The Christmas Nativity Preschool Worksheets packet is a wonderful way to bring meaningful, faith-based learning into your preschool or kindergarten classroom or homeschool. The math and literacy worksheets included in this resource offer simple, festive practice during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Children strengthen early skills while exploring Nativity themed images they already know and love.
You can download free sample pages using the link below. To purchase the complete 61-page packet, scroll to the end of this post.
Here is a closer look at all the activities included.
Christmas Nativity Literacy and Fine Motor Worksheets
Pre-writing and Tracing Practice
Begin with simple pre-writing and tracing pages.
Children trace lines from left to right to build pencil control and early handwriting readiness. On the Nativity picture tracing page, children trace the dotted outline and then color their picture.
Skills: fine motor, directional movement, pencil grasp
Tip: Place the pages in sheet protectors for reusable dry erase practice.
Alphabet Tracing and Letter Matching Worksheets
These alphabet activities focus on strengthening letter recognition and handwriting fluency. Children practice forming letters correctly and matching uppercase and lowercase letters in hands on, engaging ways.
Alphabet tracing: Children trace upper and lowercase letters and color the Nativity themed pictures on each page.
Upper and lowercase match: Children cut out lowercase letters and glue them beneath the matching uppercase letters.
Write the missing letters: Children complete alphabet sequences by filling in the missing letters inside the star shapes.
Skills: letter formation, letter identification, sequencing
Tip: Add completed pages to an alphabet binder students can revisit during morning work.
Beginning Sounds Worksheets
This section builds early phonemic awareness by encouraging children to listen for and identify initial sounds.
Beginning sounds: Children look at each picture and write the beginning sound, helping them make a strong connection between letters and their sounds.
Skills: phonemic awareness, sound-symbol correspondence, early spelling
Alternative Use: Use letter manipulatives first (magnetic letters, tiles, etc.) to model how beginning sounds work before moving to paper.
Sight Word Practice
The sight word section includes 10 read-trace-write pages that cover 40 pre-primer sight words.
Children read the sight word on the sheep, trace it on handwriting lines, and write it inside box shapes to support correct letter placement.
Skills: sight word automaticity, handwriting, decoding support
Tip: Use these pages in small groups to reinforce high-frequency words before winter break.
Emergent Reader: “In the Stable”
This Nativity themed emergent reader is available in both color and black & white.
Cut each page in half, assemble on the left side, and add the color version to your classroom or homeschool library.
Two comprehension sheets are included—one with picture clues and one without—to support different learners.
Skills: reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary
Alternative Use: Use the black and white version as a take-home book for holiday reading practice.
Christmas Nativity Math Worksheets
Number Tracing and Counting
The math section begins with a number tracing page where children trace numerals and color matching images.
Two additional counting pages invite children to count sets of pictures and color the circle showing the correct number.
Skills: number recognition, counting fluency, fine motor
Tip: Encourage children to point to each image as they count to reinforce one-to-one correspondence.
Ten Frame and Number Matching
Children count the number of sheep in each ten frame, then cut and paste the correct numeral beside it.
This activity helps children connect quantities to written numbers.
Skills: subitizing, number sense, cut and paste practice
Alternative Use: Use real counters on top of printed ten frames before completing the worksheet.
Missing Numbers
Two worksheets reinforce sequencing skills:
One requires children to cut and paste the missing numbers, while the other asks children to write the missing number in blank boxes.
Skills: number order, sequencing, handwriting
Tip: Use a number line for students who need extra support.
Count and Graph
These two worksheets invite children to count each picture set and color squares on the graph to show the total.
Graphing helps children compare amounts visually and builds early data skills.
Skills: counting, bar graphing, comparison, visual math
Alternative Use: Create a class graph with sticky notes before completing the individual page.
Number Order Hidden Picture
Children cut out number strips from the bottom of the page and arrange them in order (1–5 and 6–10) to reveal a hidden Nativity picture.
Skills: sequencing, visual discrimination, puzzle solving
Tip: Encourage children to lay out strips before gluing to check their order.
Patterns and Measurement
Three cut and paste pattern pages (AB, ABB, ABC) help children identify and extend patterns.
The measurement page asks children to use the provided star strip to measure Nativity themed images.
Skills: pattern recognition, non-standard measurement
Alternative Use: Compare the star strip to other classroom objects like linking cubes or craft sticks.
Size Sequencing and Weight Comparison
Children cut and paste pictures in order from smallest to largest and identify which object in each pair is heavier.
Skills: comparison, ordering, visual reasoning
Tip: Use real objects (toy animals, blocks) to demonstrate size and weight before completing the page.
Positional Words
Children color the picture that matches the position: over, in, in front, or behind.
This activity helps children understand spatial vocabulary used in early math and reading.
Skills: positional language, comprehension, following directions
Alternative Use: Practice with classroom objects (bear is behind the chair, etc.) before the worksheet.
Shape Graphing
Children count the shapes (triangle, rectangle, circle, square) and color the graph to show how many of each they found.
Skills: shape recognition, graphing, counting
Tip: Use shape manipulatives to reinforce vocabulary.
Nativity Animals Head and Tail Match
Children cut and paste tail pictures from the side of the page and match them to the correct animal head.
Skills: visual discrimination, attention to detail, fine motor
Alternative Use: Turn this into a matching center using laminated cards.
How to Use These Worksheets in the Classroom or Homeschool
These Nativity themed worksheets fit naturally into both classroom and homeschool routines. They are simple to prep, easy to differentiate, and flexible enough to use throughout December.
Try using them for:
- Morning work in the weeks before Christmas
- Literacy or math centers
- Small group instruction
- Early finishers who need quiet, meaningful tasks
- Homeschool morning baskets
- Portfolio samples for end-of-year assessment
- Independent work during Advent or Christmas themed units
Tip: Keep a December activity folder available so children can choose a worksheet whenever they need extra practice.
Skills Covered in the Christmas Nativity Preschool Worksheets
This packet offers a wide range of early learning skills wrapped in a joyful Christmas theme. Children develop foundational literacy, math, and fine motor skills through hands on and engaging activities.
Skills include:
- Pencil control and tracing
- Letter formation
- Alphabet recognition
- Phonemic awareness and beginning sounds
- Sight word fluency
- Number recognition
- Counting and graphing
- Ten frames and early addition readiness
- Sequencing and ordering
- Positional words
- Comparing height and weight
- Non-standard measurement
- Shape recognition
- Fine motor cut and paste skills
Tip: Completed worksheets work well in homeschool assessment portfolios or classroom student journals.
Classroom and Homeschool Tips
These tips help the packet run smoothly in both settings and keep activities manageable during a busy season.
- Keep cut and paste pieces in small cups or zip lock bags to prevent loss.
- Introduce each activity with a quick model or mini lesson.
- Laminate tracing and counting pages for repeated use in centers.
- Use real manipulatives (blocks, craft sticks, toy animals) when teaching size, height, or weight before completing the worksheet.
- Build a Christmas learning binder where children keep their finished work.
- Offer a mix of literacy and math pages each day to balance practice.
Tip: Add a few worksheets to a fast-finisher tub to create easy, independent December work.
Purchase the Christmas Nativity Preschool Worksheets
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