Christmas Dinner Table
This literacy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and explain how to make a range of different preparations for a family Christmas dinner including table utensils and decorations.
The class can practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to make a decoration to display in the centre of the table to celebrate Christmas.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and explain how to make a range of different preparations for a family Christmas dinner including table utensils and decorations
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the ways to prepare for a special meal, a set of cards to role-play and explain how to lay a table ready for Christmas dinner and a shared reading text to select and combine materials to make a decoration for a Christmas dinner table.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to make a range of different preparations for a family Christmas dinner.
This lesson is part of a literacy scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare some of the special food and drink that can be enjoyed by families at Christmas. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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