Christmas Nativity Centers for Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins

• Fine motor practice mat – Christmas Star

  To prepare the mat for use, print and then laminate it for durability. You will need to supply children with pom-poms, gems, beads, beans or any other small objects that will fit inside the circles.
  The aim of this activity is for children to place a small object in each of the circles.

Christmas Nativity Preschool Centers: Literacy

• Write and Wipe pre-writing Christmas cards: left to right

  To prepare the cards for use in a write and wipe center, print and laminate them, and then cut them apart. The cards can be kept in a book-like format by using a hole punch to make a hole in the top left corner and securing together with a key ring or a pipe-cleaner.
  Using a white board (dry-erase) marker, children are required to trace the lines on the card starting on the left and progressing towards the right.

• Wise Men letter match

  Print, laminate and cut out all the pieces. Attach the gifts to the end of a clothes peg.
  The aim of this activity is for children to math the upper and lower case letters.

• Missing letters Clip It! Christmas stars

  To prepare the cards for use, print and laminate them, and then cut them apart. Print the alphabet stars and cut them out. Attach each star to the end of a clothes peg. Alternatively, you can write the letters using a permanent marker on the pegs, or stick on some alphabet stickers.
  The aim of this activity is for children to identify the missing letter and to clip the correct letter in the missing spot to complete the alphabet sequence.

• Beginning Sounds Clip It! cards – gifts from the wise men

  To prepare the cards for use, print and laminate them, and then cut them out. Cut out each letter circle out and attach them to the end of a peg (or bottle caps).
  The aim of this activity is for children to identify the beginning sound for each of the pictures on their card and to clip the correct letter on top of the picture.

• Pre-Primer sight words writing practice – sheep cards

  To prepare the activity for use, print and then laminate the pages for durability. Cut out all the sheep. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the top corner of each card and secure together with a key ring or pipe cleaner.
  The aim of this activity is for children to write the sight word shown on each card in the shape boxes provided.

Christmas Nativity Preschool Centers: Math

• Christmas counting Clip It! cards

  Print, laminate and cut out the picture cards and the number circles. Glue the number circles on to the end of a clothes peg. Alternatively, you can write the numbers using a permanent marker on the pegs, or stick on some number stickers. The aim of this activity is for children to count the objects on the cards and to clip a clothes peg on the correct number

• Ten frame puzzle – sheep

  To prepare the activity for use, print and then laminate all the pages and cut out the puzzles.
  The aim of this activity is for children to match the numerals to the correct then frame.

• Missing Christmas numbers

  To prepare the cards for use, print and laminate them, and then cut them apart. Print the number squares, laminate, and cut them out. Attach number to the end of a clothes peg. Alternatively, you can write the letters using a permanent marker on the pegs, or stick on some number stickers.
  The aim of this activity is for children to identify the missing number and to clip the correct number in the missing spot to complete the number sequence.

• Christmas count and graph

  To prepare this activity for use, print and laminate the cards. Supply children with small tokens for counting and/or white board (dry-erase) markers.
  The aim is for children to count each group of pictures and then represent their findings on the graph.

• Christmas patterns (AB/ABB/ABC)

  To prepare the cards for use, print and laminate them, and then cut them apart. Print the picture squares, laminate, and cut them out. Attach the pictures to the end of a clothes peg.
  The aim of this activity is for children to identify the pattern on the cards and to clip the correct picture in the empty box to complete the pattern.

• Baby Jesus shape graph

  To prepare this activity for use, print and laminate the card. Supply children with white board (dry-erase) markers.
  The aim is for children to count each group of shapes and then represent their findings on the graph.

• Christmas animals head and tail match

  To prepare this activity for use, print, laminate and cut out all the pieces. Attach the tail sections to the end of a clothes peg.
  The aim of this activity is for children to match the each tail piece to the correct head.

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