Inside: A collection of our favorite toddler and preschool Christmas theme activities
Every year, we can’t wait for December and do all things fun the whole month to celebrate Christmas. There are so many opportunities for creativity, whimsy, fun, and learning! I can’t wait to share with you my favourite Christmas themed learning activities for your kids to delight in.
Christmas Theme Activities and Learning Shelf
The activities are designed for children ages 2 to 5 years old. They have been categorized into the following learning areas: language, numeracy, motor skills, discovery of the world, arts & sensory play, social & emotional development. This will support you in putting together a learning experience for your children that is comprehensive and tailor made for them.
Related: How We Do Home Learning with a Themed Learning Shelf
Toddler Christmas Theme Activities (2 to 3 years old)
- Christmas Tree Colour Matching Sensory Bag (numeracy, motor skills): Children push the pompoms to the circles with matching colours. For older children, you can add a number and let your children do counting.
- Christmas Gifts Dot Stickers Color Matching (numeracy, motor skills)
- Christmas Lights Dot Stickers Line Up (motor skills)
- TP Roll Christmas Tree Color Matching (numeracy)
- Dot Stickers Christmas Tree Shape Matching (numeracy)
- Shape Christmas Tree Puzzle (numeracy, motor skills)
- Snowman Pompom Drop (motor skills)
- Contact Paper Santa’s Beard (motor skills)
- Cotton Bud Counting Christmas Tree (numeracy, motor skills): practice 1 to 1 correspondence counting and fine motor skills by poking the cotton buds into the holes. For 2 to 3yo, write numbers 1 to 12 and let them count and insert the matching number of cotton bud ornaments. For the 4 to 6yo, toss two dice and add up the numbers on the dice. Insert the matching number of cotton bud ornaments.
Preschool Christmas Theme Activities (3 to 5 years old)
- Vowel Christmas Tree (literacy): find and dot the vowels in matching colours. For 3yo, use either uppercase or lowercase letters. For 4 to 5yo, match uppercase to lowercase letters.
- Sticky Note Counting Presents (numeracy)
- Christmas lights Chinese sight words matching (language) – Find this printable here.
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- Cut Santa’s Beard (numeracy): A fun game that will get your children excited about counting and cutting!
- Christmas tree pouch caps counting (numeracy)
- Santa Sleigh Presents Subtraction Activity (numeracy) – Find this printable here.
- Dot Stickers Christmas Tree Pattern (numeracy and motor skill)
- Stacking and Counting Snowman – Find this printable here.
- Dot Christmas Tree (numeracy and motor skill) – Find this printable here.
- TP Roll Stacking and Counting Christmas Tree (numeracy)
- Countdown to Christmas with this Santa Christmas Countdown Craft. It’s a great activity for counting from 1 to 25! (numeracy)
Related: Countdown to Christmas with these fun gift-less ideas!
Christmas Theme CRAFTS, EXPERIMENTS & Sensory Play
- Snowflakes printing with strawberry baskets (arts & creative expression)
- Christmas tree printing with potatoes (arts & sensory play)
- Christmas theme wheel pasta sensory bin (arts & sensory play)
- Playdough and Ping Pong Balls Snowman Invitation to create (arts & sensory play)
- Yarn Wrapped Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Ornament (arts & sensory play)
- Symmetry Christmas Tree Printing (arts & sensory play)
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More Preschool Christmas Theme Resources for you!
- Pinterest Board: CHRISTMAS Theme
- Unique Hashtag on Instagram: #ChristmasHTS
- Preschool Christmas Theme books: Best Picture Books for Christmas, Christmas Board Books We Love
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