Sinterklaas

We have just started getting together once a week with another homeschooling family, the Wellers, to do a lesson. One week I will do it and the next week Stacey will do it. For December we decided to do Christmas around the world. This week I did the lesson and I picked the Netherlands.

They do not have Santa but instead they have St. Nicholas or as they like to call him Sinterklaas. His helpers are called Black Peters and he comes from Spain by boat. The kids had fun comparing and contrasting Santa and Sinterklaas.

Then, thanks to our awesome Dutch Bakery, we sampled some awesome dutch treats: Stroop Waffles and an Almond Stick.

Following their traditions each child got a chocolate letter (the first letter in their name). We also made mini Sinterklaas.