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Christmas
LITERACY CENTERS

Kindergarten ~ Prep
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Introduction
About this book:
This book contains a collection of games and activities intended for use in centers and small
groups with children in Kindergarten (Prep).

Each activity includes a center label that can be printed and placed on the front of your
storage device. Also included are “I can” center instructions to help children remember what
to do. I have included a recording page at the end of each activity in order to have
evidence of each child’s work.

Directions for use:

1. Christmas write & wipe alphabet
To prepare the cards for use in a write and wipe center, print, laminate them, and then cut
them apart. The intention of this activity is for children to practice correct letter formation
with a dry-erase marker. The cards can be kept in a book-like format by making a hole in
the top left corner and securing together with a key ring or a pipe-cleaner.

2. Missing letters: Christmas ornaments

To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and cut apart. Children are required to
identify the missing letter and place it in the empty box.

3. Christmas clip the beginning sound

Print, laminate and cut out the picture cards. The aim of this activity is for children to
correctly identify the beginning sound of each picture and to clip a clothes peg to show
their answer. Alternatively, children can use dry-erase markers to colour the correct
beginning sound.

4. Christmas clip the syllables

To prepare this activity for use, print the cards, laminate them and then cut them apart.
Household pegs, or other small clipping items such as unused hair clips or paper clips, can
be used for this activity. The aim is for children to identify the number of syllables in each
word.
5. Christmas tree ornaments word family sort
To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out the sorting tree mats and ornament
picture cards. The aim is for children to identify the ending for each word and sort it to the
correct word family tree.

6. Christmas stocking CVC words scramble

You will need to provide children with magnetic or Scrabble letter tiles for this activity.
To prepare this activity for use, print the Christmas stocking cards, laminate them and then cut
them out. The aim of this activity is for children to collect the letter tiles shown on each card
and arrange them to build the word for each picture.

7. Christmas reindeer spin and rhyme

Print, laminate and cut out all the cards. You will need to supply children with a paper clip
and a pencil to make a spinner. Children being by laying out in a row the red header cards.
They spin the pencil spinner on the reindeer spinning card and read the word where it stops.
Children then find a matching rhyming picture and place it under the brown card it rhymes
with. This continues until all the cards have been used up.

8. Santa’s sight words list scramble (Pre-Primer and Primer Dolch Words)
You will need to provide children with magnetic or Scrabble letter tiles for this activity.
To prepare this activity for use, print the lists, laminate them for durability and then cut them
out. The aim of this activity is for children unscramble the letters on each card to make a sight
word from the Dolch Pre-Primer or Primer list. Once a sight word has been built, they record
it on the page included.

9. Christmas sentence match

Print the sentence strips and picture cards and then laminate them for durability. Cut along
the dotted lines to separate them. The aim is for children to read the sentence and then
find the matching picture.

10. Christmas write the room

To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the vocabulary cards. Place the
cards randomly around the room. Provide your children with a clip board with the recording
page/s. The aim is for children to find the picture cards and write the word next to the
matching picture on their recording page.
11. Label the Christmas picture
Print and laminate the picture cards and labels. Attach velcro dots to the back of labels and
empty boxes on the picture cards. The aim of this activity is for children to label the pictures
by placing the correct word in the empty boxes.

Happy Teaching :)
Alphabet Tracing
I can
Write the letter on my card,
1 starting at the dot and
following the arrows.

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Christmas
Alphabet Tracing

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2
1

3
2

1
1
2
1

1
2

1
2
1

3
2

1
1
2
1

CcCc
Bb Bb
1
AaAa
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 Missing Letters
I can
1 Read the letters on the card.

2 Determine the missing letter

and place it in the empty box.

3 Record my work.

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Missing
Letters

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b

d
a

f
c

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e
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 Clip the Sound
I can
1 Select a card.

2 Say the name of the

picture on the card.

3 Listen to the sound at the

beginning of the word.

4 Clip a peg on the letter

that says the sound.

5 Record my work.

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Christmas
Clip
the
Sound
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1 Beginning Sounds 2 Beginning Sounds

a c s h t l
3 Beginning Sounds 4 Beginning Sounds

o e s c s m
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Clip the Syllables
I can
1 Say the name of the
picture on my card.

