The Jolly Christmas Postman - Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg Primary Resources

The Jolly Christmas Postman Teaching Resources

With this lovely collection of teaching materials, you will be able to introduce your pupils to the much-loved storybook 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. All of these resources are perfect for adding some festive fun to your lessons in the build-up to the Christmas holidays.

Included in this selection are handy worksheets, colouring activities and games. Each resource has been designed by real teachers meaning that you can rest assured that they are suitable for KS1 children and in line with the standards and objectives of the National Curriculum. They will help you to save time in creating an enjoyable and interactive learning experience for young learners.

We've also included a range of colourful display materials which have been hand-drawn by our talented team of illustrators. These wonderful resources can be used to create vibrant display boards for your classroom on the topic of 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' storybook. They will also help to support your teaching by helping children to stay engaged and get excited to spend time in your learning space.

Each of these super useful teaching resources is incredibly easy to download, print and begin using in the classroom. All of our display materials, worksheets and colouring activities also come in a handy eco-friendly version meaning that you can easily keep your printing costs to a minimum.

How can I use these resources?

This comprehensive collection of teaching materials has a variety of different activities for you to use in class. Each resource has been designed to help you plan interactive lessons and allow you to focus on what matters most - educating children. All of these resources are also perfectly suited for use at home, whether as festive homework tasks or as part of home school lesson plans.

If you want to take a deeper look at 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' storybook, then we recommend that you go through each chapter of the story with this beautifully illustrated PowerPoint. This is a great resource to introduce children to the characters and themes of this brilliant festive tale. 

These lovely teaching materials will help your children to develop a variety of skills. For example, children will be able to practice their handwriting abilities with our wonderful pencil control worksheets and writing frames. Additionally, children can continue to refine and develop their fine motor skills, creativity and scissor proficiency with our wonderful range of cutting sheets and craft activities.

We've also made sure to include a variety of resources that you can incorporate in core lessons such as maths and English. A good example of this is this Jolly Christmas Postman-themed number counting worksheet which you can use to add a dash of festivity to your end of term maths lessons. Alternatively, you could also incorporate our range of word searches and word mats to help your pupils practice their spelling.

These resources all relate to the Jolly Christmas Postman story, so that children can carry on living the tale through these fantastic resources. It’ll be a story that never ends, with lovely spin-offs of the original story, as well as interactive activities galore!

What is The Jolly Christmas Postman?

The Jolly Christmas Postman is a children's storybook written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg in 1991. It is a follow up to the original storybook 'The Jolly Postman' which was released a few years before in 1986.

The story follows a postman as he delivers a variety of cards and gifts to a range of popular fairy tale characters such as Humpty Dumpty, The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood. Like the original storybook, each page features an envelope containing interactive props that accompany the story. 

On Christmas Eve, the Jolly Christmas Postman delivers his greetings by bicycle, with “six letters in pockets”, including his get-well jigsaw for broken Humpty-Dumpty. There’s also some deliveries for:

Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy from Oz, The Giant from Jack and the beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, the Wicked Witch, The Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks and Cinderella.

The plot of the story is focused around the Jolly Christmas Postman himself, whose mission is to deliver mail to fairytale characters from home-to-home, all across the land. Twelve pages in the book have been made into six actual envelopes, which contain eight different cards and letters. You can slide them out of the envelopes and read them alongside the book!

Younger children will gain much enjoyment from taking out and seeing the cards. Not to mention the familiar characters, rhyming text and humour! Older children will be able to start reading the story and also the letters inside, all on their own.

Here's a funny clip from funny animation 'A Christmas Panic'!