Christmas Activities

Your students will love these Christmas theme activities. These fun and hands-on activities will be a great addition to your December or holiday lesson plans.

Gingerbread Alphabet Match

Kids will enjoy this free gingerbread man printable alphabet activity. Several ideas for fun, hands-on alphabet and beginning sound activities are included. This is a perfect addition to you gingerbread man theme, gingerbread preschool theme, or Christmas holiday theme unit or lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. A great addition to a Jan Brett book study, your kids will love these ginger bread activity ideas. #preschool #gingerbreadactivities #prek #gingerbreadtheme

Jingle Bell Science

Use this simple science project to explore sound with young kids. Make three jingle bell sticks and record observations on free printable recording sheet. This is a perfect STEM or STEAM activity or craft for kids in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. A great holiday or Christmas party activity. Supports a Christmas or 5 senses theme or unit in your classroom and the jingle bell sticks can be used as a circle time activity. #preschool #prek #preschoolholidayactivities #preshoolscience

Christmas Tree Emergent Reader

This Christmas tree printable counting book is a quick and easy idea for your Christmas theme or Christmas tree theme unit or lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Better than crafts or worksheets, your kids can complete the little counting book to take home. These books are perfect for your literacy, math, or writing centers. Kids will have fun counting the ornaments and they can write the number or print the number word. #preschool #prek #christmasactivitiesforkids

DIY Gift Bags for Christmas

Check out these fun easy to make DIY Christmas gift bags that you can make for your kids. There is no need to look for more ideas, these are perfect for a class gift or holiday party goody bag or favor. Check out the tutorial for the directions...they are simple. Your kids will love these homemade little Santa bags. #preschool #Christmasactivities #christmascrafts #christmasintheclassroom

DIY Snowman Ornaments

Looking for snowman crafts for kids? Here is a great DIY snowman Christmas ornament for you and your kids to make. The snowman ornament DIY project is a great activity to make for a school party or at home. A great project to add to your winter activities. Perfect for your winter theme, holiday theme, snow theme unit and lesson plans in preschool, pre-k or kindergarten. #snowmanornament #winteractivitiesforkids #preschool #kindergarten

Easy Student Gifts They Will Love

Gingerbread Playdough Tray

Find lots of ideas to help you easily make a gingerbread #playdough tray. Your kids will love using the materials to make fun gingerbread themed creations. This is a perfect open-ended and fine motor activity for your #preschool #prek classroom. Use for Christmas theme or gingerbread theme unit or lesson plans or with a study of the gingerbread man book. A fun fine motor activity with ideas for hands-on math and counting activities. #gingerbreadtheme #finemotoractivities

The Best Gingerbread Books for Kids

These gingerbread books for #preschool are perfect for little learners. From the classic tale to fun modern twists, kids love the engaging books on this list. Counting books, rhyming books, classic gingerbread tales, and modern twists...your kids will love these. Perfect for your circle time or class library at Christmas or any time of year. My favorite is the Gingerbread Cowboy. Whivh one is your favorite? #gingerbreadbooks #gingerbreadtheme #christmasactivities #preschoolactivities

Make Christmas Playdough

Your kids will love this sparkly homemade Christmas Playdough. Learn the secret ingredient & make your own DIY batch of this unique sensory play dough today. This is perfect for your Christmas theme and holiday theme fine motor and learning centers. Use with play dough mats, play dough tools, etc. Your kids will love how this tinsel play dough feels when they pull it apart.....so cool. #christmasactivities #playdough #playdoughrecipe #finemotor #preschool

Christmas Tree Playdough Tray

Learn how to easily make Christmas tree playdough that your kids will love. This DIY play dough adds a wonderful senosry experience to your holiday fine motor activities. Get out your cookie cutters and rolling pins. This easy homemade play doh recipe is perfect for fun kids crafts and activities in your preschool, pre-k and kindergareten classroom. #playdough #playdoughrecipe #finemotor #christmasactivities #preschool

Holiday Weigh Station

Fill small containers with holiday-themed materials & create a Christmas weight activity for your kids. This balance scale measurement activity includes LOTS of ideas for a fun, hands-on math or STEM center in your classroom. Easily adapt this activity to fit a Christmas theme, gingerbread theme, or winter theme unit or for your December or January lesson plans in a #preschool, #prek, or #kindergarten classroom. #gingerbreadtheme #christmasactivitiesforkids #preschoolmath #christmastheme

Gingerbread Activities

These hands-on gingerbread activities are perfect for literacy and math learning centers for Christmas & the month of December. The printables are easy to prep & are easy to differentiate. The versatile printables can be used in many ways to teach many different concepts in a fun way. Use for independent, small group and whole group activities in #preschool #prek and #kindergarten . Perfect for a #gingerbreadtheme #christmastheme or December units and lesson plans. #gingerbreadactivities

A Simple Parent Gift

Make a simple parent gift with your classroom. Use this free printable Christmas ornament to make a meaningful Christmas gift for kids to give to parents. Easy, cheap, and inexpensive. Kids can give to parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. This is a simple keepsake ornament that they will love. Easy to make with your class at a Christmas party or in a center. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten classrooms. A great classroom Christmas ornament craft. #preschool #preschoolchristmas

Snowflake Cutting Templates

Making paper snowflakes is so much easier for young kids, when you use these snowflake cutting templates or patterns. Your kids will experience success...it's so much fun. So much more than a craft.... they are strengthening their fine motor skills and working on improving their scissor skills! Perfect for your holiday theme, winter theme, snow theme, Snowy Day theme unit and lesson plans in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. #winteractivitiesforkids #finemotoractivities #preschool

Christmas Activities in the Store

Find these fun, hands-on Christmas and holiday resources in the Early Learning Ideas store.

gingerbread color and size sorting activities for preschool and pre-k

elf activities for preschool

elf counting book

$elf themed roll and cover math game$

$elf math activities for preschool pre-k and kindergarten$