Week 1
Making family cards for every relative
Family Season
Our hands. Our presents. Our December.
1. Theme of the month
December
Presents for Everyone
How it went
Which present was the best one to give away?
— The cards came to twenty-three, and on four of them Zoya drew the wrong relatives. — In the secret Santa Dad drew himself, so we drew again.
2. Weeks of the month4 weeks – presents for ours and not ours
Week 2
A secret Santa inside the family
Week 3
The wish tree: a stranger child's letter
Week 4
Thanking the cleaner, the porter, the doctor
Our goal for the month
Make the presents by hand and give them to more than our own.
3. Personal storylinesOur own goals and how they are going
Dad
Project:Mending the lights
Sorting bulbs in the old strings instead of buying new
Progress
My goal this month:Not one new string of lights
Mum
Project:Baking for the fair
Biscuits for the school charity fair
Progress
My goal this month:Enough for the shelter's presents
Styopa
Project:Giving my toys away
I choose what goes, and nobody decides it for me
Progress
My goal this month:A box I packed myself
Zoya
Project:Cards for teachers
One each, drawn and signed by hand
Progress
My goal this month:A card for every teacher
4. How our family felt
- Good
- Okay
- Bad
| Who | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Ideas for next month