Bible Lesson Plans for Christmas
A Christmas Unit Study (Bible) ~Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not turn it into a fun unit study? Add some math, science, social studies, language arts, art, and music to your lesson plans with some of these ideas.
There are several sections to this unit, so, please click on the other subjects you are interested in. I hope this collection of resources will be helpful to parents and teachers in planning your lessons. Please leave me a note if you have Christmas lesson materials you would like me to add to the unit.
Bible
- Matthew Chapters 1 and 2
- Compare the passages in Matthew and Luke about the birth of Christ:
Geneaology of Jesus ~ The Birth of Jesus ~ The Visit of the Magi ~ The Escape to Egypt ~ The Return to Nazareth - Luke Chapters 1 and 2
- Use this to compare with the text in Matthew:
Chapter 1: The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold ~ The Birth of Jesus Foretold ~ Mary Visits Elizabeth ~ Mary's Song ~ The Birth of John the Baptist ~ Zechariah's Song
Chapter 2: The Birth of Jesus ~ The Shepherds and The Angels ~ Jesus Presented in the Temple ~ The Boy Jesus at the Temple - "All about Jesus" Christmas Celebration!
- My children and I have so enjoyed doing Bible study activities from 'Homeschooled Kids' by Debbie Perkins over the past several years. Her Christmas unit is wonderful as ever. She has this easy, natural way of writing that speaks to children, helping them to understand even difficult topics. From the home page, many sections of the unit may be accessed such as: Christmas Welcome Center, Keep Christ In Christmas, The First Christmas, Legend of the Candy Cane, Jesus The Messiah, Rudie's Christmas Adventure, The Greatest Gift, Santa's Workshop, History of Santa Claus, Reindeer Food, North Pole Post Office, Order Letter From Santa, North Pole Card Shop, Christmas Crafts, Fun & Games Room, Make A Snowman, Rudie Tac Toe, Christmas Around The World, Christmas Recipes, Gift Ideas In A Jar, Christmas Cookies, Gingerbread Fun, Host A Cookie Swap, and Grownup Recipes.
Oh, did I mention that the graphics are adorable? Well, they are definately a bonus to the assortment of creative materials that you will enjoy here!
Advent
- *The History of Advent
- Read about the history, how it's celebrated, calendars and wreaths. There are over 30 ideas on making your own advent calendar or wreath.
- Advent Adventure
- Scroll down this alphabetical list of Bible resources to "Advent Adventure" to find over 50 activities, ideas, puzzles, games, crafts, links, and more for teaching during the advent season.
- *Artistic Advent Calendar
- Study the great art masters and their religious advent art on this interactive advent calendar from Artcyclopedia. It is labeled as 2003, but it may be used any year according to numerical date.
- Advent Calendar
- Make this beautiful 'lift the flap' calendar with daily Bible verses from Lilliput Station. Add it to your lapbook or notebook.
- Advent Lapbook
- There are 14 wonderful pages to create a lapbook for advent from Angela Frampton.
- Advent Light
- Color this candle picture to place with your unit. Use it to start a discussion about the light of Jesus!
- Advent Study
- This inductive Bible study on advent will help your students to more thoroughly understand the coming of Christ.
(Advent is November 29, 2009)
Christmas Unit Study Lenses
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Christmas Crafts & Gifts for Children
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Children have an instinctive ability to produce interesting artwork. They allow their imaginations to explore multiple areas without boundaries of any type. There are no limitations on what they may create when given a chance to design...
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Christmas Unit Study 2 - Social Studies
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A Christmas Unit Study (Social Studies) ~ Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not t...
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Christmas Unit Study 6 - Math
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A Christmas Unit Study (Math) ~ Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not turn it int...
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Christmas Unit Study 1 - Science
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A Christmas Unit Study (Science) ~Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not turn it i...
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Christmas Unit Study 3 - Language Arts
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A Christmas Unit Study (Language Arts) ~Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not tur...
Our Family Advent Tradition
Alma's Design Nativity Advent Calendar
We purchased this calendar several year ago and have loved it dearly over the years with the children. It is usually one of the first decorations to go up in our living room in its special place. Each child is assigned certain days to place in the Nativity scene. We try to "put them in order" of the Christmas story and read an accompaning Bible passage for a daily devotion.
Check out these fantastic Christmas lenses!!
