Christmas
Dec 2nd: Sarah Yewman chooses Olive, the Other Reindeer
The Story: Meet Santa’s newest helper, Olive. Olive is a dog getting ready for Christmas when she hears “Olive the other Reindeer. I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!” She jumps on the polar express and heads to the North Pole. While Santa and the other reindeer are a bit…
Story Snug’s Advent Calendar 2015
I would like to say a huge, huge thank you to all the authors, illustrators and book bloggers who have helped me to put Story Snug’s Advent Calendar together this year. Our countdown to Christmas starts tomorrow and every day a surprise guest will tell us about the picture book that they most enjoy reading at Christmas.
Book Tree Advent Calendar
A few months ago our daughter discovered that our two little men, Christmas and Snowy, had help with the book Advent Calendars that Story Snug has done for the previous two years so now it’s time for something different – a book tree Advent Calendar.
The Little Christmas Tree by Rachel Elliot, Vicki Gausden & Corina Fletcher
“Wow! This is cool!” were my daughter’s first words when we read The Little Christmas Tree. It’s much more than just a book, after you have read the story you can decorate the tree with stickers and make your own Christmas scene using characters from the story.
Is It Christmas Yet? by Jane Chapman
Parents and children will identify with Ted’s excitement and his constant question ‘Is it Christmas yet?’ This beautifully illustrated story perfectly captures the excitement and anticipation of the festive season for small children and the preparations that are involved.
‘We’re Going On A Book Hunt!’ – Book Quiz
A book quiz is a fun way for a child to think about the books that they have read and also for them to discover new books, especially in their local library or in the school classroom. They are also a great activity for a rainy day in the school holidays or a classroom time filler. I love creating book quizzes,…
Snowy and Christmas’ Advent Calendar December 17th to 24th
We had lots more fun with our book Advent Calendar last week, it’s now only a week until Christmas Eve! Last week we had ice skating, clock watching, hide and seek, cycling and a very messy baking session. Snowy even jumped to the moon! We’re looking forward to seeing what surprises Snowy and Christmas bring from December 17th…
One Snowy Night by M Christina Butler & Tina Macnaughton
We love Little Hedgehog, he really should be hibernating at Christmas but he wakes up on one snowy night because he’s so cold. When he receives a present from Father Christmas, the present doesn’t get used in quite the way it should be!
Snowy and Christmas’ Advent Calendar December 9th to 16th
The first thing our daughter does every morning is to run downstairs to see what Christmas and Snowy are doing and which book they have brought. The first eight days on our book Advent Calendar brought snowballs, music making, bubbles, stickers, sweetie filled shoes from St. Nicholas and while Christmas wrote cards, Snowy had fun playing…
Learning with Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
Mr Willowby unknowingly spreads festive cheer when he chops the top off his Christmas tree. This lovely rhyming story can be used to stimulate Christmas tree arts, crafts, literacy and numeracy activities.
