Of course C is for candy canes. Later on in the month I knew I was going to have a table full of supplies to make Christmas Tree decorations and pipe cleaners would be an important tool. I wanted them to be able to twist and tie and bend with confidence. So I thought what better way than by making candy canes.
We learned a song: (it's a knock off our apple song)
Way up high in the christmas tree
5 stripped candy canes smiled at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
and down came a candy cane
and (licking sound) it was good.
Each child twisted pipe cleaners to make 5 stripped candy canes. We used them for several weeks while singing our songs.
Twisting pipe cleaners is not easy at this age - and it was good to do 5 of them because it took about that many for them to become proficient.
Then at one of our tables sat white and red long pipe cleaners to explore.
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