Faiths and their Festivals

Name: Faiths and their Festivals
SKU: TS0293
Price: 39.95 AUD
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Author: Kay Margetts
ISBN: 9781921613708

A guide to religions and celebrations in our multicultural society

By
Kay Margetts

Faiths and their Festivals is designed to help by giving background information to the faiths and celebrations in our multicultural society. It looks at the beliefs and core practices of the main faiths and describes the festivals associated with them. It explains the origins of the festivals and how they are celebrated within the faith communities, and includes suggestions on how to explore them in a way that is meaningful to young children.

It's an ideal companion to
Multicultural Celebrations & Festivals.

Ages: 5-11 | Pages: 76 | Code: TS0293 | ISBN: 9781921613708

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Kay Margetts

Kay Margetts is an Honorary Principal Fellow and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne. She has a strong background in early childhood development, learning and teaching both as a practitioner and as an academic. Her main areas of research are transition and adjustment to school, accompanied by a strong record of publications. Kay is regularly engaged in knowledge exchange activities with the education sector including teachers, educators and parents.

Contents
Calendar of festivals	4
Working in a global society	6
Learning about religions and their festivals	8
Faiths Baha’i faith	9
Buddhism	11
Christianity	13
Sharing information with children about God	16
Hinduism	17
Islam	19
Jehovah’s Witnesses	21
Judaism	23
Latter-day Saints	25
Quakers	26
Seventh-day Adventists	28
Sikhism	30
Festivals Chinese New Year: Yuan Tan	32
Holi: the Hindu festival of colours	34
Shrove Tuesday	36
The Christian festival of Easter	38
Art and craft for Easter	40
The Jewish festival of Passover	41
The Sikh festival of Baisakhi	43
The Buddhist festival of Vesak	45
The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan	47
The Jewish festival of Sukkot: celebrating harvest	49
A poem for harvest time	51
The Hindu festival of Divali	53
Decorating for Divali	55
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah	56
The Christian festival of Christmas	58
Christmas around the world	60
Good News: a nativity play	63
Performing the nativity play	67
The Muslim festival of Muhammad’s birthday	70
The Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr	72
The Muslim festival of Eid ul-Adha	74
Helping a child cope with loss	75
Contributors	76