![]() The love of reading starts young, and there are so many wonderful choices out there. A Book to Read: Especially if your kids have a lot of required reading for school, let them choose a book that interests them. ![]() (Recommendation: Spot It! It’s tiny size and many variations make it a family favorite!)Ģ. We love to buy the kids a new game each year. It’s also proven to build problem solving and math skills as well as just being plain fun. A Game to Play: Board games and card games are an excellent way to promote family time. In the list I created, I included five areas: Our 5 Christmas List Mustsġ. Also, getting the little gardeners to think beyond toys was key. We tend to only buy our kids three gifts, not including stocking stuffers, so a list with twenty lines wasn’t going to work. I’ve seen a few lists floating around Pinterest, but I couldn’t find one that really suited our family’s needs. I knew we needed some kind of Christmas list for the kids. Boundaries… gotta have boundaries (and realistic expectations). Since we are going for simple (and haven’t hit the lottery recently), we won’t be buying everything they’ve mentioned. Because of all of the commercials, catalogs, and circulars out there, the requests for Christmas gifts has been pretty constant for the last few weeks. If only they were so interested in their reading lessons I digress. My kids have never read through the newspaper so carefully as when the Target circular came this Sunday. You’ve probably already started seeing Christmas ads and catalogs (thank you, American Girl). Planning a simple Christmas can be tricky. This free printable Christmas list gives us a chance to step back to a simpler Christmas and to get our kids thinking beyond the toys. Did I mention list making? Yes, lists of what needs to be done, and the kids make their Christmas lists, too. ![]() (No real tree here with dogs, small kids, and heating vents where our tree sits, we’ll be sticking with the pre-lit fir for now.) And we’ll be decking the halls and fa-la-la-ing until New Years. It’s that time of year again! The Christmas tree has sprang forth from its garage hiding place.
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