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Christmas Literacy Activities

November 29, 2022 •

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EARLY LITERACY IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS

Children are full of energy this time of year.  Harness that enthusiasm and have some fun with these Christmas literacy activities to build a love around books and prepare that pre-reading foundation.

EARLY LITERACY IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS

Christmas Activities that Build a Love Around Books

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Pull out the Christmas books and enjoy the season with these book lists.

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Favorite Christmas Books

Christmas Books for Toddlers

Alphabet Activities for Christmas

If you have Pete the Cat fans, you’ll want to try this alphabet activity.—> Pete the Cat ABC Drop

ABC’s of Literacy has a playful elf activity to build letter recognition.—> Elf Letter Idea

Playing Reindeer Alphabet Bingo with holiday candies. A great Christmas party activity for kids.

Have a little fun with individual students, a small group, or a whole group with a game or two of ABC Reindeer Bingo.—> Get the ABC Reindeer Bingo Boards

This multi-sensory activity will have you hearing bells from Books and Giggles.—> Bell Letter Activity

Get ready to build a Christmas tree with this letter sensory idea from The Mommy Evolution.—> Tree Sensory Bin

Christmas Phonological Awareness Ideas

preschool songs for Christmas

One of my favorite ways to build phonological awareness is with circle time songs and activities and I’ve got some Christmas-themed ideas for you to try.—> Christmas Circle Time Songs

Grab a muffin tin and have some hands-on fun.—> Christmas Muffin Tin Activities

Syllable Counting

A Christmas activity to work on syllable counting to build phonological awareness.

Count the syllables on the Christmas gifts with this free printable.—> Christmas Syllable Counting

Xmas Phonics Activities

3 Dinosaurs shares printable gingerbread cvc activity cards.—> Get the Gingerbread Cards.

Christmas Fine Motor, Pre-Writing, and Writing Ideas

Bilingual Beginnings shares a peppermint sensory writing tray for pre-writing and writing practice.—Peppermint Tray

The Wise Owl Factory shows us how to use Christmas-themed playdough mats to build fine motor skills.—> Christmas Mats

Happy Christmas learning!

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Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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