Question by : What are some activities to do with Turkish preschoolers for Christmas?
I am an Asst. Teacher and I am having 9 Turkish preschoolers (2-4yrs.) visiting my job in Dec. I don't know where to start! I want to respect their culture and belief systems. If anyone knows of any websites or has any ideas please help. Thank you very much.
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Answer by amada
There is nothing very special about Christmas in Turkey,
(some visit churches- many of my friends go to St. Antuan Church in Beyoglu- and they are not Christians -
but the conservative people wouldn't visit any churches )
but in new year many folks go out to eat and have fun,
there are fireworks,
and many people buy pine trees and decorate them.
A figure of Santa Claus may offend some parents if they are very conservative,
but if you want to cut pine trees, and decorate them with cotton for snow
and use glittering glue,paper decorations and etc,
noone would mind.
You can also teach them some new year songs. Choose some without Santa. ( I think Jingle bells is fine for example )
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