It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiime of the year! Are you as ready to get into the Christmas spirit as we are?! Although we do slow down in our homeschool during the holidays, we love to include lots of Christmas cheer in the little pockets of learning time that we do have. Between baking cookies, Christmas movies, and decorating the house, these Christmas activities will bring a special joy to your Preschool learning time!
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Christmas Preschool Centers
If you’re looking for a quick way to dive right in to the Christmas festivities, you’ve got to grab our week of Christmas Preschool centers! Included you’ll find 15 hands-on and engaging activities, plus book recommendations and lesson plans. Your little ones will love practicing common Preschool skills like counting, colors, shapes, and more! Each center in the unit can be adapted for little ones ages 2-5 and include tons of fine motor skills practice! As a bonus – I even lesson planned for you!
If you’d like to see how we include this theme in our Preschool year PLUS find out which themes we use for the other 11 months of the year, click the button below to download our FREE Preschool Curriculum Map!
Fine Motor Skills Worksheets
One thing you can NEVER practice too much with Preschoolers is fine motor strength! This is such a crucial skill for our littlest learners in order for them to complete basic tasks both in school and out – think of holding a pencil, tying their shoes, even grasping a fork! But just because they’re important skills doesn’t mean they have to be difficult to practice!
Our NO PREP fine motor skills worksheets are a great resource to add to your Christmas activities collection. Included you’ll find 25 NO PREP practice pages for children to practice tracing, cutting, gluing, coloring, sorting, and so much more! Plus they make fantastic crafts and keepsakes!
Christmas Books
We love Christmas books SO much, I decided to put together an entire blog post full of our favorites! You can read the post by clicking the link below! *These links are Amazon affiliate resources. I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you choose to purchase using my links!*
Christmas Sensory Bins
Christmas sensory bins are probably my absolute favorites! Doesn’t this bin just look like a box full of Christmas joy?! We love them so much, I put together an entire blog post including our favorites!
Math & Literacy Worksheets
One of our favorite activities each month are our themed worksheets. Using worksheets with preschoolers may sound a little odd, but my girls LOVE these practice pages! All of the pages include coloring, cutting, gluing, tracing, and more! That way your kiddos are combining fine motor skills practice with academic skills! With 35+ practice pages, this NO PREP set of Thanksgiving activities is a lifesaver!
Preschool Skills Sensory Bins
These sensory bin matching mats are a fun addition to your Christmas theme whether you choose to use a sensory bin or NOT! Simply provide your kiddos with the cut out pieces and help them make their matches on the matching mats! This Christmas-themed set practices shapes, colors, counting, beginning sounds, and letter identification!
Christmas Tree Life Cycle Study
The Christmas tree life cycle is a great Science addition to your Christmas theme! It’s also a great way to modify the December plans for your older kiddos. LG loves learning about different life cycles with these studies!
This study includes tons of hands-on activities like sensory bins, STEM activities, sequencing cards and more! It also includes book recommendations, videos, real-life photos and practice pages!
Reindeer Cycle Study
If you enjoy our Christmas tree life cycle study and want to add even more to your Christmas Science time, don’t miss out on our reindeer study! It includes all of the same components as our Christmas tree study, making it a great extension activity for children to complete on their own after they understand the rhythm of the studies!
Advent Bible Study
This time of year is full of so much Christmas cheer and fun, but we always want to make sure that our family is focused on the REAL reason for celebrating Christmas. For the month of December, we’ll be studying the nativity story using our Wandering Wisemen Bible study. We’d love for you to join us!
Puzzles and Matching Bins
Want to test out sensory bins with your Preschool but not really sure where to begin? Our puzzles and matching mats are a perfect place to start! This set includes 3 puzzles and 3 matching mats. To play, children choose picture cards from their sensory bin and match them to their mat to cover all the pictures or complete the puzzles. This is a great, low-pressure way to explore sensory bin activities without adding academic skills for children who aren’t ready yet.
Craft and Fine Motor Ideas
No theme is complete without crafts and fine motor activities! We love Christmas crafts SO much, I wrote an entire blog post dedicated to all of our favorites. You’ll find fun Christmas activities like gingerbread house building, play dough trays, a tree building tray, and SO much more! Read all about them on the blog using the button below!
Let’s Hang Out!
Well, friends… Are you in the Christmas spirit yet?? I hope all of these ideas for Christmas activities help your family enjoy all sorts of Christmas fun! I’d love to chat and get to know you better! Come hang out with us in some of our favorite places!
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love the christmas tree life cycle, I never thought of teaching that during this time of the year!