12 Days of Christmas Lapbook
I first heard the Christian meanings to the song three years ago and have wanted to teach the kids about it ever since. There is some question as to whether or not this song was originally written as a Catholic Cathecism in the 1500's. During that time in Europe the Catholic Church was being persectued. Whether it was written with the intent of secretly teaching children about Christian priciples or that was added later, it is still a great way to teach our kids about the Christian faith! Now that I know about lapbooking I figured it is the perfect opportunity!
Day 1 – Partridge In A Pear Tree – Christ who died on the Cross for our sins
Day 2 – 2 Turtle Doves – Old and New Testaments
Day 3 – 3 French Hens – 3 Virtues (Fatih, Hope and Love) 1 Corinthians 13:13 (?) Gold Franckinsense and Mhyyr.
Day 4 – 4 Calling Birds– The 4 Gospels, Matt, Mark, Luke & John
Day 5 – 5 Golden Rings – The first Five Books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah or the Pentateuch: 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Leviticus, 4) Numbers, and 5) Deuteronomy.
Day 6 – 6 Geese a Laying – The 6 days of Creation
Day 7 – 7 Swans a Swimming – The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1) prophecy, 2) ministry, 3) teaching, 4) exhortation, 5) giving, 6) leading, and 7) compassion (Romans 12:6-8; cf. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11)
Day 8 – 8 Maids a Milking – The eight Beatitudes: 1) Blessed are the poor in spirit, 2) those who mourn, 3) the meek, 4) those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, 5) the merciful, 6) the pure in heart, 7) the peacemakers, 8) those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake. (Matthew 5:3-10)
Day 9 – 9 Ladies Dancing – The nine Fruit of the Spirit: 1) love, 2) joy, 3) peace, 4) patience, 5) kindness, 6) generosity, 7) faithfulness, 8) gentleness, and 9) self-control. (Galatians 5:22)
Day 10 – 10 Lords a Leaping – The 10 Commandments
Day 11 – 11 Pipers Piping – The eleven Faithful Apostles: 1) Simon Peter, 2) Andrew, 3) James, 4) John, 5) Philip, 6) Bartholomew, 7) Matthew, 8) Thomas, 9) James bar Alphaeus, 10) Simon the Zealot, 11) Judas bar James. (Luke 6:14-16).
Day 12 – 12 Drummers Drumming – The Twelve points of doctrine in the Apostles' Creed:
1. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth,
2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord,
3. Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell.
5. The third day he rose again from the dead;
6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
7. From there he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
9. I believe in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,
10. The forgiveness of sins,
11. The resurrection of the body,
12. And the life everlasting. Amen.
The 12 Days of Christmas in general:
Coloring Pages:
http://kidstu.fatcow.com/coloring/12dayscolor.htm
Word Search:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint.htm
Vocabulary:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint_2.htm
Crossword:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint_3.htm
Challenge:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint_4.htm
Alphabet Activity:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint_5.htm
Here is a worksheet where the kids can draw and write about the origins of the Song.
Draw and Write Worksheet:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/12daysprint_6.htm
Day 1 – Partridge In A Pear Tree – Christ who died on the Cross for our sins.
Coloring Sheet with John 3:16
http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/clr-jesus-cross.pdf
Day 2 – 2 Turtle Doves – Old and New Testaments
I thought this would make a cute mini book or it would be nice to put them in a pocket so the kids could take them out and put them in order.
Old Testament Flashcards:
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/classmat/images/OT.pdf
New Testament Flashcards:
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/classmat/images/nt.pdf
We will also include information they have learned at Awana about the Bible.
There are 3 special names for God's Book:
1. Holy Bible
2. Word of God
3. The Scriptures
God's Book has 2 parts:
1. Old Testament
2. New Testament
There are 27 books in the New Testament
There are 39 books in the Old Testament
The Holy Bible has a total of 66 books.
Day 3 – 3 French Hens – Gold Franckinsense and Mhyyr.
