Article - Celebrate the Seasons and Holidays with Books

ARTICLE:
CELEBRATE THE SEASONS
AND HOLIDAYS WITH BOOKS

When you follow the natural flow of the seasons and the calendar it's amazing how much learning can be effortlessly added to our childrens' lives. It's easier to do this naturally with preschoolers (i.e., science and art in the fall with a leaf walk and some leaf rubbing fun afterwards) but somehow with the felt pressure of needing to produce academic results in older children, we can miss out on some of the ease and joy of this ideal natural learning with our older children.

My teenager still loves to go on nature walks, to celebrate Advent with daily singing and art projects and to learn history with each of the holidays that occur throughout the year. The possibilities are endless!

Year ago when I had just two little preschoolers I can remember going for a walk on Columbus Day and wanting to tell them, as we walked, a summary of why the day was special ... I felt frustrated because I'd grown up in England and didn't know how to simply communicate the story to them. I knew I needed some good picture books on the subject. And so was born our Holiday Library!

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Here are some calendar favorites to follow:

January: New Year's Day; Martin Luther King Day
February: Chinese New Year (date changes yearly); Valentine's Day;
President's Day, African American History
March: Easter, Passover, St. Patrick's Day
April: Gardening, Botany and Spring (Easter when appropriate)
May: Memorial Day, Military History
June: Flag Day, Summer projects and games, Natural History guides,
July: Independence Day; Swimming, the Ocean, Beach Wildlife
August: General Jewish History and celebrations
September: Fall and Nature Activities
October: Columbus Day
November: Thanksgiving and Colonial History, Elections
December: Advent, Christmas, Hanukkah

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I believe there's no other single means as effective in instilling a love of learning in children as culivating a home library of excellent, living books ...

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