Keep Faith & Family First During the Holidays

Keep Faith & Family First During the Holidays In “Keep Faith & Family First During the Holidays,” episode #220, Meredith Curtis shares easy tips and simple hacks to enjoy meaningful time with family growing in your faith. Meredith shares ideas for Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, New Years, and Three Kings Day. Try out two or three and have the best holiday season ever!         Powerline Productions, Inc. Bringing Homeschool Joy to Families Everywhere!   Show Notes God is good. Holidays are a great time to celebrate God’s goodness! Family traditions can teach children more about Jesus and how to grow in Him if we are proactive in choosing quality over busyness! Thanksgiving Put the “thanks” in Thanksgiving! * Pass the Corn Kernels * Thankful Tree * Secret Notes * Special Thanksgiving Placecards * Praise Breakfast Advent Preparing hearts for Christmas. * Advent Devotions * Advent Calendar * Felt Tree & Ornaments * The ENTIRE Christmas Story * Make Gifts & Cards * Christmas Unit Study Christmas Festivities that Build Faith Choose wisely. * Handel’s Messiah Singalong * Christmas Pageant * Birthday Party for Jesus * Walk Thru Bethlehem * Christmas Read Alouds (The Tale of the Three Trees, Humphrey’s First Christmas, Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, The Legend of the Candy Cane, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomy) * Christmas Movies (The Nativity Story, A Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown Christmas, It’s a Wonderful LifeI) * Traveling Dinner Christmas Morning Jesus before presents. * Christmas Devotions – Luke 2 * Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus * Sing Christmas Carols New Years Review and plan ahead. * Review the Year (biggest praises & biggest challenges – how they built character) * Make Goals for next year (goals, habits, pattern of living) * Game Night * Yummy Food * Read Scripture & Pray Three Kings Day When the wise men came. * Gifts for Jesus (donate to Crisis Pregnancy Center) * Traditions from Other Countries * Read the Story of the Wise Men * Special Meal Plan Free Time to be Spontaneous! It sounds crazy I know but sometimes we need to plan free time into our schedule because the holidays get so busy. Things You Can Do Ahead! There are many things you can do in November to beat the Christmas stress. * Take family photo on Thanksgiving weekend (or earlier) * Shop early and wrap as soon as you purchase (I keep a list on my computer) * Address Christmas cards while you watch a Christmas movie (men can’t do this but we can!) * Bake and freeze * Shop and freeze * Plan Menu * Make a family calendar and place in prominent location Sign up for our Newsletter Sign up for our updates and get your copy of 100 Homeschool Hacks FREE. Sign up here.           Resources