Gold, Frank & Myrrh Poem:
http://www.christart.com/poetry/poem239.htm
Day 4 – 4 Calling Birds– The 4 Gospels, Matt, Mark, Luke & John
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospels
Day 5 – 5 Golden Rings – The first Five Books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah or the Pentateuch:
Rorah Scroll Coloring Sheet
http://parenting.leehansen.com/downloads/coloring/hannukah/pages/torah.htm
Have kids write the names of the books of the Torah.
Wiki info on the Torah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah
Day 6 – 6 Geese a Laying – The 6 days of Creation
Story of Creation Mini Book
http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/creation/book.htm
Misc Creation Printables
http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/chapter1-index.htm
Day 7 – 7 Swans a Swimming – The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifts_of_the_Spirit
Day 8 – 8 Maids a Milking – The eight Beatitudes:
http://gardenofpraise.com/bibl42s.htm
Cut bees out of color paper and write a “bee” attitude on each. punch a hole in each bee, Stack them and make a fan type book by inserting a brad through the holes.
Day 9 – 9 Ladies Dancing – The nine Fruit of the Spirit:
Fruit of the Spirit Fruit Tree:
http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/JUVENILE/BIBLE/lessons/FRUITS/FTREE.HTM
Fruit of the Spirit Coded Puzzle:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/franklinprint.htm
Fruit of the Spirit Poem:
http://www.dltk-bible.com/fruit_of_the_spirit_poem.htm
Day 10 – 10 Lords a Leaping – The 10 Commandments
http://www.livingwaters.com/downloads/10Commandments_forkids-FLIPCHART.pdf
Day 11 – 11 Pipers Piping – The eleven Faithful Apostles:
12 Disciples song
http://www.hymns.me.uk/there-were-twelve-disciples-hymn-lyrics.htm
Free Printable Bible Trading Cards
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/cards_free.htmree Printable Trading Cards
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Apostles
Day 12 – 12 Drummers Drumming – The Twelve points of doctrine in the Apostles' Creed:
Make a booklet and include the creed inside.
If you have any ideas or resources that would be good to include in this I would love to hear about them!
Shameless Bragging
Yesterday he surprised me by turing it into this:
Okay, shameless bragging in over now.
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Good Christian Men Rejoice Lapbook
mamaduso stopped by my blog the other night and left me some awesome information on a unit study she had found online. It is called Good Christian Men Rejoice and is a study of the following songs:
GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN REJOICE
O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL
ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY
THOU DIDST LEAVE THY THRONE
SILENT NIGHT
AWAY IN A MANGER
JOY TO THE WORLD
COME TH0U LONG-EXPECTED JESUS
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
THE FIRST NOEL
I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
WE THREE KINGS
Here is the link to the free online unit study
http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1680.html
Here is a link to a free site where you can listen to all the songs.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/
She was wondering if I had any ideas on how to make it into a lapbook. It looks to me like this would make a wonderful lapbook! Here is what I came up with:
There are already lessons set out for each of the songs. The one thing I thought would be fun to do is to make a mini book for each song and to make it in a shape that represented the song. (Example: Silent Night– Star, Away In The Manger– Manger, Hark, The Hearld Angels Sing – Angel., etc.) Then inside each book I would put the suggested lessons that are in the study. There are a lot of great ideas already included. Like for Good Christian Men Rejoice they suggest you make a birth announcement for Jesus! How cute would that be to include in a lapbook! I would also put some basic information about each song (Who wrote it, where was it written, etc.) and maybe even include the first stanza or the Chorus of the song. I am thinking maybe it would be a good idea to make each booklet rather large. Maybe this would be better as a notebook than a lapbook? We have not tried notebooking yet, but I did see a cute idea awhile back to wrap the actual notebook in wrapping paper and ribbon making it look like a gift. I was thinking this would be really cute to incorporate with this one. Another thing you could do is go to the Scrapbooking store and get paper that looks like sheet music. That would make really adorable backgrounds and matting for the mini books. Or you could decorate the outside to look like a music folder and then have pages inside that looked like what a choir would be holding when they were singing the hymns.