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Advent Lapbook Resources
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The Holidays are here! Creating a lapbook or notebook pages about the season of advent is a fun way to enjoy this special time of year!
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Christmas Unit Study
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Christmas is a wonderful time of year and a great learning opportunity. This December why not do a unit study about Christmas? This a work in progress, please check back often to see the updates!
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Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem, PA
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Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem is a world-renowned holiday marketplace recognized by Travel and Leisure Magazine as one of the top holiday markets in the world. This annual event features fine arts, Christmas decorations, crafts, food and seasonal entert...
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Christmas Lapbook
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A lapbook is a wonderful way to educate. A lapbook is creative and it helps with retention of the information that is being learned. It also provides a lovely keepsake of your children's work. This holiday season, why not do a Christmas lapbook with...
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Online Christmas Party 2008
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Come in, hang up your coat, and join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Christmas is our favorite time here at Lilliput Station, so we like to start the celebration a little early. Thanks for joining us at our second a...
Nativity Playsets and Decorations
Nativity Teaching Resources
- The Birth of Christ Lapbook
- This lapbook from Veritas Press contains Bible study and incredible artwork.
- Rejoice, Christ is Born! ~ Nativity Lapbook
- 8 Pages ~ Stable & Bible Character Pieces, Mini Nativity Coloring Book, Christmas Story Mini Book, North Star Craft
- Nativity Lapbook
- Written by Angela Frampton, this beautiful lapbook contains several mini books. There is a black and white version and a color version.
Who is the Light? ~ Why a star? ~ Angels We Have Heard on High ~ Mary, Did You Know? ~ O Holy Night ~ Bible Prophecy ~ Family Ornament ~ Names of God ~ Scripture & Movie Comparison ~ Mary ~ Map the Journey ~ Shepherds, Magi, Angels, Elizabeth ~ Joseph ~ Gifts of the Magi ~ Fear & Fear Not ~ Advent ~ Advent Calendar - Christmas Worksheet Unit
- This 41 page worksheet unit on Luke 2:1-20 from Kids Domain contains alphabetical order, crossword puzzles, word unscramble, word decoding, vocabulary, spelling, vowels, syllables, word search, Scripture word search, shape words, fill in the blank Scripture, and cloze activities. All pages have an answer key.
- Nativity Coloring Sheet
- A coloring page of the Holy Family
- Christmas & Winter Holidays Activities and Crafts for Young Children
- Advent Print Calendars
Advent Wreath Craft
Animal in the Stable Crafts and Activities
Christmas Nativity Candle
Poinsettia Craft
Mary & Jesus Lesson Plan and Craft
Shepherd Lesson Plans and Activities
Star Lesson Plans and Activities
Christmas Bell Angel Craft
Bible Alphabet Penmanship Pages
"Stand-Up Nativity" Mini Book
Bible and Holiday Coloring Pages
Christmas Winter Holiday Patterns for crafts, shape books, clip art, games, or bulletin boards
Christmas & Winter Theme Coloring Pages
Christmas Tree Fun Colors and Shapes File Folder Game
Fun Colors & Shapes with Santa File Folder Game
The 12 Days of Christmas Coloring Pages, Flashcards, and Number Worksheets
Themes: Christmas Bear, Gingerbread Man, Penguin, Santa & Elves, Rudolph, Winter - Christmas Nativity Felt Board
- Use the templates to create felt board characters for stories, puppets, coloring pages, house decorations, or shape books. Templates are in the shapes of: an Angel, Animals, Baby Jesus, Donkey, Joseph, Magi (3), Mary, Shepherd, and Star.
- Christmas Activities from Christian Preschool Printables
- Coloring Pages
Christmas Bible Puzzles
Manger Calendar Numbers
Happy Birthday Jesus Mini Book
Symbols of Christmas Mini Book
Candy Cane Mini Book
Away in a Manger Color Match File Folder Game
Nativity Color Match File Folder Game
Handmade Pocket Advent Calendar
Bible Handprint Calendar
Christmas Bible Bingo
Christmas Verse Cards
A Savior is Born Christmas Card
Nativity Puzzle
The Road to Bethlehem File Folder Game
Born in a Manger Craft
Christmas Word Wall Cards - The Nativity Song
- I am thinking this would make a great mini book (shrink the size when printing) to study poetry, rhyme, and art.
- Nativity Scene
- Print, cut out, and fold this for a mini display or pop-up book.
