December Sharing Time Ideas

December Sharing Time Ideas:

1. Read the story "The Giving Tree" and show the pictures. Then pass out paper ornaments made from construction paper with a piece of yarn attached. Have each child write on his ornament what he would give this Christmas that wouldn't cost any money, such as love, kindness, neatness, help, etc., and then have each child hang his/her ornament on a small Christmas tree. Let them report if they are giving their gifts.

2. Place a Nativity scene in a box--let the children come up and choose what they would like from the box. Seat the children in a circle and as you tell the story of Christmas, let the children place the figures in the middle of the circle. An inexpensive gift you could give to the children would be a salt dough star ornament. You can discuss the light of the star that guided the Wise Men and Shepherds to the New Born King.