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Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

December 17, 2017 by Sarah 7 Comments

 


Christmas is such an exciting time of year for preschoolers and kids of all ages!  Using this excitement and making Christmas activities for preschoolers are wonderful ways to make learning meaningful.  

Here are more then 15 simple learning activities for this Christmas season!

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These Christmas activities for preschoolers are wonderful, easy, and fun ways to practice ABC’s and 123’s with your wee ones.

Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

Alphabet Christmas Activities

One of our personal favourite Christmas activities for preschoolers (my current favourite preschooler in fact) are these simple Christmas name puzzles.  A great way to practice a name, or use numbers, or sight words.

Such a great idea! This name puzzle is perfect for Christmas and it works on scissor skills too.

My Sammy loves playing matching games.  So we made this simple matching letters Christmas tree game to practice some alphabet letters he finds tricky.  Matching games could be used to practice any skill: colours, shapes, or upper and lower case letters.

a fun and simple Christmas alphabet game for kids!

A little bit more preparation (though this would make a fun craft for preschoolers!) but this Christmas activity is full of learning! This Mr. Reindeer by Playing with Words 365 makes practicing letters and numbers lots of fun!  It reminds me of our letter monster – which my wee ones adored!

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

This invitation to write was always the most popular in my Kindergarten class.  I just love this Christmas card writing station set up by Teach Preschool.  Such a meaningful way to encourage preschoolers to write.

Christmas activities for preschoolers to learn from

I absolutely love this pre-writing activity by Rainy Day Mom.  This is such a great way to get preschoolers excited about writing and media literacy too!  Writing a letter to Santa using magazine cut-outs! Some preschoolers could add in letters or words that they know as well.

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

Counting Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

There are some great Christmas activities for preschoolers that practice counting.  This Christmas Tree Decorating Counting game, by Kids Matter, is one of my favourites because it also practices one-to-one correspondence – which is a tricky skill.  One to one correspondence means you count one ‘thing’ with one number.

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

This reindeer counting game by An idea on Tuesday is not only a cute craft – it is full of math and fine motor skills.  All lists of Christmas activities for preschoolers must include a Rudolph!

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

 

This Christmas tree decorating activity by Rock-a-bye Butterfly is another great counting activity.  Preschoolers could also do patterning and ordering with these trees.

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

This Christmas activity looks like tons of fun!  Roll a Reindeer by Domestic Goddesque helps preschoolers practice counting and following directions too.

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

Fine Motor Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

Christmas Tree Sewing activity by Childhood 101 is a wonderful way to practice fine motor skills.  Adding in patterning would be a simple learning game too.

Christmas activities for preschoolers that focus on learning games
This Gingerbread dress up Christmas activity for preschoolers is an excellent learning game for wee ones.  Preschoolers can practice putting mouths and eyes on faces, playing with emotions, and dressing gingerbread men.  It can be found at The Iowa’s Farmer’s Wife.

Christmas activities for preschoolers that focus on learning games

 

Creating shapes, designs, and patterns are fun math skills to practice with these simple Christmas fridge magnets by CraftoArt!

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

This sorting Christmas tree and ornament activity by Blog Me Mom is so full of learning fun!  Preschoolers could use this activity as an invitation to play to practice sorting and ordering, counting and sizes.

Christmas activities for preschoolers to learn from

It usually is the simplest of ideas that spark the most imagination.  My preschooler Sammy loved this activity!  Kiwi Crate made a sticker Christmas tree matching game.  A fun way to practice colours – or to sort anything!

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

If you are looking for a Christmas themed Science activity for your preschoolers this one is for you!  Learn how to simply bend and shape candy canes at Preschool Powol Packets!

Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

We made this simple sensory Christmas tree bin with painters tape – and it has been so much fun! By adding some letters into the bin my preschooler has been practicing his letters and sounds and even building words on the Christmas tree.

Christmas sensory bin with a Christmas activities for preschoolers with learning games

Christmas activities for preschoolers can be fun and full of learning.  Enjoying the holidays and making learning magical and exciting is what winter is all about!

I hope you enjoy this magical week before Christmas!! Thank you so much for reading and having your little ones learn from me!

Merry (almost) Christmas!

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Comments

  1. Emma says

    December 3, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    These are some great ideas, and many I hadn’t seen before! The name puzzle and the decorating math game are 2 I definitely want to try!

    Reply
  2. Andrea says

    December 5, 2013 at 11:22 am

    These are fantastic ideas! I really like your painter’s tape tree – so cute!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      December 5, 2013 at 12:47 pm

      Thank you Andrea- we love all things painter’s tape!

      Reply
  3. Victoria says

    December 11, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Love Mr. reindeer! Such great ideas! Thank you for stopping by and linking to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! You were featured as one of my favorites last week 🙂

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      December 13, 2013 at 2:07 pm

      Thank you so much for the feature Victoria!

      Reply
  4. Christie-Childhood 101 says

    December 21, 2014 at 5:00 am

    What a great collection 🙂 Thank you for including our Christmas trees.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      December 31, 2014 at 1:08 pm

      Thank you Christie! Your Christmas trees are wonderful – so happy to include them!

      Reply

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