Showing posts with label Jesus Christ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus Christ. Show all posts

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Nativity Preschool Activities

Today we talked about we had a Nativity Preschool theme.  My son wanted me to write Baby Jesus instead of Nativity on the picture here.  :) 
There are tons of activities and ideas out there for this theme as it should be since Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus Christ.  We love our Little People Nativity Set.  It is set up on top of our computer desk, but we got it down and played with it.  My son likes to hide and find things so we did that with baby Jesus.  Check out this fun Nativity Scavenger Hunt using the Little People set.
There are tons of preschool printables out there about the Nativity, Jesus, Angels, and so forth.  I love having lots of options and usually use a few things from lots of sources.  I will put up some links to some favorites.

Prepared Not Scared has a fun Memory Game.  Here is a cute printable UNO game.
We have used this play in the passed.  I think we will do a little bit different one using these stick puppets on Christmas Eve to help tell the story of Christ's birth.
Here are some links to coloring pages.

Check out this link to the Ultimate List of Nativty Resources.
Here is what we did in 2010 and 2011.

We also enjoyed watching some Christmas Videos like the ones found here. We also love The Piano Guys "O Come, Emmanuel" video.

We also sang some favorite Christmas songs out of the Children's Songbook.

The last thing we did was make a baby Jesus Christmas Ornament to hang on the tree.  My son had a great time cutting pieces of yellow paper to use as the straw in the manager.
Then he hung it on our tree.
I may post tomorrow and I may not.  I have a lot going on in the next week and a half so we will see.  If I don't I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Nativity Story

Today we had a special preschool lesson talking about the birth of Jesus.  I tried to make the day special so that my son would remember it and think about it as we celebrate Christmas.

I found a Nativity Play with cute visuals that I used as flannel board pieces as I told the story of Christ.  I plan to use these again Christmas Eve.  The play is cute and short.  Great for young children and it has some songs included in it as well.
I used these cute printables for a memory game of all of the different people and things that are involved with the Nativity Story.
 There are a lot of cute preschool packs out there having to do with Christ's birth.  Here are some activities from Over the Big Moon that we did.  (There are lots more included in this pack too.)


 Confessions of a Homeschooler also has Jesus activities like these pictured below.
 We also made Baby Jesus Haystacks (you can put a marshmallow on top for a baby Jesus too).
 I had some Nativity Scene stickers so my son used them to make his own Nativity scene.  Then he wrote "Jesus" on the paper.  It was a fun little project to do and  a good review of people who came to see Jesus.

We also played with our Fisher-Price Little People Nativity Set.

You can check out my Nativity Story activities from last year here

KatherineMaries also has a great collection of Nativity activities that is a must see if you have young children.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Christmas Countdown 2011

We have down this fun Christmas Countdown the previous two Decembers and plan on doing it again this year.  Each day in December you put up a new thing and there is either a scripture, song, or poem to go with it.  You can find out more about it here.  It is a lot of fun and I think it helps keep the true meaning of Christmas in mind, at least in mine, if not my kids.  :)

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Easter (Relgious)

We've been working on this lesson bit by bit throughout the week.  I think I finally have taken a picture of everything though.  Teaching young children about Easter is interesting.  We can be excited about the fact that Jesus Christ was resurrected, but it is hard (at least for me) to teach them a little about the Atonement and His death.  I try to focus on the fact that He was resurrected, we will be resurrected someday too, and that He will come again!
Gathering Time:
Focus Activities:

RESOURCES:

Monday, December 6, 2010

Nativity Story

Gathering Time:
Using the Little People Nativity Set, tell the story of Jesus Birth
Sequence events that happen in the story after I’ve finished telling it using the Little People as a guide
Sing, “Away in a Manager”
Pretend to rock baby Jesus
Sing, “Silent Night”
Go on a hunt around the house looking for baby Jesus- use clip art of baby Jesus
Focus Activities:
Shoe Box Nativity we used the flannel board pieces from here (I put popsicle sticks on the Nativity pieces so that they could play with it)
Christmas Nativity Scene (we used these as little puppets.  They would also work with the Shoe Box Nativity activity)
Other Possibilities:
Read "Christmas in the Manger" by Nola Buck and Felicia Bond
RESOURCES:

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Preschool Activities Dec. 7-11


December 7- BIRTH OF CHRIST
Language Arts- Tell story of the birth of Christ using Fisher- Price Little People Set.
Math- Jesus Counting Cards
Science/Cooking- Make Baby Jesus haystacks
Music- Nativity Song (LDS Children's Song Book)
Art- Stand Up Nativity Craft, Baby Jesus Scissor Cutting Practice
December 9- Santa Claus
Language Arts- Twas The Night Before Christmas
Math- Santa Shapes
Science/Cooking- Make Santa Hats
Gross Motor/Music- Sing "Santa Claus is coming to Town"
Art/Fine Motor- Santa Hand
December 10- Reindeer
Language Arts- Rudolph, Rudolph! (use flannel board pieces)
Math-Craft Stick Reindeer what shape did we make?
Science/Cooking- Make Reindeer Dust
Gross Motor/Music- Sing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
Art/Fine Motor- Reindeer Craft,
December 11- Stockings
Language Arts- Christmas Stocking Poem
Math- Lacing card, sewing stocking
Science/Cooking- Eat an orange, talk about how oranges are often times put in stockings
Gross Motor/Music- Sing "Christmas Stocking"
Art/Fine Motor- Cotton Ball Stocking

Friday, April 3, 2009

Preschool Activities April 6-10


Language ArtsResurrection Flannel board story
MathThe Resurrection File folder game
Science/CookingResurrection Rolls
Music/Gross Motor"Easter Hosanna"
Art/Fine MotorHe Lives Pop Up Craft
April 7
Language ArtsPoem
MathEgg Matching and Patterns
Science/CookingEaster Snack Mix
Music/Gross MotorEaster Egg Race (plastic eggs)
Art/Fine MotorOnline Easter Games
April 8
Language ArtsHumpty Dumpty
MathEgg Alphabet file folder game
Science/CookingBoil Eggs
Music/Gross Motor"I'm a Little Chick"
Art/Fine MotorEgg Chick
April 9
Language ArtsWriting Eggs
MathEgg Counting File Folder
Science/CookingSee what a hard boil egg looks like inside versus regular egg
Music/Gross MotorEaster Egg Hunt
Art/Fine MotorBasket of Eggs
April 10
Language ArtsThe Egg who Couldn't Decide (flannel board story)
MathEgg Flannel board matching
Science/CookingDecorate Easter Eggs
Music/Gross MotorHot Potato with Eggs (use plastic egg)
Art/Fine MotorStripe Easter Egg Technique