Simple Bible verses for the nativity for children printable

Use these free printable Nativity story bible verses for children, to teach the Christian festival of Christmas.

Nativity bible verses for children

You can use this set of printable Nativity Bible verses for children alongside our child-friendly retelling of the Nativity story, at home, in class or at church.

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This article is one of NurtureStore’s Nativity activities for children and part of our Christmas activities and crafts.

In this part of our Nativity activities, your children can:

:: learn about the Christian festival of Christmas

:: learn about the Nativity story

:: read, and perhaps memorise, Bible verses for the Christmas story

:: use the cards as part of a group read-aloud, school assembly or Nativity play

>> See our full set of Nativity activities for children.

Printable Christmas story bible verses for children

NurtureStore’s printable Christmas story bible verses include six verses from the Old and New Testament books of the Bible, from the books of Isaiah, Matthew, Luke, and John.

They tell the story of the birth of Jesus including his foretelling, the angel’s appearance to Mary, Jesus’s birth, the angel announcing the birth to the shepherds, and the visit of the Three Wise Men.

Read in conjunction with our children-friendly retelling of the Nativity story, these selected bible verses make a useful set to teach the Nativity to children.

You can get your free set of Christmas story bible verse cards from the Literacy section of NurtureStore’s Free Printables Library – see below for more details.

How to use these printable Bible verses

:: Use the bible verses alongside our child-friendly re-telling of the Nativity story to teach your children about Christmas

:: Read them aloud together or invite your children to memorise some

:: Use them as part of a school assembly, Sunday School or Nativity play

:: You might even use them within your small world Nativity scene: read out the bible verse and have your Nativity puppet characters act them out.

You can get your free set of Christmas story bible verse cards from the Literacy section of NurtureStore’s Free Printables Library – see below for more details.

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:: see our full set of Nativity activities for children

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