I remember my favorite Christmas book when I was a child. My brother and I would fight take turns scratching the smelly sticker on the page. Anyone remember which book I’m talking about? The Sweet Smell of Christmas (afflink) is a cute book that brings back many memories for me as a child. Though it […]
Tot School: 12/6-11
We did a hodge-podge of Christmas and learning activities this week and had lots of fun. Grandma came over and brought cookies for the kids to decorate. More frosting made it into her tummy than onto the cookies {grin}. The little ones used craft sticks to spread the frosting on their cookies. And this is […]
Birthday Party for Jesus
My Birthday, Jesus’ Birthday by Holly Davis – (afflink) Summary: This book shows children how Jesus’ birth was very similar to theirs—and yet very different. Children are drawn to the colorful illustrations as they see why Jesus birthday is so special. This week we made a “Happy Birthday Jesus” banner to hang on our wall. It […]
Opening the Gift
Book Read Today: Baby Jesus by McGraw Hill Songs we learned: Away in the Manger and Luke 2:11 from Songs for Saplings I told the girls that they could open a gift today. Inside the green gift-box were mini nativity figurines (See myCHRISTmas Toddler Nativity Box for more details.) I ended up putting two […]
CHRISTmas Tot School: More Preparation
I’ve been printing, cutting, laminating and organizing toddler and preschool CHRISTmas activities to start next week. I thought I’d share some of my prep. work just in case you’d like to get some of these activities ready too. I laminated these print-outs from Confessions of a Homeschooler with my Xyron 900. I have found that […]
