I also typed up a TV listing of Christmas shows we plan on watching- we just have the basic TV channels... plus I added in a few movie nights :) I love watching the Nutcracker on Christmas Eve- one day I will be taking my Boo to the actual performance!!!
Happy Teaching and CELEBRATING!! Enjoy these precious times!!!!
Happy EATing!!!
My version is not even HALF as cute as Stacey's- but I had fun making it, and I am hoping that people have fun playing it!
These are the blocks I made as gifts (and of course I made an extra set for me!) This is your more typical Nativity set... with Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus in a manger, donkey, stable, angel, star, innkeeper, shepard w/sheep, three wise men and a camel. I bought some 2X4 and 2X6 boards at a home improvement store, had them cut into blocks, sealed them, and then modge-podged the clipart on!
Since this is for little kiddos, I also created some coloring pages to go along with the blocks in their "Nativity Box". (I also found a little story book to go in their box to complete the Nativity learning time fun!) I can't wait to give these Nativity Boxes to some of the CUTEST kids I know!!!
I made this for my daughter's "squishy present"- you know how most kiddos open pajamas Christmas Eve, well we have been blessed to get a few different sets of Santa jammies as hand-me downs, so I opted for a winter blanket instead! This was VERY cheap to make- this fleece was a remnant at the fabric store. I really lucked out!
I adapted the recipe from Kraft Foods- only I used pie tins instead since our burritos were much too large to fit inside a muffin tin! And I think it worked out very well- a recipe I plan on making again soon!
These cheesy potato cups were part of our "Try Something New Tuesdays".
After reading the book, we went up to the kitchen table and colored some thank you cards for my daughter's birthday gifts. Since we really didn't have any Spanish learning yesterday, I tied it in today by adding "gracias" to each note!
Happy Teaching!!
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Happy Tumbling and Teaching!
I had a whole little mini lesson prepared with an activity verse (song with actions) and dice game. My daughter lasted only for the dice game. I downloaded a dice that had different sharing situations here. She colored it, I put it together, and we rolled it MAYBE three times! But we did talk briefly about each sharing situation and how we CAN share!
Stay tuned for our My Faith Monday and Tumbling Tuesday posts!
She got it immediately! She LOVED doing this activity over and over (as most of our toddlers do). I then transferred this play activity to setting the table upstairs at the dinner table. My little one still needs the assistance of the mat, and I am SO glad I stuck it in the sheet protector because she has already spilled on it! As you can see from this picture, she is using a plastic knife and a play plate at the table because she doesn't have a real knife (do they make toddler knives?) and her real plate was too big for the mat. Other than that, this was a real fun learning activity!
Happy Teaching!
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday being just around the corner, I am going to make this a 3 day only giveaway- I want to mail this off Wednesday if possible!
I am back in the saddle with a new week of learning ahead! My energy level is still down, but I feel strong enough to start doing our lessons again. Today for My Faith Monday we learned about families. There was a lot of curriculum that I wrote on our wiki, but I opted to just have my Boo paint a frame for a family picture. I picked up a frame and lettering for a buck at Michaels.
It was a short and sweet activity.
So here's our second official "My Faith Monday" post!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY TO TEACH YOUR LITTLE ONES ABOUT YOUR FAITH??Happy Teaching and don't forget to link up!
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