12 Days of Giving

This holiday season, my class and the other third grade class will be giving back. Growing up, my parents always made sure we knew that the holiday season wasn't just about getting gifts. Its also about giving back to others. And making sure we understood that we give without expecting to receive.

Myself, my third grade team partner, and our classes are going to do 12 days of Giving. Each day starting tomorrow, we are going to give back to the people in our school and community. My team partner and I are also going to try and dress up in holiday sweaters and dresses for each 12 days.

On Tuesday, for Giving Tuesday we talked about ways we can give back. We also read the book the giving tree and learned about how sometimes people give without expecting for things in return. We talked about how seeing other people happy can make you happy. We then made Christmas Lights and wrote down what we wanted to do to give back this holiday season!

Our goal for doing the 12 days of Giving is to get our students to become more appreciative and giving this holiday season. Allow them to want to do more for others, rather than expecting things to be given and done for them.

I am going to try and update every day and explain what we did to give back. I hope everyone has a great holiday season and gets into the spirit of giving!

What we are doing each Day:

   1.     December 5^th- Make cards for the school

   2.     December 6^th- Free Rice- United Nations Food Program

   3.     December 9^th- One Random Act of Kindness

   4.     December 10^th- Motivational Message Day

   5.     December 11^th- Write a Class book on Giving back

   6.     December 12^th- Christmas Caroling

   7.     December 13^th- Manners Day

   8.     December 16^th- Make ornaments to give out

   9.     December 17^th- Write Cards for the staff

   10.  December 18^th- Pass out mini Candy Canes

   11. December 19^th- Read to Kindergarten/1^st grade

   12. December 20^th- Make Cards for Ronald McDonald House