Resolutions, fireworks and new year calendars
Quick resource >> Download your ready-made New Year Unit here
New Year’s Eve will soon be here. Are you celebrating with your children?
Here are my three favourite ideas that we use to bring children into the party.
Even if they can’t make it though ’til midnight they can still make special resolutions and enjoy some fun – and edible! – child-friendly fireworks.
These firework cookies are lots of fun to make – and eat! You could also try some edible sparklers.
Capture your children’s hopes and dreams for 2013 with this new year fairy Make a Wish Tree.
Or start the new year with some art and make a four seasons calendar.
Download your ready-made New Year thematic unit
Download your ready-made New Year thematic unit from the Play Academy and you’ll have everything you need to guide your children through a fun and thoughtful new year.
In this New Year Unit your children can:
:: learn about New Year celebrations and enjoy new year fizz sensory play
:: make a homemade calendar
:: complete their unique What A Year! journal page
:: make noise makers and fireworks
:: set New Year’s resolution goals
:: make a wishing wand or make a poster of their Word of the Year
Bonus New Year thematic unit printables
The Play Academy’s thematic units come with practical printables that make the lessons more engaging for your children and easier for you to teach.
No need to go searching for printables to accompany your lessons, they’re all included when you download your chosen unit.
In this New Year Unit you’ll receive these bonus printables:
:: a Draw Your Own Calendar
:: a What A Year! New Year Review poster / journal page
:: a New Year Colouring page
:: and New Year Goals printables
How to download your ready-made New Year Unit
You can download your ready-made New Year unit, along with over 50 more, from NurtureStore’s Play Academy.
If you are already of the Play Academy, you can download this unit straight away from our Library here.
If you are not yet a member, find out more and choose your first unit here. Your teaching is about to get a whole lot easier!
Hi Cathy!
These are great ideas! I especially adore the wish tree as it teaches the little ones that there is a significance in the year ending and the new one starting.
Those firework cookies are amazing looking and yummy too I bet.
I cannot get the linky to work… but we have a new year tree party every year: https://www.se7en.org.za/2008/12/31/se7en-and-the-new-year-tree-party
Lovely! I’ve added you in to the linky. Happy New Year!
I love the idea of the wish tree. What a great idea. I think this year I’ll do a countdown with the kids at midday and have party poppers and a little bit of a party. This is the first year my daughter is even old enough to possibly understand. haha. Lots of calendar work first 🙂