Nursery Rhyme Nativity

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Challenge children to create their own movement routine or add actions to these rhymes to encourage motor development. On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, Two turtle doves And a partridge in a pear tree. On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Enhance all your festive seasonal activities by adding these lovely nursery Christmas songs. Each one is presented as a beautifully illustrated lyric sheet to help remind you and your children of the words. Keep a few copies around the room once you have practised them together, to help remind children to return to them throughout the day.

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We also have a selection of Nativity Nursery Rhymes which are great for supporting your teaching of The Christmas Story for EYFS. The wonderful thing about learning a nursery rhyme nativity script is there is an opportunity for some English education too. Kids can learn new vocabulary and literary devices such as alliteration. Print out some of the songs to improve their phonological awareness. You can work together on your child's pronunciation of the words. Singing words in a group will make kids feel less shy when they make a pronunciation error. If you need engaging lyrics with pictures for singing at a festive assembly you'll enjoy our 12 Days Of Christmas Song Lyrics PowerPoint. Or if you're wanting to host your very own Carol Service try out these resources. You could even practise playing some of these Christmas songs with our Interactive Christmas Piano Music Game. In a group setting, nursery rhymes can help children learn to be respectful of each other and work in a group.Singing songs together is a great way to bring a lovely festive feel to your setting. As well as encouraging children to practice speech sounds, these nursery Christmas songs make great memorable mini-topics to help you teach children about festive traditions. Here are some ideas for ways of including songs in your teaching: The act of singing a rhyme or engaging with it through physical actions, encourages children to express themselves in a creative way and to find their own personal 'voice'. Lots of our Christmas nursery rhymes with lyrics involve some lovely festive action songs. Here’s one of our favourites, below!

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Our lovely Christmas songs for early years children can also be used as inspiration for creative design activities. Why not sing I'm A Christmas Angel before making your own Paper Christmas Angels? Get children excited for making Christmas decorations with our Christmas Lights Song, sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. To work up your nostalgia for traditional nursery Christmas songs, here's one below to sing along to with your class!:Using early years Christmas songs, like these, even the shyest of children can be gently nurtured to sing in front of crowds, strengthen their vocal cords, and project their voice. This makes these early years Christmas songs an excellent choice for Expressive Arts and Design learning in early years over the festive period. There are numerous reasons why learning nursery rhymes and songs can be beneficial to learning, especially at a young age. Some of these benefits include:

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This range of Christmas nursery rhymes with lyrics sheets has all your planning and prep needs sorted. Use this lovely nursery rhyme theme to cover a broad range of teaching outcomes within your adult-led and continuous provision! For EYFS children, simple nursery rhymes and song can be great for approaching a variety of literacy skills such as reading and spelling. Why not also try turning these into a fun physical exercise by tasking your pupils with coming up with dances and movement to accompany their favourite Christmas nursery rhymes? Try our Create a Dance Routine Snap Cards and Christmas Topic Word Cards for inspiration.Learning about the nativity can be a brilliant way to teach your children about different cultural celebrations. The famous bible story is celebrated by lots of peoples across the world. Teaching children about why for many people this time of year is so important can help them to celebrate the diversity of their community. Singing nursery songs can also be an engaging way to communicate the story of the nativity. For more seasonal singing suggestions, see our Nursery Christmas Songs collection. Why should I use these Nativity nursery rhymes with my class? Our Christmas nursery rhymes with lyrics come with lovely, engaging illustrations, hand-drawn by our team of illustrators. Print off as many times as you like so that each child can have one of their own. The vibrant colours and friendly images will help them to feel comforted and at ease to follow along to the words in the song. Engaging with the singing aspect in Expressive Arts and Design can be much more productive at Christmastime, since everybody’s in the Christmas spirit! Christmas often brings people together, so even the shyest of children may be seen joining in with a little sing along or two! Our Christmas nursery rhymes with lyrics can guide children to project their voice in front of an audience, which is great for confidence building.

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These types of songs are designed to help evolve children’s understanding of the world around them and introduce creativity. Here's an extract of one of our favourite early years Christmas songs below, to get you in the mood!: Browse our lovely collection of Christmas music and early years Christmas songs resources that can be used throughout the month of December to bring the festive spirit into your setting. As well as teaching traditional carols and other early years Christmas songs to your children, why not share the magic of Christmas with some of our original lyrics, set to the tunes of well-known nursery rhymes? These catchy alternative lyrics make great group or circle-time activities and are lots of fun to sing together!On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.