Instructions
See teacher´s hand below. Draw around your hand on yellow paper. Turn it the other way round - fingers down. Write a category of your choice (related to Christmas) on the thumb and finger. Cut it out.
In the Classroom
Brainstorm ideas for the answers to these questions or those of your choice
What do you eat at Christmas?
What don´t you eat at Christmas?
Who do you visit?
What do you like doing?
Who/What do you love?
Write all the possibilities on the board.
Give the children green paper. Children draw around their hands then turn them the other way around. Fingers down. Children write their names on the palm. They then choose an answer from the list on the board (ham, pizza etc) and write them on the corresponding finger
Cut out and decorate
Stick on a large green tree. Get other teachers and classes involved to make the tree bigger. The teachers´ hands make the star.
You can use the tree to do a reading activity!
Have fun and Happy Christmas!
This project was done with 7/8/9 year olds in The British Council, Bilbao.
