Christmas early years

Resources | Published 28 November, 2012

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Here you’ll find a range of teaching resources to add a dash of good will to your nursery or early years classroom. Whether it’s advent calendars, Christmas cards or a simple nativity script for a seasonal show, there will be something to bring you festive cheer!

Information and display

Christmas role play for early years

• These are some great ideas for Christmas role play.

Christmas today

• A PowerPoint that explores how we celebrate Christmas today, with seasonal animations on each slide.

Advent calendar

• An advent calendar with animated images and information about Christmas customs around the world.

How does Santa get in?

• Kermit and Grover ask children to explain how Santa fits down the chimney.

Christmas pictures

• Some beautiful images for a seasonal display.

Christmas counting cards

• These A5 cards feature Christmas items for number line displays.

Nativity story

• Four interactive scenes to help pupils discuss and retell the story of Christmas. From TESiboard.

Songs and plays

Simple nativity play

• A simple nativity script, which includes the lyrics to familiar Christmas songs.

Chilly days ahead

• These easy winter or Christmas-themed songs can be sung to familiar tunes.

Angels

• An original Christmas song with separate audio track and lyrics.

It’s Christmas time!

• A Christmas action song which can be downloaded for free.

A magical

• A Christmas themed dance activity.

Christmas concert

• This simple performance, which introduces Santa and Christmas customs, is particularly useful for EAL pupils.

Five Christmas puddings

• A festive counting song with animation.

Little reindeer

• Christmas reindeer fly on to the screen to help children in counting to ten.

Activities

Christmas card designer

• Produce your own Christmas cards, with this design tool from TESiboard.

Christmas present sorting

• Sort the presents by shape, colour or size as they come off the conveyor belt. From TESiboard.

Christmas bingo

• A winter bingo game which focuses on the numbers one to ten.

Christmas traditions lotto

• These lotto game boards use images of traditional Christmas items.

Wrapping paper maker

• A shape and space activity for designing wrapping paper using repeating image patterns. From TESiboard.

Christmas tree maker

• Pupils work with a set of shapes to make a Christmas tree. From TESiboard.

Dress Santa

• A simple control activity where pupils dress Santa and his elf. From TESiboard.

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