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the shape of the letter r we have cookie cutters in the shape of letters to cut out cheese lunch meat bread etc 5 shape of the week if it s triangles make open faced reindeer sandwiches cut a slice of bread in half diagonally you ll have 2 triangles i let my toddler use a plastic knife or spreader to smear on peanut butter add some pretzels for the antlers cut a banana up in coins if you cut one of the coins in half you can use those for eyes chocolate chips shredded cheese rolled into a ball or brown m ms work for the nose you can use raisins craisins or m ms draw a reindeer out of basic shapes on a piece of paper triangle head circles for eyes and nose long rectangles for antlers use the do a dot markers to color helpful if the shape of the week is a circle too try shape pictures you can also cut out shapes and let your child try to make a reindeer out of the shapes 6 puzzles this is a do it yourself puzzle find a picture of a reindeer and print 2 copies depending on the skill level of your child cut one picture into pieces show them the original and let them try to put the puzzle together when just staring out or for young children start by cutting the picture in half or fourths 7 make a touch and feel reindeer book sounds complicated but it really isn t some reindeer facts you need to know first reindeer have antlers that are covered with velvet when growing the velvet falls off once the antlers get to the correct size the antlers help them hear cut out antlers using felt velvet or cloth and glue them on a page reindeer like it cold using paper or a coffee filter cut out a snowflake and glue it on another page if you don t know how to make a snowflake try this website for directions they can swim easily take a picture of a reindeer and glue down crumpled blue tissue paper like it s swimming the hooves can change depending on the season in the summer they are soft and spongy and in the winter they are hard cut a hoof out of a sponge and piece of cardboard like from a box they like to eat moss but will eat leaves and grass take a walk outside and get some reindeer food to glue in your book 8 reindeer song sounds like 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed eight little reindeer pulling santa s sled one fell down and bumped his head the elves called santa and santa said can seven little reindeer pull my sled go from 8 to 1 repeating the above lines one little reindeer pulling santa s sled he fell down and bumped his head the elves called santa and santa said call rudolph works on rhyme and counting backwards from 10 to 1 and finger recognition of numbers 9 reindeer food mix oats and glitter or oats and green and red sugar sprinkles sprinkle outside for the reindeer christmas eve we ve added raisins too 10 reindeer bird feeders a new spin on the traditional peanut butter bird feeders cover a pine cone with peanut butter place pretzels for antlers and raisins for eyes and nose first i used dried cherries for the nose and prunes for the eyes depends on the size of your pine cone then roll in bird seed i saved an old coffee can and put the pine cone inside with birdseed and let my toddler shake it less mess 11 footprints cut out 2 sponges like reindeer footprints get the sponges wet and tape them to your child s shoes or tie them the tape doesn t slip if you wrap the masking tape all the way around the shoe put a huge piece of paper on the floor i used brown like dirt mud the sponge will make footprints on the paper as they walk i put a string down and had charis try to walk in a straight line we also pretended to dig for food like reindeer do the prints dry quickly leaving a clean piece of paper to draw or stomp on since it s just water there wasn t much to clean up have fun posted by raegan at 12 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels christmas reindeer thursday december 3 2009 advent prayer beads and advent wreath on the post about preparation for christmas and general traditions for the advent season i mentioned two traditions we do in our home the first is the lighting of the advent wreath each sunday there are 4 candles on the advent wreath we bought our candle holder at a christian book store for pretty cheap and added a wreath around the edges the four candles represent the four weeks of advent and also hope love joy peace we light one additional candle each sunday after church we attend a 5pm mass until all four are lit the pink candle joy is the third to be lit so it goes in a circle starting with the front candle the second tradition that i am starting this year is saying an advent prayer each evening using prayer beads to keep track of the prayers these are called chaplets in the catholic tradition and can have either a saint medal or a cross at the bottom my husband is protestant and does not recognize saints so we used plain crosses if your faith tradition doesn t use crosses a simple bigger bead at the bottom to mark the end point would work just fine materials purple or blue beads the colors traditionally associated with advent smaller silver beads to go between the larger colored beads cardstock with prayer printed on it to print the version i used click here these materials can be found at any craft store i bought mine at joann s activity tie a knot around the clasp at the top of the cross then add 2 small beads 1 large bead all the way around until you have 15 large beads tie a knot when you re finished in the evening sit down as a family and each family member can hold their beads and for literate children the prayer you ve chosen printed on cardstock say the prayer 15 times moving your fingers along each large bead to keep track this is an extremely meditative practice and is great for focusing attention on the lord in our home tobias is still very young so he just played with his beads while i said the prayers but over time he will be expected to at least sit quietly during this prayer time and later will follow along with the beads and eventually pray with us for now his only participation is to watch us and say ahh may at the end shoes are not required for this activity in fact tobias discovered that the prayer beads are perfect size to fit around his foot and ankle posted by amanda at 7 41 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels holidays religion wednesday december 2 2009 alphabet puzzle this is a major hit with both my 