12 Days of Christmas

Woohoo! We're done with schoolwork until after the Holidays!

This morning the kids completed their lapbooks on the spiritual symbolism behind "The Twelve Days of Christmas." It was a fun project for all of us....except the Rayray who is anti-craft. She did enjoy learning the meanings behind each day, though.

In the Middle Ages, Christians were persecuted for their beliefs. So parents made up the 12 Days of Christmas song to teach their children the basics of the Christian faith and about the Bible. How grateful I am today that we don't have to hide our beliefs behind a child's Christmas counting song!

I got the Hands of a Child unit free from Old Schoolhouse Magazine...So grateful for that! The lapbooks turned out great and a normally annoying Christmas song now has deeper meaning for us.