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Auntie Claus, Home for the Holidays
Last updated Monday, November 25, 2024
Author: Elise Primavera
Date of Publication: 2009
ISBN: 1416954856
Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Dec. 2024
Synopsis:
Sophie Kringle had always dreamed of being the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school play. After all, Sophie is a Kringle. Her family lives at the Bing Cherry Hotel, and her favorite aunt, Auntie Claus, serves Christmas cookies at teatime - even in July.
When Auntie Claus hears that Sophie will make her debut in the school play, she decides to have her cake and eat it too - this year Auntie Claus will be home for the holidays and the North Pole will move south to New York! Finally getting to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, the department store windows, and the 57th Street Snowflake with Auntie Claus - Sophie will have a Christmas that she never could have imagined!
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Using a paper coffee filter (the round 8-12-cup size), preferable white, make snowflakes. Examples at https://pin.it/2RXr2VLzZ You may have to help the kids with their scissor work.
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*Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.
You can use them, but you don't have to use them.
You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.
Remember, though, that the focus of your time should
not be on the development and execution of a craft;
the focus should be on the read-aloud and the
enjoyment of the book!
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