Important dates and occasions are often marked with a variety of
celebrations and festivals. These occasions are also important markers
for children in the passing of time and repeated experience. In Early
Years education the best time to talk about a celebration or festival is
often after it has occurred rather than before it happens. This is
because many young children don't have a strong memory or understanding
of something that occurred a year ago. So the closer they are to the
experience, the richer their learning can be.In this colourful new book
by Alistair Bryce-Clegg there are activities that cover:
ChristmasDiwaliEasterHanukkahChinese New YearHalloweenBonfire NightEach
activity encourages the children to learn about a particular celebration
or festival and also to acquire new skills or techniques. Each of these
skills and techniques can be taught on their own, or linked to other
activity ideas that you (or the children) might have. The list of
celebrations and festivals that are covered is by no means exhaustive,
but the activities are flexible enough to allow practitioners to keep
their core content and apply a different theme.They are limited only by
your imagination...!
