Little Time with a Rhyme and Reason

credit: Melinda Marshall Mountaintop Family Childcare

We played cookie bakery last night with our pretend money, cookies, and makeshift oven using a cutting board. We’ve done this for the last seven years as an advent calendar activity. I keep thinking they’ll grow out of it or tire, but instead they amp up their elf names and have expanded our play. This morning my youngest Kasey woke up and “baked” more cookies for us. Dramatic play is such a great tool for teaching counting, taking turns, and writing skills. What are some fun traditions you do each year?