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    Home » Learning Activities for Preschoolers

    Published: Nov 9, 2018 · Modified: Sep 12, 2023 by Fynn · All activities should be supervised by an adult. This post may contain affiliate links.

    Favorite Toddler and Preschool Christmas Theme Activities

    Inside: A collection of our favorite toddler and preschool Christmas theme activities!

    Christmas Theme Activities for Preschoolers

    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. 

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    • Christmas Theme Activities and Learning Shelf
    • Toddler Christmas Theme Activities (2 to 3 years old)
    • Preschool Christmas Theme Activities (3 to 5 years old)
    • Christmas Theme Crafts, Experiments & Sensory Play

    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.
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    • Christmas Gifts Dot Stickers Color Matching (numeracy, motor skills)
    Christmas Color Matching dot sticker activity
    • Christmas Lights Dot Stickers Line Up (motor skills)
    Christmas Tree Dot Stickers Activity
    • TP Roll Christmas Tree Color Matching (numeracy)
    TP roll Christmas tree learning activity
    • Dot Stickers Christmas Tree Shape Matching (numeracy)
    Christmas Tree Dot Stickers Shape Activity
    • Shape Christmas Tree Puzzle (numeracy, motor skills)
    Christmas tree puzzle
    • Snowman Pompom Drop (motor skills)
    Snowman pom pom drop DIY learning toy for children
    • Contact Paper Santa's Beard (motor skills)
    Preschool Christmas Theme Activities - contact paper santa's beard
    • 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. 
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    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. 
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    • Sticky Note Counting Presents (numeracy)
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    • TP roll Christmas tree sight word graphing game (language)
    TP roll Christmas tree sight word matching activity
    • Christmas lights Chinese sight words matching (language) - Download this Christmas Chinese Sight Word Printable.
    Preschool Christmas Theme Activities using chinese numbers

    Bonus: This printable and instructions can be found on my subscriber-only Printable resource page. Join my mailing list to you get exclusive access to all my learning printables. 

    • Cut Santa’s Beard (numeracy): A fun game that will get your children excited about counting and cutting!
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    • Christmas tree pouch caps counting (numeracy)
    Christmas Tree Pouch Cap Counting
    • Santa Sleigh Presents Subtraction Activity (numeracy) - Get this Subtraction Activity Printable.
    Santa Sleigh Counting Activity
    • Dot Stickers Christmas Tree Pattern (numeracy and motor skill)
    Sticking dot stickers on a Christmas tree
    • Stacking and Counting Snowman - Download this Stacking Snowman Printable.
    toilet paper roll stacking and counting snowman DIY toy
    • Reindeer Counting Paper Cup
    DIY Reindeer Counting activity for kids
    • Dot Christmas Tree (numeracy and motor skill) - Download this Dot Christmas Tree Printable.
    Christmas Tree Counting for Preschoolers
    • TP Roll Stacking and Counting Christmas Tree (numeracy)
    Counting and stacking christmas tree DIY toy
    • Countdown to Christmas with this Santa Christmas Countdown Craft. It's a great activity for counting from 1 to 25! (numeracy)
    Christmas Countdown Activity

    Related: Countdown to Christmas with these fun gift-less ideas!

    Christmas Theme Crafts, Experiments & Sensory Play

    • Snowflakes printing with strawberry baskets (arts & creative expression)
    Strawberry basket snow flakes
    • Christmas tree printing with potatoes (arts & sensory play)
    Christmas Tree Potato Printing
    • Christmas theme wheel pasta sensory bin (arts & sensory play)
    Christmas theme pasta sensory bin
    • Playdough and Ping Pong Balls Snowman Invitation to create (arts & sensory play)
    Invitation to Create Snowman
    • Yarn Wrapped Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Ornament (arts & sensory play)
    Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Ornament
    • Symmetry Christmas Tree Printing (arts & sensory play)
    Christmas tree symmetry painting learning activity for kids

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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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    Fynn is a Math and Science teacher from Singapore, author of The Happy Learning Book for Siblings and founder of Happy Tot Shelf. She helps parents enjoy home learning with their children through her highly popular kids' activity membership, The Happy Learners' Club. Fynn has been featured in various newspapers, websites and on radio shows as an expert in early childhood learning and creative hands-on learning ideas.

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