The Magic Flower: 12 Books in One!
This is a book of twelve chapters that were written with children and families in mind! Depending on your circumstances and the age of the children enjoying the story, this one book can be treated as 12 separate books! Talk about the Twelve Days of Christmas! But you won’t find any partridges or gold rings here. You will, however, find stories that reveal the true “magic” of Christmas. I call it magic, but it’s really God’s blessings.
Parents, you can read a chapter a night to your child, or you can have your child read one chapter a night to you. Or both!
Puttin’ On the Skits
Another way to enjoy The Magic Flower is to put on a family skit. That’s where each member of the family (those who can read and speak) chooses a character from the book and reads their part. You can even act it out if you want! Be careful about the text that’s not in quotes. You and your family get to figure out which statements should really be read by the character who is thinking them. All other non-character text can go to the unnamed character, Narrator. Then for real fun, switch it up so the adults read the children’s parts and the kids read the grown-ups’ parts.
Want to get really creative? Use the book to put on a skit at your church! It’s similar to participating in the Family Read as described above but on a bigger scale. And you can find items in your church to use as props! I did that once with a skit I wrote about How to Feed a Party of 5000. That was great fun, and it was meaningful!
I’ll write more detailed Kat’s Chats about:
- How to make a crazy top-knot bookmark — very fun for people who have purchased the physical book
- How to create the pot and tray for your own “magic flower” — These make real gifts you know.
- Reading comprehension — Hint: You do that with some of the other fun activities
- Vocabulary — Who says young children can’t understand big words? Just know that the words they will learn are safe and appropriate for all audiences.
- Social studies — things like what makes up a family unit, cultures that celebrate Christmas and how they celebrate, etc.
- Science — things like growing bulbs, seasons for different flowers in different places, picking out the right paint for your flower pot, which parts of the country are likely to get snow at Christmas, etc.
- Simple Math — There’s counting going on throughout the book! Think of this as a seek-and-find activity.
- And more! In this way, The Magic Flower turns into more than just a Christmas book; it’s a tool for home-schooling, even if your child attends public school.
