Written by: Kirsten Muller, teacher
You have probably heard a little about our class Elf. I thought I would elaborate. On Monday morning, an Elf mysteriously appeared in our classroom. Apparently, he is visiting and will report to Santa (for families who celebrate Christmas) on good behavior. Well.... it has become much more than that.
First, we named our Elf, "Elfie". (Original, isn't it :)
Next, we made a mailbox for Elife. Sure enough, if you write a letter to Elfie, he writes you back. The letters in Elfie's mailbox are gone by the next day. Elfie delivers you a letter right in your supply bag.
Also, Elfie magically moves to different places in the room. The kids are adorable and so funny when they talk about Elfie. In fact, they are pretty serious. Anish came in the room after specials and explained to everyone that he thought he saw magic glitter in the classroom that means that Elfie flew across the room. Leila is very "matter of fact". She draws him very detailed pictures of she and Elfie holding hands and smiling. Kritika and Emily always write, "Elfie, I love you". Harper seems to think that if he writes as many letters as possible to Elfie and crams them all in Elfie's mailbox that he will get that many letters in return. Zach is pensive. He hasn't written Elfie yet but he looks at him a lot. And Davis was very skeptical at first. He told me that it couldn't be a real Elf because he has a tag on him. I think Elfie's won Davis over b/c Davis now works tediously writing Elfie letters and folding them to look like an envelope. And today Jeremiah had a huge smile on his face when he found a letter from Elfie in his supply bag.
I am holding on to their letters which I will try to inconspicuously give to you at the holiday party or sometime next year. If you're a sentimental parent, like me, I know you will want to save them.
First, we named our Elf, "Elfie". (Original, isn't it :)
Next, we made a mailbox for Elife. Sure enough, if you write a letter to Elfie, he writes you back. The letters in Elfie's mailbox are gone by the next day. Elfie delivers you a letter right in your supply bag.
Also, Elfie magically moves to different places in the room. The kids are adorable and so funny when they talk about Elfie. In fact, they are pretty serious. Anish came in the room after specials and explained to everyone that he thought he saw magic glitter in the classroom that means that Elfie flew across the room. Leila is very "matter of fact". She draws him very detailed pictures of she and Elfie holding hands and smiling. Kritika and Emily always write, "Elfie, I love you". Harper seems to think that if he writes as many letters as possible to Elfie and crams them all in Elfie's mailbox that he will get that many letters in return. Zach is pensive. He hasn't written Elfie yet but he looks at him a lot. And Davis was very skeptical at first. He told me that it couldn't be a real Elf because he has a tag on him. I think Elfie's won Davis over b/c Davis now works tediously writing Elfie letters and folding them to look like an envelope. And today Jeremiah had a huge smile on his face when he found a letter from Elfie in his supply bag.
I am holding on to their letters which I will try to inconspicuously give to you at the holiday party or sometime next year. If you're a sentimental parent, like me, I know you will want to save them.
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