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Tag: Christmas

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6 Gift Ideas for Children

2 Dec 201518 Nov 2022
Looking for Christmas gift ideas for your children? Have your heart set on giving meaningful and useful gifts? Gifts with more staying power than the few minutes after the wrapping…
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Symbols of Christmas Minibooks {Free}

19 Nov 20152 Nov 2022
So cute and goes so well with Karen Caroe's christmas symbols unit study, A Blessed Christmas, that we are once again including links to these symbols of Christmas minibooks from…
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12 Days of Christmas {Activities}

18 Dec 20143 Jan 2023
Everyone is probably familiar with the popular Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" originally published in the late 1700s. The song lists the gifts someone gave to his or…
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas {Review & Activities}

16 Dec 201428 Nov 2022
There is one Christmastime favorite that we revisit year after year: How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.  While youngsters delight in the simple, captivating language, the older students…
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Favorite Site: Christmas Karaoke

15 Dec 201428 Jun 2022
OK, we're not much for karaoke of any type around here. Despite the name, Christmas Karaoke is a site too excellent to miss! So grab your little ones, gather up…
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Twas the Night Before Christmas Copywork Set — Free

11 Dec 20141 Dec 2022
Copywork is a language arts activity that is particularly appealing during the holiday season —  simple and yet very effective. We have created a set of free set of copywork…
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25 Christmas Gift Ideas for Students

10 Dec 201418 Nov 2022
Over the years we tried to purchase meaningful gifts for our children — useful gifts that would last longer than before the wrapping paper had been thrown in the trash!…
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Twas the Night Before Christmas {Free eBook & Downloads}

9 Dec 201412 Dec 2022
"Twas the Night Before Christmas" is a poem that was written by Dr. Clement C. Moore in the early 1800s. The poem, originally called "A Visit from St. Nicholas," was…
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A Christmas Carol (Enriched Classics)

8 Dec 201419 Nov 2022
Each year we re-read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Update: The Enriched Classics version of this title is no longer available as a free eBook. Obviously, the original book…
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Free Christmas Symbols Unit Study {Updated}

1 Dec 20142 Nov 2022
We have updated and greatly expanded the resources that we pulled together to go with Karen Caroe's free unit on Christmas symbols called "A Blessed Christmas."  We've added links to…
Lifestyle

10 Kitchen Gift Gadgets

20 Nov 201428 Nov 2022
Looking for a special gift for your favorite homeschool mom? Here are 10 kitchen gift gadgets — tried-and-true timesavers around our own kitchen: Garlic PeelerSuch a simple concept — but…
Units

Dickens A Christmas Carol: A Unit Study

17 Dec 20135 Dec 2022
December 17, 2013, marked the 170th anniversary of the publication of a classic work, one which has influenced literature, Christmas customs, and even the English language itself: A Christmas Carol…
The Finds

Christmas Carols & Hymns Unit ~ Free

12 Dec 20139 Dec 2022
Enjoy a change of pace during the holiday season with this free Christmas unit study by Karen Caroe. Good Christian Men Rejoice focuses on fifteen Christmas carols and hymns. While…
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The Velveteen Rabbit {Free eBook & Activities}

21 Oct 201329 Sep 2022
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams is a children's book that finds its way onto most homeschool book lists. The Velveteen Rabbit was a plush Christmas gift given to a…
The Finds

Christmas Around the World Unit Study & Lapbook {Free}

17 Dec 201217 Nov 2021
Christmas Around the World Unit Study and Lapbook Printables from HomeschoolShare.com takes you through the countries of Argentina, Australia, England, Ethiopia, France, Israel, Mexico, the Philippines, Sweden, and Switzerland. Each…
The Finds

Birth of Christ Lapbook {Free}

10 Dec 20129 Dec 2022
The Birth of Christ Lapbook is a free 10-page download from Veritas Press. Lap books are great projects that can be used to help students see a book, topic or…
Activities

Matchbox Advent Calendar

4 Dec 20126 Oct 2022
M is for Matchbox Advent Calendar from Martha Stewart is such a cute craft! It isn't too difficult, and children will love it! You need 24 matchboxes, red paper, acrylic…
The Finds

Christmas Symbols Unit Study ~ Free

30 Nov 201212 Dec 2022
We have always enjoyed a change of pace during the holiday season. Over the years we enjoyed three different Christmas units by Karen Caroe that are still available free online.…
Activities

Napkin Folding

5 Nov 20122 Nov 2022
Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner! Perhaps your family is already thinking about homemade decorations. How about taking up a new project — one that's similar to origami,…

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