Exploring Christmas traditions in EYFS

Embrace Christmas time using these hand-picked resources that explore typical festive traditions and the Christmas story with EYFS classes

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Christmas tree, star, biscuits and dried orange, exploring Christmas traditions resources

Top resources to familiarise younger learners with the Christmas story and festive traditions

It’s hard to believe that yet another calendar year has flown by and that Christmas is just around the corner again. Bring the spirit of Christmas into your early years classroom with these hand-picked lessons and activity ideas, looking at the Christmas story and seasonal customs.

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Christmas story for EYFS

The Christmas Story PowerPoint Presentation
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The Christmas Story PowerPoint Presentation

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11 colourful slides retelling the Nativity/Christmas Story. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2. PowerPoint Show and PDF versions included in download. Simpler version of the Christmas Story is also available [The Christmas Story PowerPoint - simple version](https://www.tes.com/t...
Christmas Story | Christmas Nativity | Nativity Activities KS1
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Christmas Story | Christmas Nativity | Nativity Activities KS1

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Christmas Story, Christmas Nativity Story activities and story power point for KS1. Teach children all about the Christmas Story and the birth of Jesus with this power point story and print and go activities. Children will love learning all about the reason why we celebrate Christmas with these en...
The Nativity Story - KS1
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The Nativity Story - KS1

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English Teaching Resources: The Nativity Story - KS1 'The Nativity Story - KS1' has been designed to cover many of the year 1 and 2 curriculum objectives for 'Reading - comprehension' and 'Writing - composition' outlined in the English programme of study. 'The Nativity Story' is a bright and eng...
Christmas Story - "Who can see it first?" Card Game
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Christmas Story - "Who can see it first?" Card Game

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Fast card game in which players need to find nativity story characters and items and name them. Only 1 symbol between two cards is the same. Who can see it and name it first? Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top ca...
Christmas dot to dot worksheet activities
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Christmas dot to dot worksheet activities

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Two simple dot-to-dot activity worksheets with a Christmas theme. One worksheet covers numbers from 1-20 and the second covers numbers from 1-16. Very clear festive images (snowman and a Christmas tree) with bold dots and Sassoon numbers. Also shows a green dot for the starting position and a red...
Christmas card template printables to colour
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Christmas card template printables to colour

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These print-and-go Christmas card templates make a quick and easy activity for before the Christmas holidays. Just print the designs on card for children to colour. They can then fold in half and write a festive greeting inside for a friend, family member, or teacher. There are 6 designs: * Christ...
Christmas Spiral craft
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Christmas Spiral craft

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Cut around the spirals to make beautiful hanging decorations. Includes: * Santa * Christmas tree * Snowman Perfect Christmas activity for fine motor and scissor skills.