activity that has made it into my lesson plans for a few years in a row is, “Outside my Snow Globe.” Another seasonal favorite on this blog is to S.C.A.M.P.E.R. the Holidays. Here is an example of a student’s work. He chose to “Substitute” globes for snow to make an “Earthman.”
These weeks will fly by and probably be quite chaotic – but there’s no reason they can’t be fun, too!
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