Christmas Book Advent Day 3
Today is day 3 of our Christmas Book Advent and we were lucky enough to get to read one of my favorite Christmas books - The Polar Express! This story opened the door to teaching rich vocabulary to my preschooler. We stopped several times throughout the book so I could teach different words that were new to him. It is so important to read to our... Read more 03 Dec 2019 - 1 minute read
Christmas Book Advent Day 2
It’s day 2 of our Christmas Book Advent and today we read The Nativity! This is one of my favorite books to read at Christmastime because it teaches my children the reason we celebrate Christmas - The birth of baby Jesus! A Special Party to Kick Off the Season! This past weekend we kicked off our Christmas Book Advent by throwing a Happy Bi... Read more 02 Dec 2019 - less than 1 minute read
Christmas Book Advent Day 1
Today was the first day of our Christmas Book Advent and I was so excited to give my kids the stack of wrapped books that they are going to open each day until Christmas. Looking at the big stack of books definitely increased the anticipation of Christmas since this gave my son a concrete visual of how many days are left until Christmas. Rather... Read more 01 Dec 2019 - 1 minute read
Christmas Book Advent Book List
Now that I have two young children, I am always trying to think of new activities to enjoy during the Christmas season. Our family already has an entire collection of Christmas books that I read to my kids each Christmas season. A friend of mine shared the idea with me of turning our collection into a Christmas Book Advent. My favorite part of t... Read more 29 Nov 2019 - 2 minute read
Christmas Clip Cards Freebie
It’s time for a Christmas freebie! I am always looking for fun ways to build vocabulary in my classroom and these clip cards are the perfect literacy center activity for the Christmas season. HOW TO USE IN YOUR CLASSROOM Not only do these clip cards work on vocabulary, but they also work on spelling. Once your students have identified the na... Read more 20 Nov 2019 - 1 minute read