Countdown to Christmas activities
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009We’re using this book this year and enjoying it quite a bit.
It is a cute board book with a padded cover with a short little reading, an activity idea, a verse and a prayer. The illustrations are colorful and cute. The language is simple and it covers many different aspects of Christmas in an easy to understand way. Most of the activities are simple little ideas so they are easy to implement.
The first activity in the book is to make a paper chain to count down the days until Christmas. Each day we cut off a piece of the chain and then read the book.
I’m also using this as a way to get us in the habit of doing a little devotional each day with Caroline. After we finish this Christmas book, we’ll start on this one:
It is a child’s version of My Utmost for His Highest, one of my favorite devotionals. I’m looking forward to getting started with this as well. 
I have four Thanksgiving articles over on Suite101 that have lots of simple ideas for Thanksgiving. If you are looking for something quick or a new tradition, you should check these out!
