This is an easy to make Nativity Scene for the Christmas holiday. It’s made from simple items you have at home, cardboard rolls from toilet paper, paper towels, wrapping paper- glue, scissors, marker pens, cotton balls, glitter and beads.
Even the youngest preschooler will love this family project.

Pop-up books were my kids favorite type of books when they were in preschool and primary grades. This has a step by step illustration on how to make a pop-up book. You can use old holiday cards, family photos, and magazines cut outs to make a Holiday Book about your family traditions.
This has nice patterns for paper folding pop-up objects.

Cozy up by the kitchen table for a fun filled evening of book making.

This snowflake game is perfect for winter evenings. It is great for number recognition, counting, sorting, skipping a turn, negative numbers and matching.
Print out on card stock to make the game more sturdy. A brass brad is all you need to keep the spinner loose enough to spin or instead of the spinner use dice.

Every year my family would make heart shaped, Norwegian ornaments to put on our Christmas tree. Here is an easy to follow basket ornament instructions from DLTK. These cute little baskets can be made from recycled wrapping paper, you don’t have to be blue and red.
Put little sweets or a kind message in the basket ornament. This would make a nice cultural activity for home or school.

MakingFriends.com has some wonderful paper doll printouts-best of all they are free! You can print out angels, add angel clothing and add even your favorite hair do! You can print out the bodies to make as a template to make the angels out of craft foam. With the same method, you can make the clothing out of felt.

These printouts have so much variety that your chld can have hours of fun, cutting, designing with their friends.
You can add extras like yarn, glitter, beads, ribbon and even old wrapping paper to make this a more complex art adventure.

Here are some more Thanksgiving Fun Activities-We Are Thankful, lessons, coloring and more!

Montessori Alphabet Cooking with Kids is a great way to introduce kitchen practical lifes skills. It is a fun way to learn the sounds of the alphabet too!
Cooking and learning are a perfect combination.

What is Your Child’s Talent
We all are born with God given talents. Talents can be apparent or hidden. Also, talents can change over time. Here is a fun non-scientific survey to help you figure out your child’s talent.

Montessori used timelines to show the big picture of history. During this holiday season it could be interesting to find out why we cook the way we do. The Food Timeline has a great overview of the development of our food and cuisine. It has some great links too.
Colonial Receipts (Recipes) To Try has lots of recipes from Johnny Cakes to Rock Candy. It would be fun to try a few Colonial Recipes at your next holiday feast.

A to Z’s Homes’s Cool Homeschooling has lots of cooking, crafts, games and ideas for kids and family for Thanksgiving. Let the kids help cook, clean, set and decorate the table for a great family bonding activity. Preparing for the holiday is half the fun.
Here is another cool pilgrim hat you can make.

Here are some more Thanksgiving activities such as patterns for girls and boys pilgrim hats, a craft of the day and practical life skills.

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Did you ever wonder what your child’s talent is? Here is a fun quiz to take.