Advent 2023
Curriculum Guide
Norman Rockwell
Advent & Christmastide Curriculum Guide for 2023
Advent Hymn 2023: Savior of the
Nations, Come (St. Ambrose)
Christmastide Hymn 2023: While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks (Nahum Tate)
Picture
Study: Norman Rockwell Christmas selections, & 20-21st century
selections from Wounded in Spirit by
David Bannon
Music Study: Irish/Celtic
Sampler (Spotify Playlist
HERE)
Folk Songs/Carols: Wexford Carol
& Curoo Curoo (Carol of the Birds)
Recitation
Scripture:
Psalm 126; Isaiah 40:3-5,
9-11
Poems:
Devotional: Jesse Tree scripture
readings & Lectio Divina through Sunday lectionary scripture selections
Literature: Home for
Christmas: Stories for Young & Old, and other beloved Christmas picture
books and stories
Poetry:, Christmas Poems: Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets, Favorite Poems for Christmas: A Child’s Collection & Sounding the Seasons selections by Guite
Family Read Aloud: Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli & This
Way to Christmas by Ruth Sawyer
Free Reads: Fox at the Manger by P.L. Travers, The Ark by Margot Benary-Isbert (ends
with a Christmas scene), One Wintry Night
by Ruth Graham
*New* Picture Books: The Twenty Four Days Before Christmas: An
Austin Family Storytory by Madeline L’Engle, Wenceslas: The Eternal Christmas Story by Geraldine McCaughrean, The Blacksmith’s Gift by Dan T. Davis
Adult Readings:
Devotional: Ancient
Christian Devotional (B) by
Oden and Crosby, The Vigil by Wendy
M. Wright
Fiction: City of Bells by Goudge, A Christmas Book by Goudge
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
Epiphany-
Light to the Nations Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UYYSF92hBA4du6FAq2INr?si=ea8e633eab1e4248
