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Term One Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Ten, Day One

Age: 3 Year Olds

Theme: Celebrations

Sub-theme: Celebrating Christmas

Concept/Content: Christmas is a special time. Many, many years ago, a special baby

boy named Jesus was born at Christmas time.

Circle Time

Name of Activity: Christmas Time

Objectives: At the end of the activity, child/children should be able to:

1. Name the special time of year that Jesus was born

2. Discuss at least three (3) activities that take place during the Christmas

season

3. Express how they feel at Christmas time

Skills: Listening, speaking, identifying

Resources: Video - https://youtu.be/R4LFyjPdd2I (Christmas Time is Here)

https://youtu.be/R4LFyjPdd2I

Activity Steps:

1. Clink the link (https://youtu.be/R4LFyjPdd2I) to listen to and view the video

”Christmas Time is Here”. Sing along with the song as it is being played

2. Ask child/children to tell what season the song highlights (Christmas)

3. Engage child/children in a discussion about activities that take place during

the Christmas season (Christmas dinner, attend church to celebrate Jesus’

birth, Christmas tree lighting etc)

4. Encourage child/children to express how they feel at Christmas time and why.

Guided Learning Activity

Name of Activity: Counting Letters in a Name


1. Count number of letters in words

2. Identify numerals

Skills: Speaking, counting, identifying

Resources: Name cards, number chart/cards

5 7 4 4 2 3 6 4 3

9 6 5 9

https://youtu.be/R4LFyjPdd2I

Activity Steps:

1. Show child/children name cards.

2. Allow child/children to count the letters in each name, then identify the

numeral representing the number of letters.

3. Praise child/children for participating in the activity

Guided Creative Activity

Name of Activity: Christmas Collage

Objective: At the end of the activity, child/children should be able to:

Create a Christmas collage

Skills: Cutting, pasting, creating

Resources: Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgbgGut6s8 ‘Homemade

Christmas Gifts’

Cartridge paper, ribbon, scissors, coloured glitter glue, photographs

Activity Steps:

1. Assist child/children to gather the materials needed to complete the activity.

2. Click on the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgbgGut6s8 and view

the video “Homemade Christmas Gifts: Photo Collage”

3. Assist child/children to create the Christmas Photo Collage as seen in the

video.

4. Let child/children to select coloured glitter glue to decorate the borders of

the photo collage.

5. Display the collage

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Treasure Hunt: Go Find Baby Jesus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgbgGut6s8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgbgGut6s8


1. Describe the picture of Baby Jesus

2. Follow instructions

Skills: Speaking, running, describing

Resources: Pictures of different persons of different age group including a picture

of baby Jesus

Activity Steps:

1. Allow child/children to view the picture of Baby Jesus

2. Ask child/children to describe the picture.

3. Hide pictures of different persons around the home.

4. Instruct child/children to search for the picture of Baby Jesus (the treasure)

5. Assist child/children by giving cues to find the treasure.

6. Give child/children with a high five when the treasure is found

Story Time

Name of Story: The Story of Christmas: Jesus is Born


1. Recall events from a story

2. Share own feelings about a story

Skills: Listening, speaking, recalling

Resources: The Story of Christmas: Jesus is Born Video-

(https://youtu.be/v3656G6tWuI)

The Story of Christmas: Jesus is Born

https://youtu.be/v3656G6tWuI

This is Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus. But before that happened, she lived in

the Town of Nazareth and she was engaged to marry a man named

Joseph.

Mary got pregnant by the power of God. Joseph did not understand all this at first

but the angel came and told him to still take Mary as his wife.

So he did as the angel said.

Not long after that, the ruler of the land Caesar Augustus wanted to count

how many people were in the land. So Caesar Augustus

ordered everyone in the land to travel back to their hometowns so that they would

be counted. Joseph's hometown was Bethlehem, so Mary and Joseph travelled all the

way from Nazareth back to Bethlehem.

When they arrived in Bethlehem, they looked for a place to stay but there was no

room for them, so they stayed in a barn and while they were there Mary gave birth

to Jesus. She wrapped him snuggly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger. And so

the Son of God, the Saviour of the world was born in a barn in Bethlehem.

