Christmas Activities

Every Christmas time, I try to put together fun activities for the holiday season. Last year, we read a book a day and created some cute crafts to go along with the books. This year, since I do not have any new Christmas books in my collection, I had to figure out something new to do. I struggled with this for a week or so. I wanted to do The Names of Jesus study but I couldn't find a simple craft to go with each of them on a kindergarten level. So, I decided to do a Christmas Around the World theme with a new country every day or two. Then I began to panic...this was going to be too much. I wanted it to be fun and not too stressful. The Christmas Around the World theme would have tied in nicely with Sonlight Core A but it wasn't worth the stress that I was feeling to somehow pull it all together. It wasn't going to be fun for me and if I am stressed, well you know.

So, I decided a simple Christmas project - simple to put together, simple to do, just plain simple. I decided to have a theme week for the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Each week would be a different topic and we could how much or how little we wanted. No stress, no worry. Our themes are as follows:

November 26th to 30th - gingerbread
December 3rd to 7th - snowmen
December 10th to 14th - Christmas (in general)
December 17th to 21st - Nativity/ what Christmas is truly about

By doing this, we can read our Christmas books, watch our Christmas movies, and create cute crafts and such without having to worry about getting it all done. I feel so much better about this schedule than the one for Around the World. Besides, we have a few more years to come if I feel the need to go Around the World. So, please join us in a hassle free Christmas fun study.