What is Christmas Day?
Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus. This day is celebrated around the world by Christians by gathering at religious venues and gathering with their family and friends celebrating the birth of Jesus. This day is also celebrated by many non-Christians as a day to spend with family and a time of peace, joy, happiness, gatherings and giving one another presents.
When is Christmas Eve?
Monday, 25 December
Activities:
- Art and Crafts – Children getting creative using a variety of arts and crats materials and making their own Christmas wreath
- Make a Christmas Card
- Paper Plate Christmas Masks: Invite children to make Reindeer and Santa Paper Plate Masks as it encourages imaginative play and creativity.
- Make Christmas dance streamers for the infant children
- Sensory Christmas Play Table – set out Christmas decorations for the children to touch and set up for sensory play.
- Decorate your centre to share the Christmas spirit with children artworks and decorations
- Read Christmas stories
- Play Christmas carols for the children to sign and dance along to