It's now December, time to pull out our Advent book and following each day to the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We are using The Story of Christmas Advent Book
Day 1
Gabriel Visits Mary
Luke 1:26-32
The activity was to make angel ornament
Here are a few more activities we did this week as well:
painting wooden ornaments
Here is the outcome of a 1 year old coloring her ornamnet with marker
Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft:
I love this craft because it reallty didn't cost me anything - I got the pinecones from our park & the other materials I have had for awhile!
materials needed:
pinecone
green paint
small pom poms
glue
ribbon
paint pinecone with green paint
glue pom poms throughout the pinecone
Once everything is dry wrap a ribbon around the top and hang it from your Christmas tree!
Here are some of the resources we have that I will be incorporating into our Christmas lessons
I found some other GREAT on-line resources we will also be incorporating into our lesson:
Kindergarten / 1st grade
Christmas Math (addition) file folder game
Preschool
I slipped most of the pages into clear page covers, I will laminate the small pieces and then I put this pack into it's own folder. My preschooler will use dry erase markers on some of these pages and using the clear page covers he can erase them and do them over again!
Preschool Colors / Candy Cane Match file folder game
Preschool Colors / Candy Cane Match file folder game
AND if you sign up for Currclick on FACEBOOK they are offering free unit studies - they post a free code to use when checking out, I was able to print Brr It's Cold for free after using code cold. It's a jammed packed lesson for preschoolers, matching colors, shapes, sizes, alphabet and more!
I printed this off and put it in a folder of it's own with the page covers and will laminate the pieces to go with it.
Check back each week to see our Advent activities and Christmas crafts some with tutorials!
Check back each week to see our Advent activities and Christmas crafts some with tutorials!
We link up weekly at the following awesome homeschool blogs!
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Johnnie
What a great idea!! Thank You for linking up for Craftify It Thursday! I'm saving this for a feature next week!:D
We have this book too, and my boys LOVE it!!! Love the pics! They are adorable!
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Blessings!
Melanie
Ooooooh! I love the pine cone craft!! We might just try that one. Thanks for sharing!!
oo such a fun week! I really love that pinecone Christmas tree!!
The pine cone Christmas tree is really cute. We may have to make some of those. Thanks for the idea.
cute pictures, I love the angels!
I love the little pinecone Christmas trees! I've never thought to glue those little pom poms on as ornaments!
I'm laughing because I ran outside to grab some pinecones to make pinecone Christmas trees! It's our "go-to" craft come Christmas time! (love the angels!)
Stef
http://thehomeschoolvillage.com
ooh what lovely crafts! We love doing christmas crafts!
Very pretty pine cone tree! And the marker-face is classic... :)
The children did well with their Christmas crafts. I like the green on the pine cone tree.
I love the crafts you did! The pinecone is so cute. I would love it if you would link to Read.Explore.Learn on Friday.
Visiting from We Play!
Beatiful pinecone trees. Thanks for reminding us of this one!
Thanks for linking up to http://ourworldwideclassroom.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-fun-2010-kick-off.html
Following ya from the Wednesday hop- www.classifiedmom.com Crafts are my thing being a semi-retired art teacher ;-) Love the pinecone tree ornament!
The pinecone looks lovely - you have so much fun with Christmas topics! Thanks for the links to printables.
Hello, Nicole! I found your blog from Say Hi Sunday! I'm your new follower. I LOVE all the activities you've done with your kids. Thanks for the links you've shared. Hope you can drop by and follow me back at http://cookiealicaya.blogspot.com. Be blessed always!
I really like your pine cone decorations, we must try that :)
Oh the little kids do their job great. Am a new follower form Thrifty Thursday.
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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.