While the holidays can bring cheer to the young and old, these festive times are not without social challenges. We talk with our children as young as three years old about saying thank you for a toy he or she may already have at home instead of blurting out the wrong response. During the holiday prep, we try to show our first graders that it is better to give than receive. Lets not forget our teenagers who are tempted to engage in mischief like throwing snowballs packed with ice at cars. So, I thought, as I printed and prepped all my cute, bright holiday lesson plans that one, very important plan was missing from my holiday binder: problem solving.
