31 Days: Christmas/Winter Homeschool Trackers

Good afternoon, friends! 

SO sorry this post is coming to you a day late! On the upside, today you'll get TWO posts! :) So welcome to today's (well, yesterday's... hehe) FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Below are TWO FREE blank printables where you can fill in all of your favorite homeschooling ideas for during the Christmas & winter seasons- things to do just for fun but having a learning element or formal learning ideas too! There's one printable for winter-themed items and a separate list for Christmas/Advent ideas! Even if you don't homeschool, this is a great place to keep track of craft ideas and learning opportunities that you want to enjoy with your kids at home! It could probably go without saying, but I've included these printables in my Holiday Planner under the Christmas divider tab!

Obviously everyone's list is going to be tailored to the age and interest of their wee ones, but here's a peek at the ideas I have for our young toddler! If you want to check out some more homeschool ideas, feel free to visit my Homeschool: Preschool Pinterest board! I also have a few other homeschooling boards that are for older children as well as general tips and ideas for homeschooling!

My "To Craft" lists include....

• decorate sugar cookies
• popsicle stick nativity
• popsicle stick giant snowflake
• popsicle stick sled
• winter bird feeder
• painting with colored ice cubes
• candy cane reindeer
• decorate gingerbread house
• make igloo out of sugar cubes
• make Christmas trees out of buttons
• decorate felt ornaments
• bowling for "snowmen" (aka. rolls of TP)
• coffee filter angels
• decorate playdough Christmas trees
• build lego / duplo Christmas trees 

My "To Learn" lists include...

• lacing Christmas trees, bells, snowflakes, etc.
• Christmas-themed memory game
• Advent-themed geography lesson
• snow sensory bin
• Christmas sensory bin (tinsel, mini trees, plastic ornaments, etc)
• penguin sensory bin
• weave ribbons through a wire shelf
• Nativity scavenger hunt (hide the Nativity scene characters)
• Christmas word search
• paint by number Christmas trees, snowflakes, etc.
• 12 Days of Christmas-themed puzzles
• Christmas-themed letter crafts- "T is for tree," "S is for Snowflake," etc.
• counting/sorting Christmas-themed objects

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31 Days: Christmas Festivities Tracker

Good evening, friends! 

Welcome to today's FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. We're officially halfway through the series, but if you're dropping in for the first time, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Below is a FREE blank printable where you can fill in all of your favorite crafts to make and movies to watch during the winter season! It could probably go without saying, but I've included this printable in my Holiday Planner under the Christmas divider tab!

I don't know about you, but Pinterest is my go-to place to quickly find ideas for crafts and DIY projects, but there's also nothing that beats curling up with a good magazine for inspiration! What do you hope to make this season- crafts with the little ones, a few festive decor pieces to bring the fall season indoors, a great vignette in the front entry way or porch? 

Here are a few things that are on my Christmas "To Make" list to get the creative juices flowing! And feel free to check out my Pinterest "Holiday: Christmas" or "Holiday: Advent & Epiphany" boards to get even more ideas!

• Christmas wreath
• napkin rings for Christmas dinner
• Daily December scrapbook 
• display for received Christmas cards
• frame Christmas subway tile printable
• Christmas hair clips for the babies
• DIY snowmen from old socks
• winter-inspired pages for our felt quiet book
• Christmas & winter sensory bins for the toddler
• citrus & clove pomanders
• felt mistletoe balls
• Christmas stockings for family
• Christmas family newsletter

and here's a few of my Advent-themed "To Make" items...

• Advent wreath
• 12 days of Christmas calendar
• Advent book basket
• felt Jesse Tree & ornaments for toddler
• frame Christmas Scripture printables
• felt nativity for toddler
• Advent-inspired pages for felt quiet book
• napkin rings for Epiphany dinner

With the winter weather rolling in, it's one of my favorite times to snuggle under a blanket on the couch, perhaps with a cup of hot tea or apple cider, and take in a good movie with the family! While the kids are napping, watching a movie also a great time to snuggle up with the hubby and get in a little in-house "date night" too!

