Christmas Lights Walk
What you need
- a small coat, hat and gloves
How to do it
- Wrap up warm and head out together just after dark, when the lights are on in the windows.
- Walk slowly and look for twinkly lights in windows and front gardens, from the path.
- Stop at each one and talk about it: the colours, big or little, blinking or still.
- Count how many lit-up windows you pass on the way home.
Why it matters
A slow walk in the dark to look at lights is calm and special, and talking about what you see together gives them new describing words.
What they're learning
- Describing words
- Blue, blinking, big and twinkly are words they learn from the real thing in front of them.
- Walking further
- Having lights to look for keeps little legs going on a longer walk.
- Settling
- Cold air, a slow pace and a hand to hold make this a calm end to a busy day.
What to look for
Watch for them spotting a lit window before you do and pulling you towards it. Hold hands near roads and driveways.
A tip
Look from the path, never in anyone's garden, and bring the buggy along in case little legs get tired.
Make it easier or harder
Easier: look out of your own front window at the lights across the road
Harder: look for one colour at a time: first blue lights, then red ones
