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December 5, 2019 · 1 Comment

Free Christmas Nativity Retelling Activity

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Free Christmas Nativity Story Retelling Activity

Many Christians around the world are celebrating the birth of Christ.  The Christmas Nativity is at the center of many traditions and customs.  Here is an interactive and fun craft activity that will help children to retell the events of that wonderful story.  It is great to have activities that can tie into any book or version you are using.  Children color, cut, and spin the wheel to reveal an event from the story.  Here are three great ways to use the retelling wheel.

  •  Story Sequencing –  Have the children spin the wheel to find the first event in the story.  Then continue spinning the wheel in the correct direction to reveal the events in order.  Have them turn the wheel back and forth to practice what comes before and after.  This is a fun multisensory way to help kids understand this concept.
  •  Retelling –  As each section of the story is revealed on the wheel, students can look at the illustration, read the sentence, and retell the events in their own words. Encourage them to add details that they remember as well as what happened before and after.
  • Art Activity – Have students add details from the story to the illustrations as they color in the wheel.  Provide additional embellishments such as glitter, stickers, beads, ribbon, etc… which can be added to the top wheel.   nativity wheel craft

This activity is so much fun.  Add it to Christmas lessons or use it at home and holiday parties.  Add some decorations and it even makes a great gift!Nativity Story Retelling Wheel

Download it here and have fun.

Tammy

 

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About Tammys Toolbox

Tammy is a K-6 grade tutor with a passion for helping struggling learners and students with dyslexia learn to read She has a degree in early childhood education and specialized training in tutoring children with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and ADHD. She has training in Orton-Gillingham methods and has tutored for over 20 years. You can find out more about Tammy at her blog, Tammy’s Teaching Tools

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Comments

  1. Celia says

    December 5, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    Gorgeous! My students will LOVE this for sure. Thank YOU, kind Teacher, for creating and sharing this activity which they’ll remember.
    Celia x

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