Grace & Truth Learning Academy
Advent 2022
Curriculum Guide
Advent & Christmastide Curriculum Guide for 2022
Advent Hymn 2022: Lo, How a Rose Ever Blooming
Christmastide Hymn 2022: Once in Royal David’s City
Picture
Study: 19th century selections from Wounded in Spirit by David Bannon
Classical Music: The Nutcracker
Music by Tchaikovsky Feat. Storyteller Jim Weiss from Maestro Classics
Folk Songs/Carols: Mother’s Child (Child of God) & Auld Lang Syne
(Christmastide)
Recitation
Scripture:
Psalm 146 & Isaiah
2:1-5
Poems: King John’s Christmas by A.A. Milne
& others TBD
Devotional: Jesse Tree scripture readings & Lectio Divina
through Sunday lectionary scripture selections
Literature: The Christmas Stories of George MacDonald, Home for Christmas: Stories
for Young & Old, and other beloved Christmas picture books and stories
Poetry:, Favorite Poems for
Christmas: A Child’s Collection &
Sounding the Seasons selections by
Guite
Family Read Aloud: Once in
the Year: A Christmas Story by Elizabeth Yates
Free Reads: A Merry
Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Christmas with Anne of Green Gables and
Other Stories, The Family Under the Bridge, The Thirteen Days of Christmas,
Grandma for Christmas by Seymour, The
Children of Noisy Village by Lindgren, A
Christmas Carol by Dickens
Miscellaneous: Victorian
Christmas by Kalman
*New* Picture Books: Papa Panov’s
Special Day (retold by Tolstoy), Christmas
Tapestry by Polacco
Adult Readings:
Devotional: Ancient Christian
Devotional (A) by
Oden and Crosby & O Come Emmanuel:
Daily Reflections on Hymns and Carols for Advent and Christmas by Giles
Fiction: Charles Dickens' Christmas Stories:
A Classic Collection for Yuletide, and Once Upon a Dickens’
Christmas by Griep
Advent, Christmas,
Epiphany Resources:
https://www.pinterest.com/chalbond/advent-christmastide-epiphany/
Christmas
Learning Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/12171574112/playlist/3nLpcTtqz0uLV0jfepwOgs?si=Y9OhVfq2QkK_dCVaFqgtjQ
Advent
Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nIgTDKFSGeCddlXH0yfGd?si=Bp6Hp09-RPCJ-oIpCPfBew
Yea, Lord We
Greet Thee (Christmastide Playlist):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bHjMMzdVJallg5DXvDchI?si=f993e93a3eaf452c
