Not sure how your school feels about movies, but I was in the same spot you were today. 2 hours to fill... We wathced Annabelle's Christmas Wish- a wonderful story about a cow who gives up her dream to be a reindeer in order to give the boy she lives with a voice. It is a tale of generosity, friendship, unselfishness and more. Anyways, our school is very big on writing, writing, writing... so we brainstormed, discussed, mapped, compared, investigated... all we could on this movie. Then the children had to write about something we talked about. Topics ranged from How the main character felt as she made her wish, gave up her wish and then later was granted her wish. Another was how Billy (the boy) felt when he received his voice and then later found out how he got it. Some children wrote about why Annabelle wanted to become a reindeer. Others related events in the movie to events in their own lives. The writing was fantastic!!! We then created a reindeer head to peek over the stories and reindeer paws holding the sides as if he was actually holding the paper. The kids have fun making these. They decorated their deers with glitter, small bells, ribbon... We had many visitors stop by to compliment us on this activity.
