Easy Ways to Christmas Plays, Volume 2

Content

The festive season brings with it the wonderful opportunity to put on a simple nativity play with 3-7s, either in church or in your church hall or classroom. Following the success of Vicki Howie's ever-popular Easy Ways to Christmas Plays, this second book contains three brand new plays, each with a storyline that is woven around the Christmas story.

A five-week countdown begins with the play written as a delightful story for you to read to the children, continues with simple drama games that take the place of long rehearsals, and ends with an easy-to-do performance of the play. The emphasis is on having fun while learning about many aspects of Christmas - an enjoyable nativity play being a welcome byproduct!

The plays are all easy to prepare, involving lots of mime and action and only minimal speaking parts, and the book comes with photocopy permission on all scripts and activity sheets.

Choose from three exciting themes:

The Advent calendar puzzle
An easy play that can be produced with a very small number of children if necessary. Prompted by the pictures behind the 24 doors, the children will discover which things are truly part of the Christmas story.

What can I give him?
Based on the tradition of Posada, this simple play will help children to understand that the best Christmas present we can give Jesus is to be kind to others.

Silent Night
A delightful play about the origins of the famous carol and why it was first performed with a guitar accompaniment. Do look out for the delightful gift book of the story of 'Silent Night' also by Vicki Howie - a perfect accompaniment to the play.

Listen to Vicki Howie introducing Easy Ways to Christmas Plays Volume 2

Endorsements

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Author info

Vicki Howie writes stories, plays and songs for young children, based on her work with the age group in the local church. She is author of Barnabas' popular resource books for 3-7s: Easy Ways to Christmas Plays, Easy Ways to Seasonal Plays, Easy Ways to Bible Fun for the Very Young and Easy Ways to Seasonal Fun for the Very Young. Vicki lives in Kent with her husband and two children.

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Reviews

From Lincoln Diocesan Young People's Service - December 2009

An A4 size book with three plays, each play starts with with five activity sessions, spread over five weeks with crafts, a story time and 'rehearsals'.

'The Advent calendar puzzle'
Based upon the pictures behind a traditional Advent Calendar, the five weeks of activity leading to the production of a simple nativity play.

'What can I give him?'
Based upon the Posada (see also the Church Army Posada link on the Christmas Web Site handout), this set of activities and play represents the Christmas truth in a contemporary setting.

'Silent Night'
You all know the song - this is the history of its writing & why it was first accompanied by a guitar.

Each set of activities and play is accompanied by photocopiable pictures to colour, crafty activities, individual play parts, posters for the plays and a really nice stage plan.

Good value, good quality and highly recommended.

Reviewed by Dave Rose, Diocesan Children and Youth officer, Lincoln Diocese

Book details

• ISBN: 9781841015859
• Published: 18 September 2009
• Status:
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96