HappyLand Early Learning Centre ELC Nativity Set – Nativity Character Toys for Children Ages 18 Months to 5 Years

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SMART STAGES TOYS FOR 1 YEAR OLD BOYS AND GIRLS - These farm-themed 1 year old toys ensure playtime grows with your little farmer Each farm yard set is equipped with Smart Stages technology that has learning content that changes with your child's age and stage Our toddler farm set has variety of developmentally appropriate media within three levels of play - Discover, Imagine and Experience Items that are not available in store will take 3-5 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays) to be delivered to your nominated store. I have collected a bunch of diverse, amusing, profound, reflective, clever, funny and off the wall “Christmas” videos . . . TWENTY in all. If you know of some other GREAT videos for use at Christmas – nativities, Christmas eve services, carols etc . . . do ADD a link in the comments section as it would be great to have more to recommend. The Christmas Story.” Get ready to go “ooh” and “aaaah”, absolutely fantastic costumes and great storytelling from the children involved. Beautiful.

Happyland is a place of wonder, fuelled by the imagination of each child who travels there! Designed for little hands, the Happyland Advent Calendar helps little ones discover the world and develop social skills. The Wellbeing Journey is a new 8-part video series, which will be ready for churches to launch at Christmas guest services online or in person. Jesus is ‘the Prince of Wholeness’ as The Message version translates Isaiah 9:6, so HOPE Together and partners KingsGate Church will have Christmas sermon ideas to help churches to invite friends, neighbours and colleagues to join the journey.

Four Kinds of Christmas.” Glen Scrivener does it again. This is very good, the contrasts bring definition and highlight the true value and meaning of Christmas. * Santa Warning* Watch it first, give some thought to where your kids are at with Father Christmas before watching . . . he’s not slated, but it is intimated that he isn’t real. HOPE’s assistant director Rachel Jordan-Wolf says, ‘We are thrilled that copies of HOPE at Christmas magazine and the children’s booklet The Christmas Story will be given away in The Entertainer toy shops in the week before Christmas to help customers appreciate the reason for the season.’ Bethlehemian Rhapsody.” Ok, this is for a bit of fun. Listen to the re-worked lyrics, it is a bit of genius – I have found myself just watching it on repeat and smiling to myself.

Happyland is one of Early Learning Centre’s oldest and best loved brands and is described as “a place of wonder, fuelled by the imagination of each child who travels there!” The Gift” Another video from ‘Speak Life” who produced “Four Kinds of Christmas”. A humorous take on the passing on of gifts without really giving it any thought . . .Happyland Nativity” And, yet again . . . the Speak Life Team must be doing nothing else at the moment but making videos! This is wonderful and suitable for any age. The Mystery of the New Noisy Neighbour” A charming re-telling with cute animation, ideal for watching at home together – probably for ages 3-7ish. Today is the Saviour’s Day” From the awesome band that is Rend Collective, just released this month as I write this (October 2020). Going straight on my playlist! Gift: Perfect for birthday, Christmas or other holiday gifts for kids, friends. Especially Russian nesting doll lovers and craft lovers. Suitable for children over 3 years old.

He Chose The Shepherds.” I have used this a fair bit over the last couple of years and, in fact, using it this year in a couple of Christmas assemblies! If you are doing some teaching over Christmas that draws in the shepherds story, this is a great little video from “ Friends and Heroes.” The perfect way for little ones to learn about the Christmas story, recreate the Nativity scene with the adorable characters from this Happyland Nativity Set from Early Learning Centre. Hallelujah” Beautifully rendered in “ blender” a reflective and moving piece which is just perfect for midnight communion on Christmas Eve. Stunning music is from Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti (who also has a fabulous Christmas album called “ December“). Happyland is a place of wonder, fuelled by the imagination of each child who travels there! Designed for little hands, the Happyland Nativity Set helps little ones discover the world and develop social skills.Inspires imaginative play and can be combined with other Happyland sets for even more make-believe fun.

Christmas According to Kids” I love this, possibly my favourite of all of these. It combines the natural voices of children – with all their quirks and humour – with adults acting out and letting the children “be” their voices. Brilliant and very funny. In addition to the booklet there is an incredible Happyland nativity animation which you can access on YouTube: Items that are not available in store will take 3-5 working days to be delivered to your nominated store.

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The animation is available to share on social media, in schools and in church services. What a great way to bring the nativity story to life for Christmas 2020! Making the build-up to the big day extra-fun, each morning will be filled with excitement as you peel the door open on your calendar to reveal a brand-new Christmas figure. Bring all your pieces together to make the most festive scene. We can feed Santa Claus some Christmas pudding for tea and then go out for a ski or build a snowman as the dog plays in the snow!