I received this book as a Christmas gift last year and I have been waiting anxiously to share it with my class this year. It is a phenomenal tour all over North Carolina, highlighting 12 neat and exciting places and things that are unique or special to our own home state. In the story Abby is visiting her cousin for Christmas in North Carolina and sends a letter home to her parents each day describing where they have been.
Each day we are exploring a new part of our state by taking virtual field trips to the different places that are described. So far we have learned about the cardinal and dogwood tree, two of our state symbols, Christmas Town, U.S.A, the Wooly Worm Festival, Grandfather Mountain, Black Bears, and Whitewater Falls. The children have loved getting to read the letters that Abby sends and then going online to look at pictures or watch videos of the different places. After we learn about the place, the children are writing in their very own "12 Days of Christmas in North Carolina" books about what they learned.
This is a neat way for us to experience cool things that our state has to offer, even though we can't physically go visit. It also gives the students information about places that they may be able to go visit one day if they are interested in them.
It is a great way for us to incorporate social studies and language arts into our curriculum.
This book also gives us a look at letter writing, which we will be spending some time on next week as we write our letters to Santa!
This is by far one of the best gifts I have ever received as a teacher! I couldn't ask for a more informative and fun book to share with my class over the holiday season!
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