- The Nativity Story
- Create a shadow puppet play with these directions and props from Homeschooling in the Woods.
- Nativity Wreath Ornament
- Follow the directions to make adorable mini wreath for decoration or gifts to loved ones.
- Mini Nativity Book
- Write a story or notes on the lined paper of this mini book.
Vote for your favorite Nativity Scene!
These pictures are all wonderful to add to lapbooks, notebooks, posters, or projects!
Comprehension & Review
- Christmas Quiz
- This online power point quiz from eBible Teacher has 46 pages of questions and full answers to test your student's understanding of the Christmas story.
- Christmas Quizzes, Puzzles, & Activities
- Online and print quizes, crosswords puzzles, word searches, codewords, and coloring pages to use for study or review.
- Christmas Bible Quiz
- 24 question online quiz
- Quiz According to the Bible
- 15 question online quiz
Having a Christmas Pageant?
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever DVD
A good friend gave me a copy of this several years ago while she and I were directing a pageant of our own again. It's warmth and wonder touches people of all ages.
Alfred Publishing 00-11498 The Living Creche - Children's Christmas Pageant
There are so many wonderful Christmas pageants written for children!
Nativity Sheep Stuffed Toy Plush Hand Puppet Christmas Holiday Pageant Scene Play Decor
Don't want to bring the live sheep indoors to your pageant? Didn't think so! A few stuffed sheep on your set or with your shepherds enhances the image of the caring, dedicated shepherds on that glorious night.
Nativity Christmas Pageant Dressup Costume Mary Xmas 4/6
Wonderful for your Christmas pageant or for roll playing the Christmas story!
71005 Nativity Christmas Play Dressup Costume Joseph S6/8
Here is another costume to use for classes, teaching, or pageants!
Child Shepherd Costume - NOCOLOR - Large
Shepherds are vital in the story demonstrating the humbleness of the Christ Child.
Nativity Three Wisemen Costume Set
Although the wise men came to visit the Baby Jesus when He was a couple years old, they always seem to make their appearance at the "inn".
Christmas Poems
- 'Twas the Night Before Jesus Came
- Donnette Davis' version of 'The Night Before Christmas' poem.
- Christmas Bible Verses
- Bible verses from Isaiah, Matthew, and Luke to use for study or copywork on given notebook pages.
- Christmas Alphabet Poems
- Use these acrostic poem to remember the story, tracing and penmanship practice, learning poetry, or just use the pretty notebooking pages at the end.
- The Christ Child
- Use this beautiful poem for Bible study, poetry, reading, or copywork.
- Santa's Prayer on Christmas Eve
- Wonderful poem about what Santa wishes for.
To Bethlehem, the Christmas Game for the Entire Family
"This is the perfect Christmas game for enjoying meaningful family time during the holiday season. It is designed to help families talk, laugh, act silly, and spend time together as they focus on the true meaning of Christmas. Journey around the game board to be the first to arrive in Bethlehem. Use your gold shekels to pay travel expenses along the way, and if you run out, you may have to beg by singing a Christmas carol solo." Amazon
Bible Lessons for Christmas
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Birthday Party for Jesus
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Merry CHRISTmas!!
Please let me know what you think or what you would like to see on this lens.
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- seashell2 seashell2 Nov 14, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
- Great lens full of wonderful ideas for the Christmas season!
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- SpellOutloud SpellOutloud Nov 11, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
- Great list of ideas! I'm lensrolling it w/ my Birthday Party for Jesus lens.
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- janices7 janices7 Oct 24, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
- What a great list of resources. I especially love the link to the advent calendar....a perfect family craft for the Christmas season. Thanks for stopping by my Christmas Crafts for Kids lens!
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A Christmas Carol Unit Study
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Toy Boxes Dogs Want for Christmas
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It's that time of year to be thinking of gift giving! Of course, family pets enjoy their share of gifts, too! After all, they have been giving the gifts of love and companionship faithfully all year long! So, what do doggies have on their Christm...
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Cranberry Bread
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Our senses of taste and smell are always tantalized during the holidays! Special recipes are shared to spread cheer, goodwill, and gratitude . The recipe I want to share is called "ABC Bread" featuring bright red, juicy, fres...
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A Collection of Christmas Craft Lenses
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This is a work in progress of a collection of arts and crafts resources for children. I'll be adding more as I find them!
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Christmas Literature by Illustrator - Author Jan Brett
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