Hard to keep the kids focused with all the Christmas hustle and bustle around you? Take advantage of it this year and turn everything “Christmas” into everything “home-school”! Life is about learning, so why not?
The other day I was looking at some real reindeer someone had on their farm. They are pretty amazing creatures. With all these “tiny reindeer” we keep hearing about during the season, is there really such a thing?
Do some “reindeer Research” this year to start off your “Christmas Curriculum”. Turn your kids into “Super Slueths” and take them to WalMart to create a list of things they could investigate!
Did you know that a reindeer’s shoulders are 4 to 5 feet long?
I just watched a Christmas special where the reindeer were brown, but actually, they are only brown in the SUMMER! What color are they in winter?
Unlike regular deer, both the female and the male reindeer have antlers.
So much for the Christmas Specials…reindeer shed their antlers in winter.
Not sure how Santa deals with this, but did you know reindeer go south in the fall and leave the frozen tundra?
Did you know that reindeer are great swimmers?
See? This could be the best season for getting your kids to do research and report on subjects that EVERYONE seems to care about but few KNOW about!
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