Quick Look
- Two simple Christmas plays for children in kindergarten and early years settings
- Includes a basic version of each play, with optional additions for older children and tips on props and costumes
- An invaluable tool for anyone keen to celebrate the nativity creatively with the children in their care
Everything you need to perform a nativity play with children -- music, lyrics and movements, plus advice on props and costumes. Ideal for kindergarten and other early years settings up to the age of six or seven.
Description
These simple Christmas plays in rhyming verse, with music, lyrics and directions for movement, are ideal for kindergarten and other early years settings up to the age of six or seven. The easy-to-follow plays build on well-known nativity stories to create a joyful and memorable Christmas experience for educators, parents and children alike.
The book presents a basic 'core' version of each play, with plenty of optional additions for older children. It also contains tips for creating props and simple costumes.
An invaluable tool for anyone keen to celebrate the nativity creatively with the children in their care.
*We are hoping to produce a musical CD to accompany this book in 2015.*
Author
Wilma Ellersiek (1921–2007) taught music, speech, and dance at the Stuttgart Music Academy. Her research into the effects of rhythm, movement and language on young children led to the development of the first gesture games, which became foundational to Waldorf early childhood programs worldwide. She is also the author of Gesture Games for Autumn and Winter, Gesture Games for Spring and Summer, Giving Love, Bringing Joy and Dancing Hand, Trotting Pony.
Kundry Willwerth was a Waldorf kindergarten teacher for over 30 years. For the last 20 years she has devoted herself, together with her husband Lyn, to translating Wilma Ellersiek's books, playing the games with children in her care and presenting workshops throughout North America and internationally. She is also the founder and artistic director of Magic Garden Puppets, a marionette theatre company in central New York state.
