Christmas

We had our Christmas party at school and we tried a different idea with our student gifts.  In years past, I asked all students to send in a $5 gift to swap.  Every year without fail, I would have one child who was upset with their gift and made sure to say something about it.  I don't know about you, but I always enjoy seeing someone open a gift that I gave them and really love it.  I know kids feel the same way and they noticed whether or not someone was playing with what they brought.  This year we "stuffed a stocking"  or in our case a Christmas gift bag.  Each child could bring in a small item for each student and they got to put it in the bag.  The bags ended up being very full with lots of little toys of which the kids loved.  They had the best time playing with what they received and not one child complained.  We will be doing this again next year!