Christmas Nouns

'Twas The Night Before Christmas...

I use this poem at Christmas to help teach nouns. Children listen to the poem and in pairs jot down any nouns they hear. They sort these nouns into three columns - person, place or thing. They enjoy working as a team during this activity. 

Getting Creative...

I then allocate a noun to each child and we use art materials and LOTS of sparkly glitter to create pictures for our display. ICT can be incorporated too as children can print out labels for their nouns - remembering of course to use capital letters with proper nouns.