Christmas Preschool Centers

I am pretty sure I say this every single year, but I LOVE Christmas. It truly is my most favorite time of the year. I love the pretty colors, the decorations, and honestly… if I actually liked gingerbread cookies, I’m absolutely certain I’d love the smell of freshly baked gingerbread too!

Today, I’d love to give you a sneak peek at my Christmas Preschool Centers. I’m also sharing a handful of freebies so you can try out a few activities and see whether this is something you’d like to use in your classroom or at home.

PLEASE NOTE: This post does not include every page from the full Christmas Preschool Centers packet. If you’d like the complete resource, scroll to the bottom for links to my stores.

Fine Motor Activities Preschool Centers for Christmas

First up is a simple but adorable Christmas tree fine motor mat. I used red and green buttons, but you could use anything small — pom poms, gems, bells, baubles, pebbles, or even little play dough balls. (Click the photo below to download the Christmas tree fine motor mat.)

Another hands on option is the Christmas tree color sorting activity. Children sort small objects onto the matching tree color — buttons, tinsel, beads, bows, sequins… anything you can dig up from the craft cupboard. (Click the photo below for the red, orange, and yellow trees.)

Christmas Preschool Alphabet Activities

I’ve also added a set of Christmas ornament tracing cards for both uppercase and lowercase letters. You can turn these into a simple write and wipe booklet by punching a hole at the top of each ornament and attaching them with a key ring.

They’re perfect for practicing letter formation during the Christmas season, but they’re also incredibly versatile. You can:

• Match uppercase and lowercase letters
• Put them in alphabetical order
• Build sight words or names
• Create seasonal banners like “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”

(Click the photo below to get all uppercase letters.)

Next is Santa’s sack of presents! Children can match lowercase letters to uppercase letters, or if they’re ready, you can introduce beginning sounds. I hot glued the presents onto mini clothes pegs, but Velcro dots work too. (Click the photo to get letters A–E.)

Sight Words Christmas Center

Because many little learners begin working on sight words early, I added a Christmas tree sight word activity. You can simply print, laminate, and go… but if you know me, you know I love adding a fine motor twist.

I laminated and cut the tree pieces, glued four mini clothes pegs onto a large craft stick, and attached each tree section one by one. And let me give you a BIG tip: do not assume you’ll magically glue the tree pieces perfectly centered. You won’t. I learned that the hard way — after hot gluing all the pieces on.
(Click the photo below to get a few sight words.)

Christmas Math Activities for Preschool

Next up is a gingerbread people counting activity. Kids can put the gingerbread people in order or count objects to match each number. (Click the photo below to get numbers 1–6.)

Just like the gingerbread set, you can put these Christmas trees in order or use them for counting practice. (Click the photo below to get numbers 1–5.)

There’s also a Christmas tree bauble number sorting activity. You can easily differentiate by choosing which baubles to offer. (Click the photo below to get numbers 1–5.)

I’ve also included a shape matching activity where children match the reindeer head to the present with the correct shape. I know… it’s a little weird. Who wraps a reindeer head?! But your kiddos won’t care one bit. And if you think they will, you can always swap the reindeer heads for buttons or other shaped objects. (Click the photo below for the shapes shown.)

You’ll also find a “Which picture is different?” activity:

A “What doesn’t belong?” activity:

And a fun Christmas patterns activity. (Click the photo to download the full pattern set.)

Purchase the Christmas Preschool Centers

If you would like to purchase the entire set of 12 Christmas Preschool Centers, click on either store link below.

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