Decorate your Christmas Tree

Christmas Rhymes and Songs

Here are some tips for healthy eating during the holiday season:

1. Eat five or six small meals daily.
2. Eat a light, healthy meal a few hours before the holiday event.
3. Eat slowly and listen to your hunger cues.
4. Use only small amounts of sauces and gravies.
5. Choose your favorite dessert and share it with someone.
6. Go for a walk with your family after a heavy meal..

Christmas Tree Craft

Easy Sugar Cookies

Recipe

 

 

 

 

Ice Cream Cone Tree

Christmas Treat

 

 

 

What you do:

Read a book about Christmas to your children.

Ask children to tell you some other things that they know about Christmas or how they celebrate Christmas. Make a list on the board or on a sheet of chart paper.

Explain that people from different countries and different families celebrate the winter holiday season in different ways. Some families celebrate Christmas. However, they may do Christmas activities differently.

What you do:

To introduce children to the meaning of Hanukkah, read Festival of Lights: The Story of Hanukkah by Maida Silverman and Carolyn Ewing or another book about Hanukkah. Tell children the following story about how Hanukkah (also known as Chanukah), the Jewish Festival of Lights, first began.

 

What you do:

To introduce children to the Kwanzaa holiday, read a book such as My First Kwanzaa Book by Angela Shelf Medeari or My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz. Explain to children that Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 because he wanted African-Americans to have a special time in which they could celebrate their heritage, or past. The word “kwanzaa” means “first” and symbolizes the first fruits of the harvest. People celebrate through singing, speaking, and dancing. It is built on seven principles or ideas called “Nguzo Saba.”

What you do:

Show children a real poinsettia plant or a picture of one. Ask, “Do you know what the name of this plant is?” Allow children time to respond. The name of this plant is a poinsettia. Give children an opportunity to view the plant up close. Let them gently touch its leaves. “What words describe this plant?” Allow children time to respond. (Possible answers include the following: red petals, bright yellow centers, shiny green leaves, velvety, soft, etc.). Explain, “The poinsettia has become a symbol of Christmas to many people all around the world.