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TEACHING IDEAS
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Act
Families have carried on the tradition for generations of acting out the Nativity story each Christmas Eve. Acting out a story adds a new dimension and creates interest and participation. Simple props can enhance a story.
The first formal lesson I remember being taught was acting out a story. My grandmother was teaching about six, 4 year old children. We sat around a low table that rested on a braided rug. My grandmother taught us about a mother hen by imitating a chicken pecking at grain and sipping water. We followed her example and pecked at the table and lifted our heads high, stretching our necks to swallow...just as a mother hen would. The lesson is still very vivid in my memory today.
Acting out a story encourages involvement by both the spectators and the participants. Or, as in the lesson by my grandmother, can involve everyone to participate.
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