Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The Countdown Is On!

Last year at this time I offered up an advent calendar of sorts: 24 links to quality animated picture books available on YouTube. That calendar was a huge hit and so I've decided to do something similar again this year. Rather than sharing YouTube links, over the next 24 days I plan to take you to some of the best child-focused book sites on the web. You can visit one each day between now and Christmas, find an activity or two, and learn more about the wealth and breadth of children's literature in the process. Alternatively, you can come back on some dull January afternoon and work your way through the links. There's hours of enjoyment to be had.

December 1: Peter Rabbit

At peterrabbit. com you can create your own personalized puppet show, complete with a photograph of your child if you choose to upload one. You can also make old fashioned crafts such as a pom-pom mouse or a spinner. There are colouring pages to download and interactive games to play. Make sure you try your hand at A Winter's Tale Game in order to receive a free background and screensaver. You may think screensaver downloads are so 1998, but trust me this one will make you feel calm while you smile a broad smile.

Don't forget to come back to open tomorrow's calendar door. I can't promise chocolate, but I will feed your soul.

9 comments:

  1. Ooh - breathless anticipation over here!

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  2. How did I miss this last year? Lots of links for me to look at! Thanks for the fun.

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  3. Oh, this is fun! The Baby will LOVE this.

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  4. Yay! Who needs chocolate? We're still eating from Halloween.

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  5. KayTar will love this!

    Her school uses TumbleBooks and Capstone library and she loves reading online books.

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  6. Awesome possum. will check it out online tonight.

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  7. Wish my kids were just a little younger. Sigh. Thanks for the link!

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  8. Yay! I'm delighted to have this gift from you!!

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  9. Lovely idea, Sue. Christmas can be a confusing time for a child. Last week I posted a story about having to switch from Italian customs (Befana) to German customs (Santa) when my family moved from one town to another in New York in the 50s. Ah, tradition!

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