Elf on a Shelf    SH! SH! SH! SH!

Last year I bought the book and elf called Elf on a shelf. I wrapped the book and elf in brown paper and addressed to the Kindergarten Class c/o Mrs. K. Foote, Meadowvale School and the address. The return address was: Santa Claus, the North Pole. I place it in the freezer so it would be very cold when delivered and asked the secretary Mrs. Haddock at the time to deliver it to our classroom around 9:30 in the morning. I made a huge deal about the deliver and everything. The children named the elf Stella. Now Stella was a little trickster at times. Once she moved the poem from the easel, the children's name tags went missing, and she moved at night time, so each morning we had to search for her. Sometimes she left a note for the children and they wrote to her.

 

One day next week the children and I are going to write a letter to Santa to ask him if he would be so kind as to send the Elf back to our classroom. The children will be encouraged to write to Santa and to make a picture. All the letters will be mailed to Santa and hopefully we will have an elf delivered to us the following week. This will be a very exciting time for the children. Seeing Christmas through the eyes of Kindergarten children is magical! Once we write the letter to Santa, I am positive your child will be very eager and excited to tell you everything they did at school.