Another great Black Friday offer: Christmas Album and Curriculum Plan Bundle

Christmas is a very magical time of year for young children as they experience the many wonders it brings. From counting down the days for Santa Claus’s arrival to decorating Christmas trees and learning many different Christmas themed songs and rhymes in the classroom. Providing children with many educational opportunities will give them with the opportunity to learn and understand what the real meaning of Christmas is; being together and appreciating the love of their family and friends and ultimately celebrating ‘belonging’ (Aistear Theme: Identity and Belonging). The children can learn from various sources of information about Christmas such as books, stories, rhymes, songs, movies and various objects. This gives the children a chance to understand the basic meaning of Christmas. After these learning opportunities the children may be able to recall their own memories from previous Christmases - depending on their age of course. Once the children have the basic concept of Christmas the classroom can become a creative hub for them to explore. This can be done by providing many different materials for the children to explore and experiment with, this can be everything from boxes, wrapping paper, decorations, evergreen branches, acorns, nativity characters, paint, cotton wool, cinnamon sticks and slices of dried citrus fruits to name but a few. Christmas gives the children a great opportunity to get creative and use their imagination and to express themselves and show how they view Christmas. The Christmas Album and Curriculum Planning Bundle is a great additional resource for the classroom at Christmas time. The Christmas Album is an A3 sized open-ended journal with 24 blank pages where you can document group observations, photographs and the children’s own work. It has a lovely traditional Christmas cover and the first page is dedicated to ‘Happy Christmas’ in languages from around the world. The Christmas Curriculum Plans includes over 70 activities with 4 brand new activities around sensory play and literacy added for 2020! All of the activities link back to Aistear and Montessori learning and they are designed to be flexible and adaptable to the varying types of Early Childhood Care & Education settings in operation within an Irish context. The activities include a range of various types from Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman to Gingerbread, Elves and the big man himself! We are now adding this super pack to our Black Friday sale items and are offering a 20% discount - normal price is €20.00 and the Black Friday Sale Price is €16.00!! The album will be sent by courier and all of the Curriculum Plans will be received immediately by email so that you can download and save them for immediate use! A great addition to any classroom setting with plenty of variety to choose from for children’s emerging interests around Christmas. Here is a great little video for the children to watch about Gingerbread men - great for learning about counting!