2 Clap and count the

syllables.

Clip a peg on a
3 number to show
how many syllables.

4 Record my work.

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Christmas
Clip the
Syllables

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 Syllables Syllables
1 2
1 1
2 2

sack 3 reindeer 3
Syllables Syllables
3 4

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1 1
2 2

elf 3 Santa 3
Word Family Sort
I can
Put the Christmas
1 tree cards in a row
in front of me.

Say the name of the

2 picture on the
ornaments and listen
to the ending sounds.

Sort the ornaments

3 to the correct word
family tree.

4 Record my work.
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Christmas
Word
Family
Sort
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CVC Word Scramble
I can
1 Collect the letter tiles
shown on the stocking.

2 Say the name of the

picture on the stocking.

Listen to each letter

3 sound and arrange the

letter tiles in order to
make the word.

4 Record my work.

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Christmas
CVC
Word
Scramble
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a
c
a
tg
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h
m
m
a
r
 Spin and Rhyme
I can
1 Put the red cards in a
row in front of me.

Make a spinner with a

2 pencil and paper clip and

put it in the middle of the
spinning card.

3 Spin the spinner and read

the word where it stops.

4
Find a word that rhymes
with it and place it under
the matching red card.

5 Record my work.
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Christmas
Spin and Rhyme

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Sight Words Scramble
I can
1
Collect the letter
tiles for the first
word on the list.

Rearrange the
2 letters until I make
a sight word.

Do this for the next

3 three words on the
list.

4 Record my work.

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Christmas
Sight Word
Scramble

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1 a
2 dna B
3 I 1 acn
4 ese 2 em
3 het
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4 yuo
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1 si
2 ti D
3 keil 1 ta
4 ym 2 dwno
3 og
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4 pu
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 Sentence Match
I can
1 Read the sentence on my card.

2 Find the picture card that matches.

3 Record my work.

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Christmas
Sentence
Match

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 Write the Room
I can
1 Read the word on
the card.

Find its picture on

2 my recording page
and write it on the
writing line.

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Christmas
Write
the
Room
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Label the Picture
I can
1 Pick a label and
read the word on it.

Place it in the
2 correct spot on the
picture mat.

3 Record my work.

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Christmas
Label
the
Picture
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Christmas
MATH
LITERACY

Worksheets & Activities

Kindergarten ~ Prep
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using it and that it will be a valuable resource for you! I value your
feedback, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any
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Purchase of this item entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use.
Duplication for other classes, an entire school or commercial purposes is strictly prohibited without written
permission from the author. Minor editing is permitted only for personal use, however the document remains
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Introduction
About this book:
This book contains a collection of Christmas-themed worksheets intended for use with
children in Kindergarten (Prep).

Directions for use:

Following is an outline of the worksheets included in this unit and suggestions for use.

1. How many syllables? (2 pages)

Children say the name of each picture and show how many syllables each word contains by
colouring the correct circle. Dot paints can also be used for this worksheet.

2. Missing Letters (upper and lower case)

Children write the missing alphabet letters to complete the sequence.

3. Beginning sounds (2 pages)

Children determine the beginning sound for each word and colour a circle to show their
answer. Dot paints can also be used for this worksheet.

4. Beginning blends
Children determine the beginning blend for each word and colour a circle to show their
answer. Dot paints can also be used for this worksheet.

5. Write the missing beginning blend

Children determine the beginning blend for each picture and write it on the line provided.

6. Word Families cut and paste (an/at, en/et, ig/in, og/op, ug,un)
Children cut and paste the word family picture ornaments to the correct tree.

7. CVC words - write the missing beginning and end sound (5 pages)
Children write the missing beginning and ending letters to make the CVC words shown on
each stocking.
8. Rhyming cut and paste
Children cut the pictures from the bottom of the page and paste them next to the correct
picture rhyme.

9. Match the pictures to the correct sentence cut and paste

Children read the basic sentence and demonstrate comprehension by pasting a picture next
to the correct sentence.

