October Fun!

Every October two St. James Day school first grade traditions roll around. The first one is the temple building projects. Students and their parents combine forces to build a realistic ancient Mayan or Aztec temple. This aligns with what we study in social studies, a very basic and developmentally appropriate history of early American civilizations. Thankfully this project has fallen on days where the weather is beautiful and it a fun time for students to work with their parents to complete an academic project.

The second tradition is Book Character Day, always on Halloween or the closet day to it. Students come to school dressed as their favorite book character. They have to bring the book with them. All of lower school gathers in the commons. Each student stands in front of the audience full parents, introduces their self, and tells us who they are in the book. It’s a fun way to allow the students to dress up on Halloween and encourage literacy!