Although Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Colombia, it is an important part of our school culture. Through out the month of November each elementary class takes an element of the Thanksgiving story and focuses on it through lessons and special activities.
Each year the elementary students perform skits, songs and recite verses giving thanks to God in a special Thanksgiving chapel. Parents are invited, so it is a pretty big deal! Pre-Kinder and Kinder combined efforts and had our children sing 2 songs and say what they are thankful for. My students made me so proud to speak into a microphone in English- a new language for most of them. Check out the video below of them singing 
(Ignore the first bit of me organizing/talking).
After chapel we made special place mats by painting them with corn. The kids enjoyed exploring a new material and got just a little messy.
We also made our own corn bread and ate it in a special celebration. It was REALLY good, surprising since I hadn’t tried the recipe before.
To finish the day there was an all-elementary “Pilgrims vs. Native Americans” tug of war.
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