One of my favourite times of year is Christmas and the school nativity play was something that myself and my husband looked forward to.
My youngest son attended a small village school where almost everyone felt like family.
One year we took along an 18 month old child who I was child minding, she sat between us waiting for the play to start; when it did. a parent behind us started to video record his child taking part in the nativity, the little girl saw the camera and got down from her chair and began dancing and waving ( she thought this parent was filming her!).
A few weeks before the play, my son had told us that he was going to be a fairy in the performance- my husband muttered something like ” no son of mine is being a fairy” He was actually playing the part of an angel.
The school nativity was fantastic, we sat chuckling to ourselves as we watched a boy playing a sheep take a piece of straw from a bale and attempt to put it up his nose. How long before he starts to sneeze my husband whispered to me.
A toddler group that I attended held a nativity play, a child who I was minding had been chosen to be a shepherd, his mum even made him a beard from a strip of fur attached to elastic. The play was organised chaos as the children were too young to understand what they were supposed to be doing, but that added to the fun of everyone watching.
If you want to prepare your child for an upcoming nativity play there are books on the subject; one of my favourites is Snow in the garden by Shirley Hughes, which has delightful illustrations of a nativity play.
Another book tells the funny side of Christmas with children is A Wayne in a manager.
Please share any tales of nativity plays.
As always comments and questions are welcome.
Until next time.
Karen
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So much chaos, but so much fun! Great memories.
We don’t tend to do them here. We do a musical concert instead. Lots of fond memories of those #TwinklyTuesday
We have our first one this Friday with our daughter and I have to admit I am excited. She has been practicing all her songs for the last two weeks. It is a fun and emotional time for parents, without a doubt. Thanks for linking up to #globalblogging !
I love the chaos of the Christmas show. We have our first one this week. I must say I was a bit disappointed to hear my eldest will no longer do them and it’ll be carol services instead. #twinklytuesday
Aww Karen, I just love a good nativity. I’m going to see my little shepherd on Wednesday. I find it all very emotional. They always look so tiny up on the stage! #TwinklyTuesday
This is something that I truly miss from schools back home. Here in US is very unlike to see a Nativity school play. Here some school will put together a simple holiday show singing 2/3 Christmas songs and that will be it, and that is only if the school will have the budget to put it together. Sad! #alittlebitofeverything
Last year Zach was a shepherd and supposed to hold a star in a song. He lost it and was shouting ‘my star, my star!’ which made everyone giggle. His nativity this year is on Friday and he is a king this time, can’t wait! Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
My little boy missed his first nativity this yr as we were all so poorly, I can not wait until next year to final get to see him in one. It’s just such a lovely tradition!
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I do love watching kids do a nativity. We didn’t have one this year as it’s only Reception that do it (Year 1 and 2 have a Christmas concert instead) but last year Sophie made a very adorable angel Gabriel and Jessica was also an angel a couple of years before that. Sophie and Thomas have also both been baby Jesus for Nativity photos (and Sophie on stage at six weeks old) and I remember them both being very unimpressed at being laid on a basket of straw even with a nice soft blanket wrapped around them first. #KidsandKreativity
Lovely anecdotes, especially the fairy-angel! Have a great Christmas! #kidsandkreativity
I love our school nativity plays, my little boy was Joseph in the latest one and he was soo good, made me quite emotional! Thanks for linking up to #KidsandKreativity, hope to see you back next time.