New Year
New Year activity ideas for kids.
New Year with young children is mostly about the noise: shakers, streamers, a countdown to something that is not midnight, and a great deal of jumping.
The quieter half is looking back. A jar of good things from last year, a drawing of the best day, a hand-print to compare with next January — small and genuinely lovely a year later.
Nothing here involves resolutions. Setting goals with a four-year-old is a grown-up's idea of fun.
Activities
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Draw Round Their Hand and Keep It
One sheet, once a year: their hand, their height, and three things they can do now that they could not last year.
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A Countdown Chain
One paper loop per day, torn off each morning. It makes waiting visible, which is what small children need.
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Noisy Shakers and a Jar of Good Things
One loud activity and one quiet one. Make shakers for the countdown, and a jar to look back at next year.