Oh, my mind is swimming with possibilites! Thanks so much mamaduso for leading me to this GREAT unit study! Hope a few of these ideas will get you headed off to make this one into a lapbook!
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Christmas Cards Made Easy
Christmas Cards are my favorite part of the holiday! I love sending them and I love getting them. It is so fun to hear from friends and family that have scattered all over the place. But, I know some people don't enjoy the sending part nearly as much as I do. Well, have I got an idea for you!
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Desert Christmas
Living in a desert climate during the holidays is something I may never adjust to. I grew up in the Midwest with snow and cold blustery weather, and while I don't miss the actual coldness, I do miss the romantic notion of a white Christmas…Well, in the spirit of “When in Rome do as the Romans do” last night we went to a local Cactus Garden Christmas Light display. 250,000 lights all wrapped around cactus! Was it pretty? You be the judge?
Of course Santa was also on hand. We got off easy this year. The 2 year old told Santa he wanted candy, and the 5 year old asked for “something special”. (The 12 year old has entered the state of being only interested in money! LOL)
Thanksgiving Game Lapbook
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise:
give thanks to him and praise his name.” – Psalm 100:4
Here is the cover. I realized after I took this picture we forgot to write the title on the front. But, we have an excuse! It is because we were too busy PLAYING with all the great stuff inside!
Here is the 1st thing to do in the lapbook. match the lowercase letters to the uppercase letters. I thought she would think this was boring, but she LOVED it! She kept matching them over and over while I was reading to the kids about Thanksgiving.
The little booklet of Thanksgiving songs was fun for us ALL! It was funny because my kids were just talking about how there are no Thanksgiving songs. Well, now we know about a dozen! (All set to tunes we already know like Twinkle, Twinkle and I'm A Little Teapot.) These were very fun to sing while we were assembling our lapbook.
The game on the right side is a Indian stick game made with craft sticks. I also noticed in this picture 4 of our craft sticks are missing. I guess someone is playing with them! LOL
This is a sequencing game. My daughter loves this one too. And the Great Turkey Hunt is 3 turkeys to play hide and seek with. The kids want to do that one on Thanksgiving. (Kind of like an Easter Egg Hunt I guess! LOL)
So my opinion on this pre-made package from Knowledge Box Central is that it is FABULOS! I can totally see us doing other Game Lapbook E-books from Knowledge Box Central. As a matter of fact I already have the Christmas one waiting to be assembled!
Candy Pilgrim Hats
If you like the Candy Turkey's we made, you will love these little Pilgrim Hats! I saw them on the Peterson's Family Happenings blog.
Here are the directions…on you guessed it…the Family Fun website.
Here are a zillion other fun & yummy Thanksgiving related things to do with food from Family Fun. (I think we are going to try to make the Tee Pee Treats)
FREE Asia Lapbook
This just in…..The Homeschoolestore.com is offer a FREE Asia lapbook this week. Click here for the link.
This looks totally AWESOME! It includes information on People, Language, Religon, Government, Geography, Climate, Economics, Animals, History, Regions, Countries and Languages.
Here is the description:
What is the LARGEST continent in the world? Asia! There are many other LARGE facts about this diverse continent. For example, Asia has over 45 countries, is home to the world’s highest point, the world’s longest river, and the world’s highest mountains. Discover Asia in our newest unit of the Continent Series. You and your students will find a 23-page guide that covers the people, animals, regions, and much more about the continent of Asia. Also included in the guide part, are a list of all the countries, vocabulary, and a list of resources for further research. In addition, we have included 22 hands-on activities to correspond with all the topics included in the guide. Explore Asia in our newest of the Continent Series!
I can't hardly wait to get my 12 year old started on this one!!
By the way, if you are wondering how I find out about these freebies here is one of my sources…..The Homeschoolestore.com has a free weekly newsletter that includes a FREE download EVERY WEEK! What's not to LOVE???
Enjoy!
Thanksgiving Crafts
Here are some clever Thanksgiving crafts we have either done or are hoping to do this week. Thought I would share my research.
Thanksgiving Crafts, Worksheets, Printables and MORE!!!
Enjoy!!!
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