Some fun winter games

We have been playing some fun winter games, and I wanted to share with my mommy friends!

*This Bingo game in the February edition of Family Fun was a bit hit with my two! I didn't make it as fancy as the instructions--I just printed the game boards, and wrote out the words and cut them apart. The kids sat at little lap desks in the living room and took turns drawing words and putting marshmallows on their boards. Great for reading/spelling for Aaron, and to strengthen Claire's letter recognition skills.

*Aaron cannot stop talking about a game they played during the kid's hour at church a couple of weeks ago. Apparently it had something to do with sentences that were either true or not true, and different buckets you put the sentences in. He kept begging me to make a game for him, so I finally typed out some sentences in the same fomat he told me the teacher used at church. The sentences say things like, "It's OK to steal something from the store," or "It's OK to help Mommy unload the dishwasher," or "It's OK to share toys with your friends." When the statement is read, the kids decide if it's true or not true (or good or bad as Claire said), and put it in the right bucket. Not much too it, but they really liked it! Next time we play I will let Aaron help me read the sentences to work on his reading skills.