This month’s story is from BookTrust and is the poem of The Little Fir Tree by Nadia Hussain from her book Bake Me a Festive Story
You can borrow more books about Christmas from your local library
Then why not try one of these activity ideas
- Go for a walk in a park and look for the biggest tree
- Draw a picture of your best Christmas tree
- Sing the carol ‘Oh Christmas Tree’
- Pinecone Christmas tree craft (see instructions below)
- Salt dough Christmas tree decorations (see instructions below)
- What Christmas food do you always have with your family?
- Talk about how you can be the best and kindest version of yourself
Pinecone Christmas Trees
Materials
- Pinecones
- Green acrylic pains
- Paint brushes
- Red and yellow sparkly pom poms (for decoration)
- Red and yellow Christmas beads (for decoration)
- Red and yellow wool (for decoration)
Instructions
See website below:
Pine Cone Christmas Tree from The Imagination Tree website
Salt Dough Fingerprint Christmas Tree Decorations
Materials
- Salt
- Plain Flour
- Water
- Christmas Tree Cutter
- Straw
- Ribbon/String
- Acrylic Paints
- Marker Pen
- Rolling Pin
Instructions (click link below)
Salt Dough Fingerprint Christmas Trees from the Learning and Exploring Through Play website
For more great ideas of activities to try with your young children check out the Talk Listen Cuddle website