24 ideas to help children learn about community spirit
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1. Visit a local home for pensioners and sing Christmas carols
2. Stage a nativity play in a church and invite the local community
3. Organise a “big tidy up” of litter in your local park or community area
4. Display a Christmas muriel to welcome visitors to the setting
5. Ask families to donate pet food for a local animal shelter
6. Ask every child to bring in an advent calendar and donate them to a food shelter
7. Team up with a local supermarket to do a food drive
8. Carry out a Christmas themed bake sale and give the proceeds to a local charity
9. Fill shoeboxes with presents to give to orphans in Romania
10. Do a sponsored toddle to raise money for the children’s ward in your local hospital
11. Ask everyone to wear a red item of clothing and donate £1 to a local charity
12. Show the children how to make bird feeders to hang in their gardens
13. Ask children to create a nativity display for a children’s ward
14. Send hand print Christmas tree cards to British servicemen and women abroad
15. Explore how different countries celebrate Christmas at your setting