Giving back to our community is something children learned about this week as we took a field trip to the Lexington Country Place Nursing Home. As part of our Holidays Around the World unit, we sang carols and learned about different types of holidays celebrated by people all over the world. Today, our students took those songs they learned and performed a small program for the residents of the nursing home. Then, we walked the halls caroling and delivering gifts to the residents. What a wonderful day! The smiles on the residents' faces lit up their faces and seeing our students talking with them was very touching.
We decided to take this trip with our book buddies in Mrs. Harman's 4th grade class. This was a very special field trip. Both classes brought in donations for the residents and we were able to put together many bags for the residents full of goodies. Thank you to all of the parents for supporting this service project and sending in items to donate. Each resident was touched by such a thoughtful gift. More than anything, they were thrilled to see little faces of the children, both big and small, and enjoyed talking with each of them. Before our performance, we walked around to "meet and greet" the residents and say hello to them. Then, we walked around delivering the rest of our goodie bags to residents while caroling down the hallways. It was very special. This will be something the children will always remember.
Happy holidays to you and your family this holiday season!