Activity Steps

1. Click link (https://youtu.be/v3656G6tWuI) to view and listen to the story

or read printed version of story (see Resources Section Day 1)

2. Engage child/children in a discussion about the story by asking the following

questions:

a) What is the name of the baby that Mary had?

b) Where was baby Jesus born?

3. Allow child/children to express how they feel about a baby being born in a

manger.

https://youtu.be/v3656G6tWuI

Follow-Up Activities: Allow child/children complete the worksheets (see worksheets

at the end of the week’s lesson)



Week Ten, Day Two

Age: 3 Year Olds

Theme: Celebrations


Concept/Content: Jesus was born at Christmas time. His mother is Mary and his father n

Joseph; there were three persons in baby Jesus’ family.

Circle Time

Name of Activity: A Special Baby Boy


1. Tell the names of at least three family members

2. Talk about Jesus’ Family

Skills: Listening, speaking

Resources: Story Card- Jesus, A Special Baby Boy

Long ago, a special baby boy named Jesus was born in a stable.

His earthly father Joseph, used hay to make Him a bed,

while his mother Mary wrapped him in warm clothes.

Jesus was a special gift from God, to the whole world.

The night he was born was called the First Christmas.

Activity Steps:

1. Read the story ‘Jesus, A Special Baby Boy,’ show the picture of Jesus’ family. (See

Resources Section Day 2).


questions:

a) What is the name of the special baby boy?

b) Where was Jesus born?

c) Who wrapped Him in warm clothes?

3. Ask the child/children to give the name of the mother and father of Jesus.

4. Encourage the child/children to tell the names of three of their family members,

e.g. Ann, Dione, Michelle


Name of Activity: Counting Members of Jesus’ Family


1. Talk about Jesus’ Family

2. Count from 1-3

3. Write the numeral 3

Skills: Speaking, listening, manipulating, observing, writing

Resources: Picture of Jesus’ family, activity sheet, pencil, crayons

Persons in Baby Jesus’ family: Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus

Activity Steps:

1. Show the child/children the picture of Baby Jesus and his family. (See Resources

Section Day 2).

2. Encourage child/children to repeat three short sentences about the picture, for

example: ’Mary is Jesus’ mother’, ‘Joseph is Jesus’ father’, ‘There are three persons

in the picture.’

3. Encourage child/children to count the family members in the picture.

4. Ask child/children to collect three objects around the house.

5. Let children trace numeral three.

6. Praise child/children for their efforts.


Name of Activity: Jesus, Mary and Joseph


1. Manipulate materials

2. Make models of Baby Jesus and family

Skills: Cutting, drawing, differentiating,

Resources: Paper bag, scissors, markers, 3 wooden craft spoons of different sizes/fudge

sticks/ plastic spoons, cotton gauze or small piece of fabric

Activity Steps:

1. Assist the child/children to cut the paper bag at the fold ( see picture above). Cut

the remainder of the paper bag into thin strips to for dry grass.

2. Allow the child/children to draw 3 faces on plastic spoons fudge sticks. (For baby

Jesus-Use the shortest spoon, For Mary-draw long hair or glue on hair if available

and for Joseph- draw short curly hair). If spoons are not available, cut out people

from cardboard to show Jesus’ family members.

3. Assist the child to cut a strip of gauze or a piece of fabric and wrap the small

spoon/fudge sticks/plastic spoon. just like baby Jesus was wrapped in warm clothes.

Use the other fabrics to wrap Joseph and Mary.

4. Encourage the child/children to put the paper strips inside the cut paper bag and

place baby Jesus in the manger with his mother and father standing.

5. Display the work

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Can you name members of Jesus’ family?


1. Name members of Jesus’ family


Skills: Comparing, naming, running

Resources: Mary, Joseph and Jesus’ images made in Guided Creative activity, small box,

small pieces of cloth

Song- Can you find baby Jesus, baby Jesus, baby Jesus. Can you find baby Jesus and

put Him in the box. (The more we are together tune)

Can you find Jesus’ mother, Jesus’ mother? Can you find Jesus’ mother and put her in

the box?

Can you find Jesus’ father, Jesus’ father? Can you find Jesus' father and put him in

the box?

