The students love to write and tell stories in class.  This crosses over into their favorite activity, telephone.  The students sit in a circle and often start with a short message.  For example, I will whisper “We have English class on Friday” to the first person.  They try to repeat the message *only once* to the next person until everyone has heard the message.  Some words get added or dropped.  The last person announces the final message to the class.  In this case, it was “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.”

While the students are waiting to hear the message, they “hummm” until it is their turn, not to hear the message beforehand.  Our last game began with a gentle “hummm” turning into a chant with the rhythm of clapping,  stomping of feet, and hitting the table.  They were having so much fun, many of the students from the other class peeked around the corner to see what was going on.  (Sorry, Vanessa).

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During this advent season, may we prepare our hearts to share the message of our Savior’s birth with the next person we meet…  standing in line at the grocery store, at the coffee shop, in the post office, at the bank… everywhere we go!

Julia Majerus