High Five

One of the BEST gifts we have ever received is from our Great Nana. For the past two Christmases, she has bought the kids a subscription of Highlights High Five Magazine. My kids LOVE it!! I love it too because not only is there stories, but there is also songs, crafts, cooking, and building to be done together. We spent the entire morning reading and doing activities for the magazine. Oh and the best thing was that this took NO planning on my part! And I had everything on hand so that was awesome too!

First, was to make a colorful, fuzzy mobile. I like that it list everything needed through word and picture, so while I was standing in the craft closet, the kids read off what I needed to get out.

It was great for those fine motor skills.

We added a few things I had on hand to make it our own.

It looks really pretty too!

Then we got to the build it section. They had built an apartment building.

This is what ours looked like! BTW, other than me taping the containers together with their help, they did this entirely on their own. They are still playing with this and adding more to it.

Finally, it was lunch time. The cooking section listed a recipe for Maple-Cinnamon French toast. Again they called out what we needed while I dug it out of the fridge.

They made it by them selves, except for the stove top cooking which I did.

Looks Yummy!!

So what I'm trying to say with all this is that you SHOULD get this magazine!! It really is one of our favorite gifts because if gives something every month and it is so educational!