{"id":738,"date":"2013-11-26T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/do-your-kids-understand-when-you-say-its-not-christmas-yet\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:12:10","slug":"do-your-kids-understand-when-you-say-its-not-christmas-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/do-your-kids-understand-when-you-say-its-not-christmas-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Your Kids Understand When You Say It&#8217;s Not Christmas Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[This is a back issue of one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/newsletter\">this site&#8217;s newsletters<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Christmas is around the corner!<\/p>\n<p>If you have young kids at home, try setting up an Advent Calendar.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is a countdown towards Christmas Day &#8211; your child opens one window or box each day, starting on the 1st of December, and ending on the 25th.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0I was blogging for Spoonful.com I put together a gallery of creative <a href=\"http:\/\/spoonful.com\/crafts\/9-advent-calendars-to-make\">Advent Calendars<\/a> to make, including a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/advent-calendar.html\">printable Advent calendar<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/\">Dr Mike&#8217;s Math Games for Kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few reason why advent calendars are great for young kids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It teaches them counting<\/li>\n<li>It teaches them calendars<\/li>\n<li>It helps prevent them asking every day &#8220;is it Christmas yet?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>It teaches them that Christmas doesn&#8217;t come earlier just because they open extra windows on the Advent Calendar!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"emailfooter\"><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nbody { font-size : 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }\na { font-size: 11px; color: #ff6600; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\na:visited { color: #666666; }\na:hover {  text-decoration: underline; }\np { font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\nh1 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;}\nh2 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;}\nh3 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin:0px; padding:0px;}\nh4 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin:0px; padding:0px;}\nhr {width : 100%; height : 1px; color: #000000; size:1px;}\n.forwardform {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\n.forwardinput {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\n.forwardsubmit {margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;}\ndiv.emailfooter { font-size : 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }\ndiv.emailfooter a { font-size: 11px; color: #ff6600; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; }\n--><\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This is a back issue of one of this site&#8217;s newsletters] Christmas is around the corner! 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