Christmas is such an exciting time of year for preschoolers and kids of all ages! We can harness this excitement to make learning around this time of year extra special for little ones! I have so many fun Christmas activities for preschoolers that do exactly that to share with you!

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These Christmas activities for preschoolers are wonderful, easy, and fun ways to practice ABCs and 123s 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) is this simple Christmas Name Puzzle. It is a fun way for your little one to practice their name letters, numbers, or even sight words!

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 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!

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. It is such a meaningful way to encourage preschoolers to write!

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.

Counting Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

There are some great Christmas activities for preschoolers that practice counting.  This Christmas Tree Decorating Counting Game (link no longer available) 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.

This Reindeer Counting Game by An Idea on Tuesday is not only a cute craft—it is also full of math and fine motor skills! All lists of Christmas activities for preschoolers must include a Rudolph!

 

This Christmas Tree Decorating Activity (link no loner available) by Rock-a-Bye Butterfly is another great counting activity. Preschoolers could also do patterning and ordering with these trees.

This Christmas activity looks like tons of fun! Roll a Reindeer (link no longer available) by Domestic Goddesque helps preschoolers practice counting and following directions too.

Fine Motor Christmas Activities for Preschoolers

This 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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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!

We made this simple Sensory Christmas Tree Bin with painter’s 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 activities for preschoolers can be fun and full of learning! And 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!

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Merry (almost) Christmas!

xo
Sarah