UsingFrosty the Snowman Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
Using We Wish You A Merry Christmas Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
Using Jingle Bells Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
Using Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
Using White Christmas Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
Using this Christmas Mini Pack, students learn about Christmas through ten fun worksheets and twelve activities.
This same or different activity has PreK-K students sort winter picture cards onto Same and Different mats, with a practice page and answer key included to sharpen early looking skills.
This Christmas bingo activity lets preschool to 1st grade students listen for holiday words and find the matching pictures on four different boards. Answer key included.
This find the missing letters sequencing activity has PreK-1st grade students name the missing letter on 24 Christmas cards using an alphabet line. Answer key included, and alphabet order feels like holiday fun.
Match rhyming pictures like star and car in this rhyming words Christmas activity for preschool to 1st grade, with ornament picture cards and a practice page. An answer key is included.
These Christmas flash cards give PreK-1st grade students 18 fold-over picture and word cards for holiday vocabulary practice. Answer key included with a read-and-circle practice page.
These pre-primer snowman theme sight words flash cards give Preschool to 1st grade readers all 40 Dolch words to practice, with a matching worksheet and answer key included.
Using Number Word Lights Activity, students match the number with the number word in order to build their math fluency.
This gingerbread house decorating following directions activity lets preschool to 1st grade children follow three-step cards to color a holiday house. Answer key included for quick, independent checking.
Using thisStocking Sort Classifying Activity, studentscomplete the Stocking Sort activity to practice classifying and grouping objects.
Using Pre-Primer Gingerbread Theme Sight Words Flash Cards, students use the flash cards to build their sight word fluency.
Twinkle lights and tiny learners
Holiday excitement is a perfect time for playful preschool learning. Little ones count ornaments, sort stockings by color and size, and spot what's same and different in festive pictures. They practice cutting and gluing tree shapes to build fine motor skills, and learn new holiday words like star, bell and snow. Simple games like BINGO help them listen and match. The click moment is when a child counts the lights on a paper tree and shouts, "Ten! I counted all of them!"
Preschoolers learn best through play. These holiday moves keep the fun and the learning together.
Show picture cards like tree, star and present, say each word together and talk about its color and shape. New words get used right away in play and art.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withChristmas Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Give kids tree shapes to cut, glue and decorate. Ask them to add three ornaments, then five. Cutting builds hand strength, and counting the ornaments adds math.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withTree Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Call out pictures and kids cover the match on their board. Say each picture's name together. BINGO builds listening, matching and turn-taking all at once.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withChristmas BINGOActivitiesOpen it →Festive centers little hands will love.
ActivitiesSort stockings by color, size or pattern, then count each group.
Open Stocking Sort Classifying Activity →
ActivitiesLook at two holiday pictures and find what's the same and what's different.
Open Same or Different Activity →
ActivitiesMatch numbers to strings of lights by counting each bulb.
Open Number Word Lights Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Frosty the Snowman Lyrics, We Wish You A Merry Christmas Lyrics and Jingle Bells Lyrics.
Counting ornaments, sorting stockings, cutting tree shapes, holiday BINGO and same-or-different games all build early skills while celebrating the season.
Pick activities that practice counting, colors, shapes, letters and fine motor skills. The theme brings excitement while the skill stays the focus.
Absolutely. Snowmen, mittens and gingerbread themes work well in classrooms where families celebrate different holidays.
About 10 to 15 minutes works for most preschoolers. Short, hands-on activities hold attention much better than long ones.
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