Early learning goal
Children should talk about and recognise simple mathematical patterns and use the correct language to describe shape.
Christmas celebrations create an overwhelming visual experience for children. Christmas displays are visible in shops long before schools and nurseries choose to introduce the event in their classrooms. Consequently, many early years practitioners feel that Christmas has become far too commercialised, yet for most children and their parents it remains a key festival to celebrate.
The story of Christ's birth can be easily understood by all children because it embraces characters and objects that they have previously encountered in literature: babies, shepherds, sheep, kings and presents.
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