Here are some family & adult movies that are perfect for the winter & Christmas season! What other movies would you add to your "To Watch" list?
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31 Days: Create a Family Christmas Bucket List

Good afternoon, friends! 

Welcome to today's FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Today's printable is for creating a family "bucket list" of things to do throughout the Christmas season! You can see part of my list above. With DH in the Army, we move around a fair amount. After 3 years in the deep south, we're SO excited to be farther north again where we can go cut down a Christmas tree again and it's cold enough to snuggle by the fireplace! Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll get a bit of snow again this year and get to make snow angels and have a snowball fight... What things are on your "must do" list for the winter season? Don't forget to check out any local holiday festivals that your area might be hosting! 

Below is a FREE blank printable where you can fill in all of your favorite activities to make sure you don't miss out on doing anything during the Christmas season! There's a column for items to "do" and a column for items to "bake!" 

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It could probably go without saying, but I've included this printable in my Holiday Planner under the Christmas divider tab!

Today I actually have a BONUS free printable for ya too! Do you do a Winter Cleaning, like a Spring Cleaning but once the cold weather starts setting in? If so, here's the perfect place to keep track of all those cleaning projects or other items you want to get done during the busy holiday season!

Holiday Project Tracker

31 Days: Holiday Book Basket Lists

Good afternoon, friends, and Happy Columbus Day to my fellow Americans! 

Welcome to today's FREE printables I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Today we're slowly starting into the Christmas-themed printables AND today is bonus day! At the bottom of the post is not just one but FIVE (5) FREE blank printables in one big bundle- where you can print out whichever ones fit your needs, or print them all! There's a place to keep track of all your book buying and reading needs...

• Autumn Book Basket list- keep track of books you own and books to buy!
• Thanksgiving Book Basket list- keep track of books you own and books to buy!
• Winter Book Basket list- keep track of books you own and books to buy!
• Christmas Book Basket list- keep track of books you own and books to buy!
• Advent & Epiphany Book Plans list- this is a bonus special list! It has each day of the Advent & Christmastide season lists to the left, then a column for your "To Read" book, corresponding "To Watch" movie, and a corresponding "To Craft" craft! Use some or all of the columns to plan out your whole holiday season with fun activities for you and the little ones!

Download the Book Basket List Bundle HERE
(contains all five FREE printables in one file!)

31 Days: Our Toddler Christmas Book Basket (40+ books!)

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Good afternoon, friends! 

Happy Sunday! Here on the blog, we're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

So are you ready to wrap up these book lists? I hope they've given you some new books to explore and perhaps add to your current and future holiday lists! Today I wanted to share some of our family's favorite Christmas-themed books! Our Christmas Book Basket contains a variety of book topics- from secular Christmas to Advent & Epiphany to Christmastide (aka. the 12 days of Christmas).

We have a 2.5 yro toddler in the house who, thankfully, loves to read! So most nights before bed, we all snuggle in and read a small pile of books. This Christmas season we'll be unwrapping one book per night- it will be a mix of old and new books for our little one since we're still building our stash! I have to confess that I'm a stickler for beautiful illustrations, even in children's books, or perhaps especially in children's books! However, some of these books I did pick out with purely my toddler's favorite things in mind. So! Without further ado, let me share my list with you! In no particular order...

31 Days: Our Winter Toddler Book Basket (20+ books to explore!)

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Good morning, friends! 

Welcome! Here on the blog, we're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

So today we are finally delving into the, I'm sure, long awaited for Christmas section of our holiday planners! I thought we might start out with me sharing some of our family's favorite Winter-themed books! Our Winter/Christmas/Advent Book Basket will be super full this year. We're starting a new tradition of opening one book per day of Advent & Christmastide (the 12 days of Christmas that lead up to the Epiphany) and doing a corresponding movie, craft, and/or baking adventure with each book! Should be fun :)

We have a 2.5 yro toddler in the house who, thankfully, loves to read! So most nights before bed, we all snuggle in and read a small pile of books. I have to confess that I'm a stickler for beautiful illustrations, even in children's books, or perhaps especially in children's books! However, some of these books I did pick out with purely my toddler's favorite things in mind. So! Without further ado, let me share my list with you! In no particular order...

