Holiday Greetings Learn to greet your ethnic friends in their own languages, wishing them a happy holiday or joining in with a song in their own tongue . For the older ones, working on higher math skills, algebra and geometry. Gifts Kids need to learn to budget their own list as well as what they can manage to spend on others. I've often taken my young ones to shop at drug stores, where there's almost always something for everyone on their list, and the prices are reasonable. The sighs from the other customers were audible.
Estimation is a much needed math skill.
Talk about complimentary colors for the wrap and the ribbon. Use your color printer to print out Christmas wrap designed by your children. Gingerbread House Build a castle or house from a past or future society, to throw in history and civics. Counting Backwards Sing The Twelve Days of Christmas too often. Figure out the cost of these gifts in today's currency.