Christmas with Tales!

Retired

From the sweet tales of animals to the meaningful work of kind and persistent makers, Christmas with Tales is a simple four week lesson plan to read, connect, learn, and create together. From preschoolers to elementary students, this will be a festive celebration of learning!

Four Weeks:

Mice and Makers

More than a Tree

Rabbits and Stars

Around the Manger

You do not need to have purchased A Year of Tales to use this Christmas collection, but if you have not purchased A Year of Tales, you will note that Week Three: The Tailor of Gloucester is provided for further learning and for a peek inside what you would find in this year-long curriculum.

What is included

4 Weeks of Lessons

complete with a parent guide, supply lists, student sheets and printables, and full book list with additional literature recommendations

4 Character Lessons

4 Bible Verses

4 Poems

6 Recipes

A Full Nature Investigation Collection

A Full Set of Advent Countdown Art Print Cards

We do not need a special curriculum to create joy, wonder, or festive celebration, but having a sweet guide to add to our holiday can be an opportunity to light a flame of care, consideration, and creativity this season.

We all need to stop. To take it all in. To breathe in the miracle and breathe out the awe.

Use this simple four week guide to come together, create, journey, and give to others. Remember that this guide is just that, a guide, and you do not need to read every book, complete every activity, or check any boxes as you go. Simply gather together and enjoy what brings your family peace and joy this season.

If you have younger children, you will note that extra printables have been provided to keep littler hands busy, such as alphabet and number printables, lacing cards, and coloring pages, along with your templates needed for several handcrafts and gift making activities. You can also consider setting up a sensory bin based on each weekly theme, allowing them to measure, mix, pour, and play while you read and instruct older children to complete other activities. Often children hear the most when their hands are busiest.

Older children might enjoy expanding their studies using the nature investigation bundle. This includes life cycles and anatomy posters to go along with the key plants and animals studied in this guide.