Read part four of our retelling of the Christian nativity story for children and use our additional Nativity printables and activities to learn about the birth of Jesus.
The Nativity story for children: Jesus is born
In this section of NurtureStore’s Nativity resources, children can learn about the story of the Nativity. They will meet the characters from the Christmas story and read verses from the Bible that tell the story. They can use printable puppets to re-tell the story and write their own Nativity book.
Our story is told in five parts, which you can retell in one complete story or split into the five sections to use over the course of a week or on the five Sundays around Christmas.
Schools, families and churches will find these resources suitable for everyone, for children raised in the Christian faith and those who are learning about the religions of the world.
In this part of our Nativity activities, your children can:
:: learn about the Christmas story
:: read / listen to a child-friendly retelling of the Nativity story and key verses from the Bible
:: use our additional resources to write their own My Nativity Story, using our printable book pages, Christmas Bible verse cards and vocabulary list
:: re-tell the story using our printable colour-and-cut-out nativity puppets to create a Nativity scene or nativity small world
:: See our full set of Nativity activities for children.
BONUS! Would you like a ready-made, printable set of all the Nativity resources? You can get a complete Nativity Unit, ad-free and all-done-for-you, from our Play Academy. See more details and get your compete Nativity Unit, along with all the printables, here.
Additional resources to teach the nativity story to children
As you read the nativity story you can use NurtureStore’s addition al resources to create a complete nativity unit.
:: read our printable Christmas story bible verses alongside the child-friendly retelling
:: your children can write and draw the story in their own version of our printable My Nativity Story book. Today, for part four of the story, they can draw Jesus and write about his birth.
:: Use our colour-and-cut-out Nativity characters to create the nativity scene step by step or use in a Nativity small world. Today, for part four, you can colour in the puppet of Jesus and add him to your small world. All the other puppets can gather round and celebrate his birth.
:: Use our Advent candles printable alongside the story, to celebrate the Sundays of Advent.
See our full nativity activities for children here.
The Nativity Story Part Four: Jesus is born
The theme of day four of our story is peace.
Jesus is born! The son of God is born to Mary, not in a fine palace or huge castle but in a simple stable, surrounded by animals. He is wrapped snuggly in swaddling cloths and placed in a manger as his bed.
The gift of Jesus was given by God to guide and save the people of the world.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Read the whole Nativity story retelling for children
The Nativity Story Part One: an angel appears to Mary
The Nativity Story Part Two: Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem
The Nativity Story Part Three: the shepherds
The Nativity Story Part Four: Jesus is born
The Nativity Story Part Five: the Three Wise Men
More Nativity activities for children
Save time and teach better by using NurtureStore’s ready-made lesson plans!
:: see our full set of Nativity activities for children
:: get a ready-made, printable set of our complete Nativity Unit by joining our Play Academy
BONUS! Give your children a global perspective, promote diversity in your class, and build a rich multi-cultural curriculum by learning about the festivals of the world. Save time and teach better using NurtureStore’s complete set of ready-made world festival lesson plans and activities.
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