Activity Steps:

1. Explain to the child/children that they will listen to the words of a song for the

family member they are to identify. (See words of the song in Resources Section

Day 2). The pictures of the family member will be hidden under pieces of cloth at

three areas of the yard.

2. Sing the song “Can you find baby Jesus’?

3. Encourage child/children to listen to the song with the name of the family member

they are to identify.

4. Ask child/children to find the picture of the family member and place it in a box

5. Continue until all family members have been named and placed in the box.

Story Time

Name of Story: The Birth of Jesus Christ


1. Listen to a story

2. Talk about events in a story

Skills: Listening, speaking

Resources: Video -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVx0NbUSF0U - ‘The Birth of

Jesus Christ’

Title: The Birth of Jesus Christ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVx0NbUSF0U

There was once a young man named Joseph who lived in the town of Nazareth. He was a

carpenter and was soon to marry a young woman named Mary.

One night when he was sleeping, he had a very strange dream. An angel came to him and

said, “Take Mary as your wife, the child in her is from the Holy Spirit. When the child is

born, name him Jesus and He will save His people from their sins.”

In those days, Emperor Augustus Cesar commanded that his people be counted. To do

this, everyone went to their hometown. For Mary and Joseph this was Bethlehem. The

journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem was long. Mary was almost ready to have her baby at

this time. They went down the hill to Galilee and up the Judean hills to Bethlehem.

Bethlehem was full of people who had come to be counted. The town had an inn but it was

full. Since there was no room anywhere else they decided to spend the night in a stable.

Here Mary had her baby Jesus. She wrapped Him in warm clothes and put him to sleep.

That night the shepherds who were guiding the sheep in Bethlehem, suddenly they saw

that they were surrounded with light and an angel standing in front of them. Seeing the

angels, the shepherds were scared.

The angel said: “Do not be afraid, I have come to give you the good news. Christ the Lord

has been born in Bethlehem.” Suddenly the sky was filled with angels praising God. On

hearing this, the shepherds went to Bethlehem and found Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus.

Oh that was a wonderful story. Yes! So where was Baby Jesus born? In a stable in

Bethlehem. Yes, that’s all for today children.

Activity Steps

1. Click the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVx0NbUSF0U to listen to the

story

2. Engage child/children in a discussion by asking the following questions.

a) What is the name of the story?

b) What is the name of the baby?

c) Where was Jesus born?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVx0NbUSF0U

Follow-Up Activities: Continue to practice writing the numeral 3

Colour baby Jesus and family



Week Ten, Day Three

Age: 3 Year Olds

Theme: Celebrations


Concept/Content: Many Jamaican families go to church to celebrate Jesus’ birthday. Some

families do not celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Circle Time

Name of Activity: Christmas Celebration


1. Talk about own feelings engaging in Christmas celebrations

2. Recognize the different ways Christmas is celebrated

Skills: Listening, speaking,

Resources: Song- Away in a Manger

[Verse 1]

Away in a Manager

Away in a manger, no crib for His bed

The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head

The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay

The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

Christmas celebration at church People celebrating Jonkonnu at church

Christmas Dinner at church Persons not celebrating Christmas

Activity Steps:

1. Click link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnwO_0DrpCk to listen to the song or

use printed version of the song “Away in a Manger” (see Resources Section Day 3) .

2. Allow child/children to observe pictures in the resource section and identify the

pictures depicting Christmas Celebrations

3. Ask child/children to say what is happening in each picture.

4. Discuss why some people celebrate Christmas.

5. Ask child/children how they feel about Christmas.


Name of Activity: Sorting and Matching

Objectives: At the end of the activity, child/ children should be able to:

1. Arrange letters to form words

2. Count letters in the words

Skills: Manipulating, listening, speaking, arranging

Resources: word cards (Christmas) (Church), letter tiles

Activity Steps:

1. Display the word cards Church and Christmas.

2. Allow child/children to match the letter tiles to form the words Christmas and

Church.

3. Ask child/children to count and tell how many letters are in each word.


Name of Activity: Fill Me In With What You Have

Objectives : At the end of the activity, child/children should be able to:

1. Decorate the letters in the word Christmas using different materials

2. Say how they feel about completing the artwork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnwO_0DrpCk

Follow-Up Activities:

1. Search for newspaper clippings and cut out pictures depicting Christmas celebration

to create a scrapbook.



