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So excited that it is almost DAY #1 of Christmas School!
If you are here for the first time and haven’t grabbed my free Christmas school calendar yet, you can download it below! You can also join our Christmas School FB group here 🙂
Starting now, I will be creating a separate blog post for EACH special day – full of links, printables, YouTube audiobook stories, and anything else to help make this EASY on you. The whole point of this is to pick what your kids would enjoy the most and then just have fun together. Don’t plan to do EVERYTHING (unless you guys are feeling ambitious that day 😉).
Can’t wait to do this together!
PS: Want the full Christmas School Bundle? This 362 pg. PDF is packed full with all the fun Christmas School activities to do this month! It comes with a detailed teacher guide, master supply list, suggested reading list, themed snack pictures, grocery list, bookmark and punch card trackers for your kids, and an easy-to-print option at the back of the PDF based on grade levels!
Day #1. Christmas Tree Day!
Here is what we are planning to do today 🙂
Just a reminder that my kids are in 5th, 3rd, and Kindergarten grades. If you have different ages and feel like what we are doing isn’t something your kids would be interested in, feel free to scroll below! I’ll add more activity ideas at the bottom of each blog post.
Activities
I am going to let my kids pick between doing this Christmas tree fingerprint art OR Christmas tree tessellation art project. Honestly, I think my older two will end up choosing both.
#1. Fingerprint Christmas Tree Art Activity
This is geared more towards my younger kids (but I know my oldest will enjoy it too). I also wrote a small poem on the printable 🙂 You can print this template here! You’ll have your kids use their fingers and green paint to create the branches.
After they are finished with their branches, they can use their fingers again or some paintbrushes or Q-tips to dab on paint for ornaments!
Don’t forget to paint the star too 🙂
#2. Christmas Tree Tessellation Art Project
This activity might be a little hard for really young kids, but it’s definitely a fun challenge for older kids! There are two different designs to choose from or you can combine both of them like this photo! You can grab this template here.
Just print it out and start coloring the Christmas trees and creating different designs! You could also print these out on cardstock and paint them instead 🙂
Once your kids are done coloring and cutting out their Christmas trees, they will want to start playing around with their design on some construction paper!
After they create their pattern, it’s time to glue down the trees 🙂
This can be as creative or as simple as you want! I’d love to see the designs they come up with, so definitely tag me @theseasonalhomeschool if you decide to share either of these projects online!
Snack
I made these Christmas trees for our snack today using green grapes, raspberries, blueberries, pretzel sticks, and cheese! I’ve also made these with kiwi slices instead of green grapes!
Books
(Note: I only skimmed these books, so be sure to skim it also if you want to make sure it’s something your family values align with).
We’ll be reading “A Wish to be a Christmas Tree” by Colleen Monroe today. I also wanted to read, “Night Tree” by Eve Bunting!
In case you don’t make it to the library, here are the YouTube Read Aloud links for these books 🙂
Do You Have More Time? Here Are Some Extra Ideas!
#1. If you haven’t put up your Christmas tree yet, today would be an awesome day to do so! We have a second Christmas tree that we put up downstairs near our kids playroom and school room, so we’ll be setting that up today.
#2. Do your kids like playdoh? If you have some straws on hand, cut them up and let them create some STEM Christmas Trees!
I hope you guys have a wonderful day! I can’t wait to see everything you and your kids create and do! Want to do it tomorrow with us? Here is the blog post for Candy Cane Day!
PS: If you haven’t grabbed my Christmas School calendar yet, you can download it below for free!
