{"product_id":"storytelling-with-shapes-christmas","title":"Storytelling with Shapes: Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorytelling with Shapes: Christmas\u003c\/strong\u003e guides you through a creative, engaging, and tactile way of experiencing the Christmas story. Because of the varying degrees of difficulties in the puzzles, \u003cem\u003eStorytelling with Shapes: Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e can be used by many age groups, children, youth (6th–12th grade), and even during intergenerational events. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStorytelling with Shapes: Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e uses seven individual shapes (tans). When these tans are combined, they create larger shapes (tangrams), helping participants imagine the story. An ancient Chinese story tells the legend of tangrams about a wise sage who, on his journey to bring a square sheet of glass to the king, fell, and the glass broke. When the sage presented the pieces to the king, he restructured them to form images that helped to tell of his journey. The king loved this way of storytelling and recreated the shapes out of wood. And that’s how tangrams were invented!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis resource invites participants to move through the story of Christmas from Luke 1:26–38, 2:1–20, and Matthew 1:18–25 using narrative tangram puzzles. Discover how seven individual shapes (tans) flow and fit together to create larger shapes (tangrams) as you retell the story of the long-anticipated wonderful news of Jesus’s birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShape \u0026amp; Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Christmas story includes five tangram shapes, with two options available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMatch \u0026amp; Place:\u003c\/em\u003e Match the individual shapes to the shapes on the page and place each shape on its spot to form the large shape connected to the story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eVisualize \u0026amp; Place:\u003c\/em\u003e Visualize and experiment with how your shapes fit together to create larger shapes in the silhouette. Then, using all seven shapes, fill in the silhouette to solve the tangram puzzle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorytelling Cards:\u003c\/strong\u003e In addition to the five tangram shapes, the Storytelling Cards section includes a leader guide that helps lead participants through the storytelling process, providing instructions on when to create the shapes as the story unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePiece it Together:\u003c\/em\u003e Make the tangram puzzles as you read the story. Arrange your shapes to piece the picture together from each storytelling card.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSolve the Shadow:\u003c\/em\u003e Solve the tangram puzzles as you read the story. Arrange your shapes to form the silhouette from each storytelling card.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe hope this new way of telling, hearing, and shaping the Christmas story will allow for a deeper understanding of Christmas and how it fits into our lives today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHow can I use these?\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStorytelling with Shapes: Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e can be used by children, youth, and adults of all ages as a creative way to celebrate the joy and mystery of the Christmas story. \u003cstrong\u003eCheck out this blog post\u003c\/strong\u003e about how one leader used our \u003cem\u003eStorytelling with Shapes: Easter\u003c\/em\u003e with his congregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSunday School\u003c\/strong\u003e: take time on Christmas to walk through the story with your tangrams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYouth Group\u003c\/strong\u003e: make life-size versions of the tangram shapes and see which groups can assemble each moment from the Christmas story the fastest! Also, these can serve as tangram fidget devices as you lead lessons during the Advent and Christmas seasons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdult Bible Studies \u0026amp; Intergenerational events\u003c\/strong\u003e: invite adults to use the tangram shapes to create the shapes from the stories during Bible studies; have intergenerational groups work together to figure out the silhouette puzzles. You could also see what other shapes they might come up with to represent additional parts of the Christmas story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eWhat will I receive?\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will receive one PDF that includes both the Story \u0026amp; Shape activity and the Storytelling Cards activity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Illustrated Ministry","offers":[{"title":"Ministry Use (Church Size: 101–500 members)","offer_id":52215528358176,"sku":"gvz1787251967363","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ministry Use (Church Size: 1–100 members)","offer_id":52215528390944,"sku":"eht1787251967364","price":14.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ministry Use (Church Size: 501+ members)","offer_id":52215528423712,"sku":"tzy1787251967365","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personal Use (NOT available for churches to select)","offer_id":52215528456480,"sku":"swf1787251967366","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3231\/3120\/files\/storytelling-with-shapes-christmas_1.jpg?v=1787251973","url":"https:\/\/www.elmwoodbasket.shop\/products\/storytelling-with-shapes-christmas","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}