Week Ten, Day Four

Age: 3 Year Olds

Theme: Celebrations


Concept/Content: At Christmas, our families do many things together, we clean and tidy our

homes to make them pretty; we clean our classrooms for Christmas.

Circle Time

Name of Activity: Cleaning at Christmas time


1. Talk about Christmas traditions

2. Identify at least two activities done at Christmas

Skills: Speaking, observing and listening

Resources: Pictures

Cleaning up the home

Cleaning up the classroom

decorations for the home and classroom

Activity Steps:

1. Allow child/children to view the pictures seen above

2. Engage child/children in a discussion by asking the following questions:

a. What is happening in this picture?

b. Why do we need to keep our surrounding clean?

3. Let child/children name items they can use to decorate their homes.


Name of Activity: Christmas Colour and Count


1. Count from 1 to 3

2. Colour three objects

3. Make sentences

Skills: Counting, colouring and speaking

Resources: Pictures, worksheet, crayons

Activity Steps:

1. Show child/children pictures of objects that can be used to decorate the house at

1. Christmas time. Eg. ornaments, stockings, gifts, candy cane, etc.

2.

3.

4. 2. Provide worksheet and ask child/children to count three of each item and state the name

5. of each. (See Resources Section Day 4 ).

6. 3. Ask child/children to talk about picture using sentences.

7. 4. Allow child/children to complete the worksheet by counting and colouring three of

8. each object (stockings, ornaments on tree, candy cane, gifts).


Name of Activity: Making Christmas Ornaments


1. Manipulate play dough

2. Display own creation

Skills: Listening, speaking, creating and manipulating

Resources: Playdough, purple, green, orange, glitters, google eyes, 1 glass bottle (for

flattening playdough) and cookie cutter (if available)

Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GXrK0lTB0 “ Making playdough ornaments with

young children”

Activity Steps:

1. Click link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GXrK0lTB0 to watch the video “Making

playdough ornaments with young children.”

2. Pause the video at intervals and talk to child/ children about what is being done.

3. Give child/children playdough and guide them in shaping the playdough to make

Christmas ornaments or use cookie cutter if available

4. Display Christmas ornaments in the home.

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Tidy-up first


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GXrK0lTB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GXrK0lTB0

1. Talk about keeping their surrounding clean

2. Assist in cleaning a room

Skills: Speaking, listening, moving

Resources: Video -https://youtu.be/5ACJUBKnkZc - Clean Up Song

Activity Steps:

1. Click the link: https://youtu.be/5ACJUBKnkZc to listen to the “Clean Up” song.

2. Allow child/children to choose a section of their room to clean up while the song is

being played.

3. Praise child/children for participating in the activity.

Story Time

Name of Story: “Let’s Clean Up!”


1. Recall events in a story

2. Share at least two reasons for keeping their surrounding clean

Skills: Speaking, listening and recalling

Resources: Story - “Let’s Clean Up!”

Mother said, “I have the broom. Let’s clean up this messy room.”

Mother cleaned high. Mother cleaned low. Mother cleaned the room for Joe.

“I have room to ride my train.” “I have room to fly my planes.” “I can race my racing cars.”

“And launch my rocket to the stars.” “There’s room to bounce upon my bed.” “Or room to hide

below instead.” “I can build a tent today.” “Wait! THIS is the game I have wanted to play!”

“What will I find inside the toy box?” “Oh boy! Here are all my building blocks!” “I’ll build a

https://youtu.be/5ACJUBKnkZc

https://youtu.be/5ACJUBKnkZc

tower to the sky!” It was then that Mother began to cry. “Don’t worry, Mom. I have the

broom.” “I’ll clean up this messy room!”

“My,” said Mother, “you cleaned in a hurry.” “I told you, Mother, not to worry!” “Oh , Mother,

look and see.” “My room is as clean as it can be.” “Oh, Joe, you worked so hard.” “Now what

shall we do about the yard?” Joe said, “Mom you’re right. “It’s true. To really clean UP it

takes two!”