31 Days: Our Thanksgiving Toddler Book Basket (10+ books to explore!)

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Good evening, friends! 

Welcome! Here on the blog, we're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

So did anyone find some great Autumn books to read after yesterday's post? Today I wanted to help fill out your Thanksgiving To-Do lists with some of our family's favorite Thanksgiving-themed books! Our Thanksgiving Book Basket is getting ready in the wings, coming out next month for turkey day month ;)

We have a 2.5 yro toddler in the house who, thankfully, loves to read! I have to confess that I'm a stickler for beautiful illustrations, even in children's books, or perhaps especially in children's books! However, some of these books I did pick out with purely my toddler's favorite things in mind.  We were moving at Thanksgiving last year, so we don't have a huge stockpile yet, but I plan to rectify that next month ;) So! Without further ado, let me share my list with you! In no particular order...

31 Days: Our Autumn Toddler Book Basket (30+ books!)

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Good evening, friends! 

Welcome! Here on the blog, we're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

So how are everyone's Autumn and Thanksgiving lists coming? Today I wanted to help fill out your lists with some of our family's favorite Autumn-themed books! Our Autumn Book Basket is really a figurative basket at the moment, as currently it's a messy pile on our nightstand, hehe. When I get a spare minute, I plan on picking up an actual lovely basket that can successfully hold our ever growing pile of Autumn books!

We have a 2.5 yro toddler in the house who, thankfully, loves to read! So most nights before bed, we all snuggle in and read a small pile of books. Some nights her attention span is greater than others, but I enjoy a lot of the books as well. So even on the nights where it feels like I'm just reading to myself, that's fine by me :) I have to confess that I'm a stickler for beautiful illustrations, even in children's books, or perhaps especially in children's books! However, some of these books I did pick out with purely my toddler's favorite things in mind. So! Without further ado, let me share my list with you! In no particular order...

31 Days: Thanksgiving Menu Planners

Good afternoon, friends! 

Welcome to today's FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Today we're continuing with Thanksgiving-themed printables and today is bonus day! At the bottom of the post is not just one but THREE (3) FREE blank printables where you can fill in all of your ideas for turkey day dinner! There's a place to keep track of all your menu planning needs...

• Thanksgiving Menu Ideas: it's exciting to plan a big dinner, especially if you're hosting friends and family! As ideas for what to serve start swirling through your thoughts, jot them all down here- you can narrow down your choices and decide on a final plan as the dinner approaches!
• Thanksgiving Menu Plan: here's where you can write out your final dinner plans. This includes a place to write down which course the food is for (appetizer, main dish, dessert, etc.), the recipe name, the source (Pinterest, cookbook name & page, family recipe), the time it takes to both prep and cook the dish, as well as any particular notes about that dish (double the recipe, etc.)
• Thanksgiving Grocery List: as you finalize your menu plan, don't forget to write down all of the ingredients on this list- it will make heading to the grocery store so much easier!

Download your FREE printables below...
(1) Thanksgiving Menu Ideas
(2) Thanksgiving Menu Plan
(3) Thanksgiving Grocery List

OR

Download the Menu Planner Bundle HERE
(contains all three FREE printables in one file!)

31 Days: Thanksgiving Lists

Good afternoon, friends! 

Welcome to today's FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Creating A Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

Today we're starting to look at Thanksgiving-themed printables and ideas for our planners! At the bottom of the post is a FREE blank printable where you can fill in all of your ideas for turkey day! There's a place to write down and keep track of lots of topics...

• "To Do" list- what are some activities you love doing with your family during the holidays?
• "To Make & Craft" list- perfect for all those crafts you want to do with the wee ones or home decor you plan to DIY!
• "To Eat" list- do you travel to friends or family for Thanksgiving dinner? Then what are other items you want to bake or make at home this season?
• "To Read & Watch" list- don't forget all the great books & movies that are fun to watch around this time!

Need some ideas to get you started? Here's a few of the things on my lists....