ELF HACK – HOLIDAY READING FOR EARLY READERS

Want your young readers to be eager to read over these Holidays?

Come Elf on the Shelf to the rescue! We just adopted this beautiful Christmas tradition last year. On December 1st we invited our very own little Elf to join the household for the next few weeks. Our Elf, or rather Elfie, comes with a printed letter from Santa (i.e. me, the mom) each morning . She tells the kids what she observed, liked and disliked, what she learned and been up to, among other things. When my daughter was 5 years old she couldn’t wait to jump out of bed and read all the letters each morning. Her interest in reading and vocab skyrocketed.

Taking it to the next level – Foreign Language and Chess

This year, we are spicing things up. Elfie’s letters are now in French. I think it’s a great way to increase foreign language vocab and interest in languages among young children.

But not only does the Elfie comes with letters this year, she also brings printed chess and math puzzles along for my children to solve. Bingo!

And as a bonus, the Elfie reminds my children to behave and adopt new positive habits. What a great way to get the message across, under cover 😉