Our family celebrates Advent. Not out of a command, but out of a need. We need to prepare our hearts for the awe, the wonder, and the majesty of Christmas. Advent is the tool that makes our celebration of Christ’s arrival deeper than a simple desire to say, “Jesus came! Hooray!”
Maybe you need Advent this year, too. Maybe you’ve never celebrated it, but the idea of actually longing for Christmas rather than counting down the days is something that pulls on your soul. Maybe you’ve had the kind of year that has left you more than a little weary, and the thought of throwing yourself into a holiday sounds like one more thing on your already too-long list of one more things. Maybe you find yourself, every year, with four days left until Christmas morning and wondering where the time has gone and how it always evaporates in a sea of cookie exchanges and ornament-making parties.
If so, I invite you to consider purchasing Experiencing Advent. Pulled from years of material I produced for my own family’s celebration, Experiencing Advent is designed to be flexible. Use it with Daddy around the breakfast table before he leaves for work. Set aside time during homeschooling to devote to the study. Make it part of your family Bible study. Use it in a way that best fits your family right now, in this season of life.
This isn’t a craft-heavy unit study that leaves your older kids drumming the table, waiting to be set loose. Neither is it a purely academic exercise that flies right over the heads of your littles. Activities are included, but optional. And the learning? While it’s not light stuff, it’s designed to be accessible to young ones while still offering plenty of room for the kind of rabbit trails that allow for real ownership of the knowledge.
Experiencing Advent offers:
- More than 50 pages of study.
- A look at the historical period into which Jesus was born.
- Scripture memorization for younger and older children.
- An introduction to the symbols of the season.
- The history behind some of the season’s most God-honoring caroles.
- Bible scavenger hunts.
- Plans for Saturday Advent celebrations.
- Craft, recipe, and activity options.
- Four full weeks of lessons planned by day.
- Open-and-go learning.
Experiencing Advent is in an ebook format for just $8.99. Start your journey towards a more meaningful season today. Prepare your heart for Jesus, and experience Advent!