A Christmas countdown story based on the '12 Days of Christmas' song
In this Christmas book, a child decorates the Christmas tree with ornaments given to her by family and friends, as the calendar counts down toward Christmas Day. Count the decorations as they are added to the tree, and you can even sing along to the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas.
Calendar pages show the date being crossed off each day, starting with choosing a Christmas tree on 11th December. Decorations include elves, cookies, silver bells, baubles, stars, snowmen, chocolate Santas, holly, paper snowflakes, candy canes and of course, an angel as a tree topper.
This book is suitable for children of all ages. They will love seeing the ornaments appear on the tree until the tree is decorated in all it's Christmas glory. Little ones aged 1-3 will enjoy counting. how many of each ornament. 4-7 year old children will have fun looking at the calendar pictures and reading the dates. And you can all sing the text together to the tune of 12 Days of Christmas.
This is a wonderful book to enjoy with your children in the lead-up to Christmas, and one that you will want to use year after year! It also makes an excellent December storybook for kindergarten/elementary/primary school teachers to read in class. If you are an ESL teacher like the author, this story can help practice and reinforce family and Christmas vocabulary as well as calendar dates.