4 5 year old and my 2 5 year old it is great for learning to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters while incorporating fine motor skills age range as soon as they are old enough to know and recognize their letters i got this idea from preschooler s busy book which is for ages 3 6 but as i said kaitlyn does this really well at 2 5 supplies index cards pen marker scissors prep write a capital letter on the left side of the index card and a lower case letter on the right side of the card cut each card in half cut in wavy or zig zag lines i used my scrap booking scissors activity set out sets of letters to start i just did about six matches so 12 cards as i saw they could handle more i did more have your child find the matches hints if you have an older child who knows letters really well you might not want to do colored index cards because they can use the colors to help find the matches easier what i did with brayden was just set out all red cards together all yellow cards etc if you have a child who likes things perfect do this activity on a table or another hard surface so the two pieces will fit together nicely extensions if you do them on colored index cards you can flip them over and do color matching you could also do this with numbers shapes mommy and baby animals etc photos posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alphabet preschooler toddler tuesday december 1 2009 christmas books and recommendations here s my list of christmas or hanukkah books that are in my collection as i find more i ll add them to the list feel free to let me know some great books and i ll add your suggestions too our tradition is to buy a new christmas book for our collection each year we spend the last part of christmas eve reading them i included pictures this time around if you are like me you may not remember a title of a book but may remember the cover this way if you happen upon one of these books you may know if you are interested in it without even flipping through it which can be time consuming when little ones are with you another recommendation is to check to see if your local library is online our library will let you reserve books online and pick them up at a drive up window lastly i included the link to buy these books at either amazon com or barnes and noble com some of the books are as cheap as 01 yes a penny i m not kidding enjoy a favorite the animals christmas eve by gale wiersum the birth of jesus told by the animals in the stable a counting and rhyming book bear stays up for christmas by karma wilson bear s friends wake him from hibernation to celebrate christmas together a rhyming and repetition book counting to christmas by nancy tafuri a little girl recounts all the things she does day by day to get ready for christmas a counting book a favorite when my daughter was 18 months the legend of the candy cane by lori walburg a little girl learns about the meaning of the candy cane and how it represents jesus how santa got his job by stephen krensky a humorous story about all the jobs santa had before becoming a deliverer of toys great for older kids that don t believe in santa or understand a play on words the night before christmas by clement c moore illustrated byjan brett the classic light the lights by margaret moorman a story about families that celebrate both christmas and hanukkah the littlest christmas tree by janie jasin a story about a tree that wants to grow tall enough to become a christmas tree so sweet you are my miracle by maryann cusimano love a rhyming book about the relationship between a parent and child i bought this as a christmas gift for my husband and daughter one year a great gift book and it might make you cry too if you take a mouse to the movies by laura numeroff from the author of if you give a mouse a cookie and other circle stories lots of fun olive the other reindeer by j otto seibold and vivian walsh after hearing a familiar christmas carol olive the dog thinks she is really a reindeer and heads off to the north pole to join santa punchinello and the most marvelous gift by max lucado punichello and the other wemmicks all try to come up with a gift to give eli on maker s day a board book about giving room for a little one by martin waddell a kind ox welcomes many animals into the stable all the animals welcome mary and joseph and finally baby jesus into the warmth of the stable lots of repetition for toddlers and preschoolers to help with very appropriate for small children through early elementary school age rudolph the red nosed reindeer by robert l may no need for explanation a visit from st nicholas and santa mouse too by clement c mouse a version of the night before christmas with santa mouse included in the illustrations who is coming to our house by joseph slate a rhyming board book the animals are cleaning in preparation for baby jesus my toddler loved this book a favorite at our house where is baby s christmas present by karen katz a lift the flap book my 10 month old loves these books she has a series of flap books snowmen at christmas by caralyn buehner probably my favorite of all my christmas books i love the illustrations it s a story about how snowmen celebrate christmas love this book one yellow daffodil by david a adler emotional hanukkah story about a holocaust survivor invited to celebrate the holiday with a family he barely knows for older children on christmas eve by margaret wise brown author of goodnight moon and the runaway bunny the polar express by chris van allsburg no synopsis necessary i m sure twas the day after christmas by mavis smith a lift the flap book about a mouse the day after christmas if you have any other great books in this category let me know and i ll post a picture and synopsis i m always on the look out for a great book posted by raegan at 12 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book lists christmas reading newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom linkwithin followers subscribe posts atom posts all comments atom all comments get email updates enter your email preview powered by feedblitz labels about us 7 alphabet 25 animals 8 apple 16 art 60 awards 4 babestotsandkids 1 baby 24 back to school 4 baking cooking 28 balls 1 bath 1 beach 2 beads 1 bears 1 bicycle 1 birds 1 blast from past 4 blog 7 book lists 22 book reviews 4 books 6 bubbles 2 building 1 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