[This is a back issue of one of this site’s newsletters]
Christmas is around the corner!
If you have young kids at home, try setting up an Advent Calendar.
This is a countdown towards Christmas Day – your child opens one window or box each day, starting on the 1st of December, and ending on the 25th.
When I was blogging for Spoonful.com I put together a gallery of creative Advent Calendars to make, including a link to the printable Advent calendar on Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids.
Here’s a few reason why advent calendars are great for young kids:
- It teaches them counting
- It teaches them calendars
- It helps prevent them asking every day “is it Christmas yet?”
- It teaches them that Christmas doesn’t come earlier just because they open extra windows on the Advent Calendar!