A Holiday Bookworm’s guide to titles and projects in
celebration of the Season
Our house was all abuzz today with thoughts of festive times
ahead. Every year (for three years) we have been doing a Christmas Countdown,
Holiday Advent series beginning on the first day of December. We made these
delightful fabric bags, and inside each bag I hide a Holiday-themed book and
project. You see, this time of year is extremely, super duper, crazy busy for
me as a toy maker (I feel kind of like Santa!) Because of my intense schedule I
like to make sure I carve out time every day to celebrate the reason for the
Season with my growing little ones. I love curling up with a book and reading
to them….and I love being able to engage their minds, hearts, spirits, and play
times in the merry festivities of this magical time of year.
I try to mix up the projects: crafts, gift-making, music and
movement, sensory experience, pretend play, baking, science, writing, and
gratitude.
If you are in the spirit and want to join us, I have
provided a list of books we intend to read and some suggested activities. I
wrote the ones we will be doing and also included some links to other ideas.
Feel free to substitute your family’s favorite books or craft ideas to best
suit your little ones’ interests. I wanted to make this an easy-peasy way for
families to pick up a calendar and get inspiration for daily fun and
memory-making in the spirit of the Season. Happy playing and exploring together!
I will be posting our photos throughout the process but
wanted to give you a heads-up on some of the December 1st activities.
I would love for you to join us this year……my six-year-old, in particular, has
been diligently choosing the books we are going to use this year. She has been
planning, prepping, and organizing. I will post a calendar of our book picks
now and update as we go along….hopefully ahead of schedule so you can get some
inspiration. If you want to check out our Pinterest board I posted many of the
projects we did last year….and many we will be doing again this year. Enjoy!
What a fun way to work on number sequence with just a piece of
lined notebook paper and some stamps. I love that my little ones will get to
practice their cutting skills every night, too!