Wilson family winter break.

We approached the month of December with high hopes of keeping with up with our homeschooling routine and not taking any time off ,but as many of you can relate this previous month was already packed to the brim with holiday gatherings and travel. We didn't completely write off all learning this month, thanks to Over the Big Moon we were able to supplement with some of their free printable pre-k packs. This month we printed out the nativity learning pack that you can find here, along with an expansion pack that you can find here. These were perfect for the Christmas season and we loved that they had a nativity theme that helped keep our reason for the season in focus for our preschooler.

Of course since this wasn't a focused month of learning for us we kept our hands on learning tools simple. With the learning packets we printed out were fun puzzles that I just laminated and kept on hand for quiet time. Another favorite was an actual nativity scene and figures that we printed out, laminated and used throughout the month as a quiet activity. These are easy to pack up and bring along with you to use outside of your normal homeschool areas, like church or restaurants. Another fun and easy activity to fall into the Christmas season is Christmas tree play dough and button ornaments. All you need is some green play dough, a tree cookie cutter, and some buttons. Both our toddlers loved this activity and continued to come back to it all month long. The last hands on activity we did was a Christmas countdown with our preschooler. This was another easy and festive activity that just took strips of paper and tape. Each day we ripped another chain off and let our preschooler count the number of chains left.

 

 

 We hope you all enjoyed your winter breaks this year, we know we sure did and we are so glad to get back to our routine of things around our own household! Be sure to check in for a look back at our learning so far in 2014 and get ready for all the fun learning that 2015 is going to be bringing us this year!