I have a child with very high sensory needs…and boy, can that be an issue during the holidays. We are on-the-go, shopping, partying, wrapping, cooking, and a lot of riding in the car for Miss Rosalie. She needs to get her hands into something that gives her a lot of sensory input. If I don’t […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 20
What’s the Christmas season without a little pink-eye? That’s what I woke up to this morning. If you can really call it “waking” after I spent the night getting coughed on and kicked in the back. My husband sleepily groaned “She’s like an octopus with hammers for hands.” Yes, we had a little visitor with […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 19
Book Making with Preschoolers Well, guess what? We missed a day! Life got crazy yesterday with shopping to be done and packages to be mailed. And then we received joyful news! Our oldest daughter received her acceptance letter to be part of the Corps of Cadets at a military college that she’d been hoping to get […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 18
Queen Esther’s Beauty Shop Today we are doing some social-emotional and sensory play! It has been such a long day getting five children to their various parties and obligations. My 8-year-old decided that we should set up a beauty shop while we had our devotions so that I could relax, and Rosie could brush my […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 17
God gathered His children and told them what would happen even before it happened. The Father-King of the heavens and of all the universe and His Son-King looked across Their Kingdom and saw how all the children They had made were being held captive by the dark and the sinfulness and the sickness and the […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 16
Our whole family looks forward to our devotions from Unwrapping the Greatest Gift! Although I had great hopes of having everyone together every night, conflicting schedules of the seven of us have me thinking more of Grand Central Station than the peaceful scene I have planned! We soldier on though, and remember that life doesn’t have […]
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift – Day 14
Preschoolers love playing with light. Light provides a new dimension to play, and is a wonderful sensory component to add to activities. Today we are talking about the prophecy in Isaiah: The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, A light will […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 13
People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. – 1 Samuel 16:7 Today’s advent devotional is about Samuel choosing king David. We are going to talk with our preschoolers about hidden things today! Slice some apples so that you can see the star inside, and point it out to your children. […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 12
Today we are going to work on some social-emotional play with our preschoolers, and throw in some fine-motor skills as well. Since agriculture and wheat are talked about in the story of Ruth and Boaz, we are going to grow some crops. You can do this several ways. You can fill a sensory bin with potting […]
Helping Preschoolers Unwrap the Greatest Gift – Day 11
Letting preschoolers explore different artistic mediums and implements is a valuable part of a young child’s education. It develops motor coordination, and it integrates other things that you are teaching them. Children become more aware of shape and line in everyday objects (mathematics), they notice changes as paint gets lighter or darker when it dries, […]
