Welcome to the 25 Days of Simple Christmas! Each day I will be posting an idea about keeping the holidays simple- so that we can focus on Christ and the real meaning of Christmas!
While Christmas is such a special day, so much of the joy gets lost in the busyness.
Each day I will be writing about a simple way to celebrate the season. To focus on family, joy, and memories, without the elaborate extras that can bring added stress. Simple can be more meaningful if it gives us more time to focus on the huge GIFT we are awaiting-Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Today I am talking about
Homeschooling During Christmas Season!
For the next few weeks leading up to Christmas we will be deviating from our usual studies.
For Geography, instead of our usual A Child’s Geography
,by Ann Voskamp {soooo good, by the way}, we are studying Christmas around the world. I have some great information about how different countries around the world celebrate Christmas.
Of course in Bible time, we are reading Luke 2. Then each morning after our Bible time we are singing Christmas carols-practicing some for our church performance coming up, and some just for fun!
We have read several great Christmas books aloud: Jacob’s Gift
andThe Tale of Three Trees
.
Composer Study: Learning about Handel and listening to his works, which of course include Handel’s Messiah!
I am going to find some artwork relating to Christmas for art study.
And of course lots of baking will be taking place…cookies, fudge, and breads.
We are also doing fun crafts, and I am incorporating Christmas in wherever I can. For instance, during math for my first grader, I cut out a green tree with some red circles. On each of the red circles I wrote out an addition problem. Then in the tree I drew circles with various numbers. His job was to paste the correct math problem on the circle with the answer. Simple, yet fun math practice!
After all of the ornaments are glued down (number side down), we add a trunk and a star…and we have a cute little decoration!
Homeschool during this time doesn’t have to be stressful. Incorporating Christmas into subjects is fun, easy, and educational…and of course keeps us focused on the reason for the season!
Please Join These Bloggers in
their 25 Days of Christmas Series:
25 Days of Christmas: Home for the Holidays @ Graceful Abandon
25 Days of Easy Christmas Crafts for Toddlers & Preschoolers @ Sidetracked Sarah
25 Days of Christmas Traditions @ Sharing the Journey
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Join me on my journey to clear the clutter as I am simply living...for Him! I am a homeschooling mom sharing about my faith, family, hobby-farm life, and Jesus. I am also an author and speaker and love sharing my journey with others- and I am all about keeping it real and authentic! Join me as I seek less of this world and more of Jesus!
Karen DeBeus is a homeschooling mom learning to live more simply and keep God at the center of it all. She is the author of three best-selling homeschooling books and writes at Simply Living for Him. She speaks nationally at homeschooling conventions and recently was a speaker at the Family Bible Conference in Washington, DC. Her passion is to help others clear the clutter from their lives, seek God first, and to encourage women and families to get in the Word every day.
In 2016, she founded the Simply Living for Him Retreat, which is a time of rest and renewal for all women seeking Jesus. She enjoys life on her hobby farm with her husband and four children. Together they are a work-at-home family pursuing a simple life with purpose and, above all, seeking to glorify God in all they do.
and learning about Christmas during pioneer times. Still the same period of history we have studying, yet making it about Christmas!
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