Felt Nativity Scene

The story of the Nativity and so many representations of the scene in paintings, storybooks are easy for children to create a composition. We read The Friendly Beasts by Tomie DePaola and discussed what animals, people, things, would be in their nativity scene they would like to create. We used felt. I was conflicted on how to "help" students. Cutting felt can be challenging so in order to assist the children of ages 5-9 I cut the faces before the lesson, a variety of flesh colors were offered. The students were able to create their compositions on their own, I loved the variety and the creativity in all of them. 12/2019