Wrapped and Ready

I pulled the holiday books out last week and wrapped them all in news print. I thought I would throw some number recognition in this year and numbered them from 1 to 24. The plan is to let Abby pick one each night after dinner for us to read. For a peek at some of our favorite books from last year - click here. What are your favorite holiday reads?

Counting Down till Christmas

This activity came from my first grade teaching days and I am excited to introduce it to Abby this year. Each day in December she will get to glue a cotton ball onto Santa's beard. When Santa has a full beard it will be time to leave out the cookies and milk.

Thankful Poem

Thankful

by Abby (age 5)

I'm thankful for my Mommy, Daddy, Cleo and myself.

I'm really thankful for dessert and cookies.

I'm thankful for my cousins.

I'm thankful for my friends.

I'm thankful for my grandparents.

I'm thankful for my school and my swing set.

I'm thankful for raspberries.

But most of all I am thankful for lizards and my bug catcher.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Meow!

Can you keep a secret?

I recently bought Abby a couple of books for Christmas that I am so excited about.

The Lion & The Mouse is a beautiful wordless adaptation of an Aesop fable. Abby has a thing for lions so I think she will really like this one.

How to build an A comes with a bag of foam shapes so the child can make each letter as they read along. Abby does not have a thing for the alphabet, so I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one. :)

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