Holiday Concert

December is always such a busy month and this year is no exception! Last Friday the boys had their school Holiday concert. Each grade sang 2-3 Holiday songs. Here are a couple pictures from the concert.

Cade and the 4th grade students

Carter and the 1st grade students

Each year the boys school does a program called Celebrations Around the World. Each class chooses a country to study and spends the entire month learning about that county. Then the last week of school before Christmas the students get a "passport" and travel to different classrooms to learn about those countries. Carter is studying Egypt this year and Cade has China. Carter had to do a report and project on an Egyptian animal. He chose the scorpion. He made a really cool scorpion out of clay for his project. Cade is in the middle of making a poster about the geography of China and different tourist spots such as the Great Wall. Then he has to present his poster and report to the other students on Friday. During the time the other classes travel around to view the countries the kids dress up in native costumes from their country and learn songs, dances, and other cultural activities to teach the visiting parents and students. Carter's class presents tomorrow and Cade's on Friday so watch for pictures soon! Cade also has a choir performance Wednesday night. (Choir is a mandatory class for one semester for 4th graders, otherwise I think Cade would skip it!) So between projects, presentations, performances and Christmas parties we are managing to stay pretty busy!