Decorating the Christmas Tree

This year, as we celebrated the holidays, we decorated the Christmas tree all by ourselves. We chose every decoration and made sure every space was covered. It was fun for us to work together, as the close, little family that we have become. 

The finished tree. ;0)

A Bunch of Blocks

Every so often we become more interested in something particular in the room. We tend to play with it the most, and find different ways to use it. We let our imaginations run wild with that certain something. This time it was our blocks, and we wanted to use them to build places for our animals. Then, we saw how high we could stack them.

Building blocks teach many fundamental skills, such as: 

• How to follow directions

• How to sort by shape, size, and color

• How to count

• Fine motor skills

• Hand-eye coordination

• Creativity and use of imagination

• Problem-solving skills

• Sharing, and also individual play