Christmas Lights
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What's Inside
It is a magical time when the Christmas lights are turned on in the woods.
Choose this short book for preschool children who are noticing winter lights and holiday decorations. It gives you a simple way to talk about Christmas lights, the woods, and the feeling of seeing light in a dark place.
Children can practice seasonal vocabulary and describe what the scene feels like. It also invites them to connect the book to lights they have seen at home, outside, or in their own neighborhood.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Christmas Lights into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Seasonal vocabulary
- Light and dark concepts
- Describing a setting
- Listening to a short text
- Speaking about personal experiences
Discussion Questions
- 1 What does the word magical make you picture when the Christmas lights are turned on in the woods?
- 2 Have you ever seen lights turned on at night or in the evening? What did they make you notice around you?
- 3 Why do you think lights in the woods might feel different from lights in a house or on a street?
- 4 What words could you use to tell someone how the woods look when the Christmas lights come on?
- 5 When do you like to look at lights in your own neighborhood or town during the winter season?
- 6 How do lights help change a dark place into a bright one?
Words to Learn
- magical
- Something magical feels special and full of wonder.
- woods
- The woods are a place with many trees growing together.
- Christmas lights
- Christmas lights are bright lights people use to decorate for Christmas.
- turned on
- Turned on means switched so something begins to shine or work.
- bright
- Bright means full of light and easy to see.
- dark
- Dark means there is very little light.
- wonder
- Wonder is the feeling you get when something feels amazing or hard to explain.
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