10. Sight Word Scramble (Pre-Primer Dolch list)

Children unscramble the words from Santa’s list and then write them correctly on the lines
provided.

11. Christmas Build-a-Word vocabulary booklet (25 words)

Print the pages you wish to use and assemble the booklet by cutting each page in half, then
stapling together on the left side where indicated. Make sure NOT to cut off the section
with the letter tiles! (Children need that section to build the word on the page.) Children
trace the word on the page, build it using the letter tiles and then colour the picture.

12. Label It! pages (Santa, Mrs. Claus, Reindeer, Elf)

Children cut out the words from the bottom of the page and paste them in the correct
rectangles to label each picture.

13. Booklet with reading comprehension page (colour & black and white)
Select the colour or black and white version and assemble the booklet by cutting each page
in half and stapling together on the left side where indicated. Children read the short story
and answer the comprehension questions by colouring the correct circle. Two comprehension
pages have been included to help differentiate.

14. How many are there?(3 pages)

Children count the number of object and show their answer by colouring the correct circle
The worksheets can also be completed with dot paints.

15. Making 10 worksheets (2 pages)

Children count the objects in each ten frame, work out how many more are needed to
make 10 and then complete the addition equation.

8. Making 10 mini-books
Assembly is required by cutting each page in half and stapling on the left side where
indicated. Children count the objects in each ten frame, work out how many more are
needed to make 10 and then complete the addition equation.
15. Patterns AB, AAB, AABB, ABC (4 pages)
Children cut and paste the pictures to complete the patterns.

16. Number match Tally Marks (2 pages)

Children cut the tally mark tiles and paste them next to their corresponding number.

17. Count, tally and graph (4 pages)

Children count the objects, tally them in the space provided, and then record their findings
on the graph.

18. Greater and smallest numbers

Children identify from a group of numbers the greater and the smallest numbers and
colour them.

19. Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To worksheets (3 pages)

The first 2 pages contain pictures which children count, then complete the circle in the
middle with the correct sign. The next pages contains numbers.

20. Place Value worksheets to 30 (3 pages)

Children write the correct number in the correct column to show how many tens and ones.

*** Extra religious page:

- Beginning blends
- Label It: Christian family and Nativity scene
- Count, tally and graph
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How many syllables?

1 1
2 2

reindeer
3 Santa
3

1 1
2 2

letter
3 sleigh
3

1 1
2 2
elf
3 sack
3
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What sound do the pictures begin with?

s r v o s c

o e s t l k

S T A N T R
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Cut and paste the ornaments on the correct Word Family Christmas tree.

en et
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Write the beginning and ending sounds to make a word to match each
picture.

pen e e

e e e

e e e
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Cut out the pictures from the bottom of the page

and paste them next to the rhyming word.

ham

star
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you
the
me
Unscramble the sight words on Santa’s list and can
write them correctly on the lines below. see
and

nad ese

anc em

het yuo
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Build-a-Word
Name: _____________________
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a
ham h
m
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Cut and paste the words in the correct spot to label Mrs. Claus.

mouth eyes hair apron

hands ear nose shoes
At the
North
Pole

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Name:_____________________

I see Santa’s Workshop.

At the
North
Pole

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Name:_____________________

I see Santa’s Workshop.

Name:

Select the correct answer.

Where is Santa’s Workshop?

in the yard
at the North Pole
on the sleigh

What are the elves doing?

making toys
eating lunch
decorating the tree

What color is the sack?

green
purple
red

What does Santa ride in?

his car
a taxi
his sleigh

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How many are there?

1 2 3 1 2 3

3 4 5 3 4 5

4 5 6 4 5 6
Making
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10

_+_=10

_+_=10
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Cut and paste the missing numbers.

1 3 1 2

8 9 6 7

9 10 8 10

5 7 5 6

9 10 6 3

5 8 7 2
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Cut and paste the pictures to complete each pattern.

Name: Date:

Count and tally each object, then complete the graph.

TALLY
5
4
3
2
1

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How many tens and ones?

tens ones tens ones

tens ones tens ones

tens ones tens ones