Holiday Books We Recommend
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A Jesus Advent Celebration by Ann Voskamp Ann Voskamp finished up rewriting these wonderful Jesse Tree devotions…and she is making them available as a free download on her blog! Click here to go to Ann’s blog for all the details! |
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One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham |
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Grandpa’s Box by Starr MeadeI can’t recommend this one enough! The kids loved it and it will definitely be one we will pull out a reread over and over! While most would not consider this a “Christmas” story, I do. The story of redemption…of Christ’s coming…of the war being waged…of the battle that has already been won…yes, this is what Christmas is all about! Click here to buy a copy. |
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Jotham’s Journey Bartholomew’s Passage Tabitha’s TravelsThese three advent books are just excellent! Last year we readJotham’s Journey and loved it. We were planning on reading the next book, Bartholomew’s Passage, this year, but it was too much for my 6-year-old. So, I set it aside for this year and will consider it next year. These books are excellent, but are very suspenseful and graphic at times (yet very realistic as to what was going on during that time). I highly recommend these books, but if you have a child who is sensitive to scary things, you may want to preview it before reading.Click on the book covers to buy a copy. |
Online Christmas Lessons
Over the years I have found some neat unit studies and activities online and would like to share the links with you! There are some wonderful units listed below ~ and they are all FREE! Enjoy!
http://www.jesustreedecorations.com
Make a Jesus Tree! You can download a PDF file with the Jesus Tree Ornaments and lessons to go along with each ornament!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1679.html - Original Unit Study
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NamesofJesus.html - Expanded Unit Study
Names of Jesus Unit Study
http://www.easyfunschool.com/Blessed.pdf
A Blessed Christmas: A Unit Study Approach to Studying the Symbols of Christmas
This unit study is EXCELLENT! This link will take you to the PDF file. You can save the PDF file to your hard drive and then print it out for use over and over!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1680.html
Good Christian Men Rejoice Unit Study
This unit study covers some of the favorite Christmas Hymns!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
This is EasyFunSchool’s Christmas page! There are so many great ideas here! Take a look!
http://www.cresourcei.org/jesse.html
Make a Jesse Tree! This site will give you complete directions!
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Sheri’s List of Holiday Links:
Christmas Gift Tag Designer Software
Design your very own gift tags and print them out for all your gifts!
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/cgifttags.htm
All kinds of recipes for gift giving, including gifts in a jar and more!
This is a beautiful website with a TON of recipes! She has all kinds of holiday recipes, gifts in a jar (some recipes include the gift tags to print with the baking directions!)…you HAVE to take a look! Why not get your kids involved and make up a bunch of these recipes for neighbors, friends, etc.
http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/
MAKE BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKES!
Go to these web pages to print out and make some beautiful paper snowflakes! These are so pretty and so easy to make! Do a bunch for your tree and to hang in the window! Once you have cut them out, press between two sheets of paper with an iron on the LOW setting. Beautiful!!!
http://www.daves-snowflakes.com/patterns.html
http://www.marcels-kid-crafts.com/snowflake-pattern.html
An Easy Christmas Tree Ornament to Make!
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_3.htm
Tons of Great Christmas Activities, Projects, and Unit Studies!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
Christmas Activities from Eclectic Homeschool Online
http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/christmas/christmasunitstudy.asp
More Homeschool Christmas Resources
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/christmas.php
Christmas Worksheets & Puzzles
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/holidaycrosswords/Luke2ChristmasWorksheets.pdf
Nativity Bookmarks
These lovely bookmarks would make great stocking stuffers for your children!
http://www.teacherhelp.org/pdf/chrisbkmkniv.pdf
Printable Nativity Scene
This would be a fun activity for your children – make their very own nativity scene!
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativityalbum/index.htm
Nativity Lapbook
Create a neat nativity lapbook with your children!
http://www.scribd.com/word/download/525730?extension=pdf
Christmas Nativity Felt Board Patterns
You can use these patterns for a felt board, for puppets, or decorations for your home!
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/felt/index.htm
Online Advent Calendar
This looks like a neat advent calendar with devotionals and activities
http://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html
Christian Christmas Advent Calendar
http://www.our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/MerryChristmas/advent/
The Gingerbread Baby Unit Study
This is just one unit study available on this website! Click on their unit study link (at the top of the page)to see other units they have available@
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.php
Jesse Tree Online Calendar
This is a neat calendar that gives you some activities, books, a Christmas hymn, etc. to read/do/sing each day. Even if you have another Jesse Tree devotional you are using (Like Ann Voskamp’s wonderful The Glorious Coming Jesse Tree devotions!), click through the days of this calendar for some wonderful memory making ideas!
http://www.jesse-trees.com/calendar.html
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