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Christmas - A Christian Festival

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Celebrations Special Birthdays

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events, and respond to what is heard with relevant comments, questions or actions.
  • Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
  • Know about similarities and differences between others, and among families, communities and traditions.
  • Speak confidently in a familiar group, and talk about ideas.

Lesson Planning

Children will listen to the Christmas Story and talk about the birth of Jesus. They will make their own Nativity scenes, St Nicholas glass biscuits and sing Christmas songs around Santa´s sleigh.

Children will:

  • Know the Christmas story and understand why it´s an important Christmas celebration.
  • Consolidate their learning by taking part in child-initiated activities.
  • Acknowledge and respect the practices of Christianity.
  • Accept that people have different faiths/beliefs and that should be respected.

You Will Need

  • Christmas cards
  • Nativity sequence sheets
  • Collage materials
  • Role-play masks
  • Large cardboard boxes
  • Bells
  • Reindeer headbands
  • Soft mats, blankets, pillows, teddies, pyjamas, bedtime stories, costumes, stockings and pretend presents

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