Just+for+Christmas

Northpole.com - a collection of games and resources that offer something for everyone. You can write a letter to Santa, play an elf game, or prepare some seasonal treats in the kitchen. The URL: http://www.northpole.com/

The second site comes from Baie-Comeau teacher, Stephen Kohner, who uses ElfYourself.com with his school every year. Stephen says, "You upload pictures of your students and manipulate them into the faces of elves - the elves can be single, double, triple, etc. Once the student image(s) are uploaded, you can select the type of dance/music and away you go. The elves dance to different kinds of music, but the faces of the elves are those of your students. It is great fun - you can buy the final result and you can e-mail them to the student's e-mail accounts - this way they can share it with friends and family. The site is free and loads of Christmas fun. We usually get the classes together and display it on a big screen with surround sound." The URL: http://www.elfyourself.com/

Here's some Christmas music that wasn't typical of, ahem... the 'older' generation. That is, anyone over the age of 25 or so. I was pleased to be able to find this site that has a dozen+ songs that may be of interest in your classroom this season. Please note that I did NOT preview them all for inappropriate language, so please do so for your own needs. Now, where did I put that Bing Crosby record...? http://www.hiphoparchive.org/prepare-yourself/christmas-hiphop