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This Christmas-themed letter matching alphabet game will give kids a hands-on opportunity to work on letter recognition this holiday season!
This activity does take a little time to prep. Cutting out the ornaments can be a bear, but the effort it takes to prepare this Christmas activity for preschoolers will be well worth it when your little ones master letter recognition!
Print, laminate, and cut! That’s all you’ve got to do to get this project set up for your preschoolers.
This letter matching alphabet game is perfect for your educational activities this holiday season.
You can use it as an individual activity or add it to your literacy centers in December. It’s perfect for classroom and homeschool use.
Letter Matching Alphabet Game
To get started, I suggest you print all of the pages on cardstock. It’s sturdier than regular printer paper and can stand up to repeated use. Laminating the pages before cutting them out will add yet another layer of durability.
Then, just cut it all out. I use a paper cutter to cut out the tree cards. It makes that part go much quicker than cutting out all of the circles on the last few pages.
Once you’ve got all of the pieces cut out, you’re all set!
I suggest starting with just two or three of the Christmas tree cards. Have your child identify the letter featured on the Christmas tree card. Then, search through the ornaments for four more of that letter – two uppercase and two lowercase.
Place the ornaments on the circles on the correct tree to decorate the alphabet trees.
As your kids become more proficient with the 2 or 3 cards you started with, add a few more. Continue doing this until your kids can correctly sort all of the ornaments onto the correct Christmas trees.
Teaching letter Recognition
It’s never too early to work on letter recognition. This is one of the most important skills a child will learn. Teaching children how to read starts with learning their ABCs.
Because books and printed materials use a wide variety of fonts, it’s important for kids to be able to recognize the alphabet in a variety of fonts.
Activities like this one are a great way to have kids learn to differentiate one letter from another as each set of letter ornaments features a different font.
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT Christmas
Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about Christmas. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
Bear Stays Up for Christmas – Bear’s friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up—by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents of all!
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Meet the Herdmans—they lie, cheat, and love to give clonks on the head. They are, without a doubt, the worst kids in the history of the world. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.
Christmas in the Big Woods – Christmas has come to the Big Woods of Wisconsin! Laura and her family are excited to celebrate. When Laura’s cousins, aunt, and uncle arrive, they spend their time together eating sweets, playing in the snow, and reading. Their holiday celebrations are full of simple joys.
Teaching Resources
These handmade, adorable Christmas finger puppets are perfect for Holiday party favors or any play day!
Turn ordinary laundry pins into a fun clothespin Christmas tree ornament that your kids will love hanging on the tree this season.
Cut and paste Christmas worksheets give students an opportunity to strengthen scissor skills while practice counting, beginning sounds, and more.
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