{christmas} An Advent Calendar of the Literary Sort

Advent preparations are in full swing around here! PreK is a pretty lenient school year, so I really wanted to have the boys immersed in the preparation of Christ’s birth. This time of year is just so magical, you know?

So here is my plan for December’s “school”: I have wrapped 24 Christmas books. Most of them are ones we already own (board books included), but a few are new and a couple have been borrowed from my mom. Another great idea I’ve read about is borrowing a bunch from the library, which is very cost-effective if you don’t have many books to begin with.

The goal is to unwrap one book a day. I labeled each one with a number so I’ll know which book is which, but it will be a complete surprise for the boys! We’ll read the book and then do a craft or activity that relates to the story. Lots of ornaments, baking, coloring pages and more! I also have a few surprises in store for them: filling their shoes on the feast of Saint Nicholas, gingerbread houses, hot cocoa in new mugs, an after-bedtime drive around the neighborhood to see the lights…and hopefully more!

For record’s sake (and in case anyone is interested in the books we’re reading), this is the list: