Saint Nicholas Day is celebrated on December 6. St. Nicholas was a priest and bishop. He loved children and cared for the poor. This is a great opportunity for children to learn about the origin of Santa Claus. This is a great addition to any unit about Christmas around the world. Your children will have fun with these preschool St. Nicholas Day activities.
Story Of St. Nicholas
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Read stories and talk about Saint Nicholas. He lived about 300 years after Jesus. Nicholas lived in a town called Myra. When he grew up, he became a priest. Nicholas loved children. Once he heard about a poor family in town with no money for food or clothing. Nicholas left a bag of money on the door step one night. He came back two more times and on the third time, the father saw Nicholas leaving the bag of money.
Later, Nicholas became the Bishop of Myra. He continued to care for children and poor families. Because of all the good works he did, Nicholas became a saint. Eventually, he got the name Santa Claus. After you tell this story, the kids can get a visit from St. Nicholas during nap time. Leave chocolate coins near their nap mats. When they wake up, they can find the "money" from St. Nicholas.
Letters to Santa
All children enjoy writing letters to Santa. It's a Christmas tradition. There are many ways you can do this. One is for each child to dictate his or her wish list and you write it for them. They can then decorate the page with Christmas drawings. Have the children sign their names to the list. Make a mailbox out of a large card board box and let the kids mail their letters.
Another way to do this is to give the children a variety of toy catalogs and advertisements. Let them find the few toys they want most and cut out the pictures. They can then glue these pictures to the paper. Let them decorate their letters and sign their names. These can also be placed in envelopes and mailed in the mail box.
What Is St. Nicholas Bringing?
The children will enjoy pretending to be St. Nicholas with this fun game. This can be played at circle time. You will need: a variety of toys from around the classroom and a sack. The sack can be any bag or can be made from a red velvet material. Any cloth bag can be used, if you don't want to sew a sack.
Lay out a variety of toys in the middle of the room. Let the kids look at them for a few minutes before you remove them. Choose a child to be St. Nicholas. This child will choose a toy and put it in the bag while the rest of the children close their eyes. The kids will then guess which toy is in the bag. This can be done by having St. Nicholas give the other children clues about the toy. A fun variation is to let the kids feel the outside of the bag and guess by touch. The child who guesses right is next to be St. Nick.
3 Great Preschool St Nicholas Day Activities
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