EYFS Nativity Storytelling Skills and Emergent Writing Pack

Are your young learners performing a Nativity this year?

This resource pack can help pupils to retell the story of the Nativity using the puppet templates provided. There is also an opportunity for them to draw or add a photograph of themselves dressed in their costume for the Nativity (or in the role play area if available), with an opportunity to add words and captions to encourage emergent writing.

The resources could also be used to retell the events of the first Christmas after reading a suitable version of the Nativity to the pupils.

Included in the EYFS resource pack

Nativity puppet templates
Nativity drawing and writing worksheet
Teacher notes with guidance on how the resources could be used in the classroom

Early Learning Goals

ELG: Fine Motor Skills
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.

ELG: Comprehension
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary;

ELG: Writing
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters;
- Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.

This resource is part of the Christmas Resources for KS1 and KS2 collection.
View more from this collection

• Nativity puppet templates
• Nativity drawing and writing worksheet
• Teacher notes with guidance on how the resources could be used in the classroom