Activity Steps

1. Read the story “Let’s Clean Up” to the child/children.


questions:

a) What is the title of the story? (Let’s Clean Up!)

b) Name two things mother used to clean the room. (Broom and dust bin)

c) Give two reasons for cleaning the house. (More space to move about and find things we

thought were lost)

d) Name two things Joe found when mother cleaned the room. (blocks and a toy)

e) How many people were in the story? (2)

3. Praise child/children for their effort.


Assist child/children to use colourful pictures to create a Christmas Cleaning Roster.



Week Ten, Day Five

Age: 3 Year Olds

Theme: Celebrations


Concept/Content: Christmas is a special time when a special baby named Jesus was

born. Some families celebrate Christmas, and some do not. At Christmas, families do

many things together.

Circle Time

Name of Activity: A Special Child


1. Name at least two activities families do together at Christmas

2. Talk about own feelings towards Christmas

Skills: Speaking, listening, observing

Resource:

Story Card - Jesus, A Special Baby Boy

Long ago, a special baby boy named Jesus was born in a stable.

His earthly father Joseph, used hay to make Him a bed

while His mother Mary wrapped Him in warm clothes.

Jesus was a special gift from God, to the whole world.

The night He was born was called the First Christmas.

Activity Steps:

1. Read The Story Card- Jesus, A Special Baby Boy

2. Engage in a discussion by asking the following questions:

b) When was Jesus born?

c) What do families do at Christmas time?

3. Tell how they feel at Christmas time


Name of Activity: Christmas Time to Give


1. Count from 1-3

2. Describe Christmas objects

Skills: Counting, speaking, listening, describing

Resources: Pictures of Christmas ball, bell, bow, worksheet (See Resources Section

Day 5)

Activity Steps:

1. Allow child/children to view three pictures of Christmas objects.

2. Ask child/children to count them.

3. Engage child/children in a discussion by asking the following questions:

a. How many objects did you count?

b. Can you name the objects?

c. What do you like about the objects?

4. Ask child/children to describe at least two of the Christmas objects.

5. Ask child/children to complete the worksheet.

6. Display the worksheet.


Name of Activity: Christmas Candy holder


1. Make a Christmas Candy holder


Skills: Listening, speaking, manipulating

Resources: Tissue roll, ruler, scissors, glue, construction paper crayons, glitter

Activity Steps:

1. Assist child/children to measure construction to cover tissue roll.

2. Ask child/children to draw two Christmas ornaments on the construction

paper.

3. Use glitter to decorate

4. Allow child/children to display Christmas Candy-holder.

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: I Spy All Things Christmas


1. Search for hidden objects

2. Respond to cues

Skills: Listening, speaking, moving, observing

Resources: Bell, ball, bow, picture of each member of Jesus’s family, Christmas tree

Activity Steps:

1. Show child/children all the Christmas objects to be hidden.

2. Hide the objects around the house.

3. Give cues to assist in finding the objects.

4. Ask child/children to tell the names of the items found.

5. Praise child/children for their effort.

Story Time

Name of Story: The Best Story Ever!


1. Choose their favourite Christmas story

2. Talk about their favourite Christmas story

Skills: Listening, recalling, speaking

Resources: Story, plain paper, pencil, crayon

Activity Steps:

1. Allow child/children to choose their favourite Christmas story from the

stories read during the week.

2. Ask child/children to tell why the Christmas story is their favourite.

3. Read the story to the child/children.

4. Stop at intervals and engage in a discussion by asking the following questions:

a. Do you remember this part?

b. What do you remember happened next?

3. Ask child/children to tell you how the story makes them feel.


1. Cut pictures from magazines to create a Nativity scene about the baby Jesus’s

story.

Week 10 Worksheets Day 1

Guided Learning

5 7 4 4 2 3 6 4 3

9 6 5 9 8 7

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Suggested pictures for the treasure hunt

Follow Up Activity

Colour the picture below

Worksheets Day 2

Worksheets Day 3

Worksheets Day 4

Worksheets Day 5 Circle Time Picture

Pictures for Guided Learning Activity

CHRISTMAS ITEMS COUNTING WORKSHEET

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

COUNT THE NUMBER OF CHRISTMAS ITEMS

ANSWER:.................................. ITEMS


Pictures for Indoor/outdoor Activity

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