Practical Pre-School Faiths and Festivals: Book 1 offers a guide to different religions and celebrations in our multicultural society. It contains background information on the main world faiths as well as ideas for exploring religious festivals in a way that is meaningful to a young child.

As well as material for teaching children about World Faiths and Festivals, there is useful information to enable early years practitioners gain an understanding of the different religious beliefs of children in their care and how their beliefs and customs may affect their daily routine in school.

Faiths Featured:

Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Humanism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Judaism, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Seventh-day Adventists, Sikhism

Festivals & Celebrations Include:

Chinese New Year, Holi, Shrove Tuesday, Easter, Passover, Baisakhi, May Day, Wesak, Raksha Bandhan, Harvest, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Birthdays

Developed for use with children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Practical Pre-school books are designed to be accessible and jargon-free, and particularly intended to help early years professionals put the theory into practice.

This product is licensed for photocopying for educational purposes by the purchasing institution

ISBN 9781909280588

Paperback, 94pp, 300 x 210mm