Advent & Christmastide Curriculum Guide for 2024
Advent
Hymn 2024: Thou Who Wast
Rich Beyond All Splendor
Christmastide
Hymn 2024: Christ Was Born
on Christmas Day
Picture
Study: Medieval selections from Wounded in Spirit by David Bannon & “God
with Us” Advent Art Devotions Volume II from A Humble Place
Music
Study: Medieval
Christmas selections: Spotify Playlist
Folk
Songs/Carols: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Gloucestershire
Wassail
Recitation
Scripture: Psalm 85, Mark 13: 24-37, Zechariah 14:1-9
Poems:
Devotional: Jesse Tree scripture readings & Lectio Divina
through Sunday lectionary scripture selections, Unwrapping the Names of Jesus
by Asherita Ciuciu
Literature: Christmas
edited by Alice Dagliesh & 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, Medieval
Christmas Poems (Donne and others)
Family
Read Aloud: On That Night by Elizabeth Yates & Pepin:
A Tale of Twelfth Night by Evaleen
Stein
Free
Reads: The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin, A Shiloh
Christmas by Phyllis Naylor, Kristy’s Christmas Surprise by Olive
Miller, The Christmas Camera by Seymour, The Christmas Star by
Seymour
*New*
Picture Books: Stephen: God’s Courageous Witness by Voice of the Martyrs, A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Hyman, Lucia: Saint of Light by
Hyde, Saint Nicholas and the Nine
Gold Coins by Forest, The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler’s
Son by Ruth Sawyer, A Child’s Christmas in New England by Sullivan, Great Joy by Katie
DiCamillo
Adult
Readings:
Devotional:
Encountering Emmanuel by
Heather Khym (Ave Maria Press) & Advent:
The Season of Hope by Tish Harrison Warren
Fiction:
City
of Bells by Goudge, Dean’s
Watch by Goudge
Advent & Christmas
Music & Resources
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
