I have a Christmas package tip to share: My niece, just turned 5, loves to pass out the gifts on Christmas morning at my house. Since she hasn't learned to read yet, I decided I would make it easier for her.
Instead of putting names on the packages, I put a picture of the recipient. She picks up a package and sees her pictures, she knows that one is hers. She gets a package with granddaddy's picture on it, she takes it to granddaddy. She loves it. I like to use funny pictures that I have taken through out the year and everyone gets a laugh from their picture.
It puts a few more laughs in the passing out and Rebekah feels like she is the master of ceremonies. It's fun. I printed as many pictures as I needed from the computer, this way it doesn't cost anything.
Source: Just an idea that popped in my head.
By Connie H. from Smithville
This is such a great idea! ... I bet your niece will appreciate it.
---> It would be cool to also write the names on the back in bold capital letters because then you could use the tags later in the day as sort of Flash Cards to teach her to actually read the names... This would be a super-fun game between you & her... Just have her look at the name on the back & have her try to read it then turn the tag over to see if she's read the name of the person correctly. I bet within 5 or 10 minutes of this you'll have taught her to read everyone in the family's name!
I did something a bit similar last year, only it was the opposite. To the gifts we gave our grandchildren, we put a wallet-sized picture of ourselves (covered with laminating for the younger ones) Most of our grandchildren live great distances from us so we don't see them very often. This not only helped the little ones really understand who sent the gift, but each had his/her own picture to carry around and remember us by. Judging by feedback from our kids, the youngsters were more excited about the pictures than they were the presents.
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I have a Christmas package tip to share: My niece, just turned 5, loves to pass out the gifts on Christmas morning at my house. Since she hasn't learned to read yet, I decided I would make it easier for her.
Instead of putting names on the packages, I put a picture of the recipient. She picks up a package and sees her pictures, she knows that one is hers. She gets a package with granddaddy's picture on it, she takes it to granddaddy. She loves it. I like to use funny pictures that I have taken through out the year and everyone gets a laugh from their picture.
It puts a few more laughs in the passing out and Rebekah feels like she is the master of ceremonies. It's fun. I printed as many pictures as I needed from the computer, this way it doesn't cost anything.
Source: Just an idea that popped in my head.
By Connie H. from Smithville
