Free Christmas Counting Cards
December is here, and it’s the perfect time to introduce free Christmas counting cards!! These Christmas activities for preschoolers are designed to keep young learners engaged and excited about numbers during the holiday season.
With our free Christmas counting cards, children will have fun counting cute little presents, practicing essential skills like number sense, one-to-one correspondence, subitizing, and counting skills. These festive cards make it easy to incorporate educational fun into your holiday plans, ensuring that learning doesn’t pause during this joyful season.
Get ready for some merry counting fun—‘tis the season to be counting!
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Christmas Number Activities for Preschoolers
These Christmas tree counting cards are the perfect addition to your holiday math centers. They will keep those little minds counting and learning during the busy holiday season!
Your preschoolers will work on number recognition, counting, one-to-one correspondence, comparing numbers, and even decomposing numbers!
For other ways to practice number identification and counting, check out my Christmas Number Identification & Counting Activities bundle. These will help pack your holiday season with festive math fun for your preschoolers!
Christmas Books for Preschoolers
Tis the season for reading holiday favorites! These Christmas books for preschoolers are some of the best-selling and kid favorite holiday books. Grab a couple today and happy reading!
- Wright, Maureen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 34 Pages – 10/08/2013 (Publication Date) – Two Lions (Publisher)
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hardcover Book
- Wilson, Karma (Author)
- JESUS
- Hardcover Book
- Jane Werner Watson (Author)
- DK (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 18 Pages – 09/06/2022 (Publication Date) – DK Children (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- Daywalt, Drew (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Story about a little blue truck spreading holiday cheer
- Encourages reading skills, counting, giving, holiday cheer
- Count the trees from one to five and back again
- Hardcover Book
- Walstead, Alice (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Don’t Push the Button! A Christmas Adventure
- Cotter, Bill (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
Counting Activity for Christmas
These free printable counting cards are a festive way to have some holiday fun while teaching preschoolers in your home or classroom.
What You Get
You get a FREE printable that includes colorful festive, Christmas trees counting cards from 1-20.
Additional Materials
- Christmas-themed counting manipulatives (or any other counting manipulative)
- Laminator (completely optional if you would like to laminate the cards)
How to Use Counting Cards
It just takes a few easy steps to prep these counting cards. Your preschoolers will be practicing counting in no time!
- First, download the printable.
- Then, print it out on white heavy card stock.
- Next, cut out the cards to prepare them.
- Next, gather the cards and manipulatives and arrange them in a math center. Your Christmas counting activity is ready to go!
Have your preschoolers identify the number on the card. Then, have them count out that number using the manipulatives. It helps if your child points to each manipulative as they count out loud. This helps teach one-to-one correspondence.
Christmas Tree Counting Cards
These free printable counting cards are so versatile for teaching preschoolers early math skills. You can use the cards to teach number order, comparing numbers, and addition.
Your preschoolers will also be working their fine motor skills as they handle the manipulatives. Add in some fun tongs or play tweezers to increase the fine motor rigor opportunity!
Number Order
Use these Christmas tree counting cards to show preschoolers how to sequence numbers in order from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Start by encouraging your preschooler to count out loud while placing the cards in order. Then they can place the correct number of manipulatives under each card to show how the numbers increase or decrease.
Comparing Numbers
You can also use these Christmas tree counting cards to teach comparing numbers.
Have your child select two different counting cards. Then have them place the correct number of manipulatives under each card. Once they’ve finished counting, ask them, “Which tree has more presents under it and which tree has fewer presents under it?”
You may find that you need to teach the terms fewer, more, less, greater, and equal to your preschoolers. This is a great time to use visual comparisons to model how to compare numbers. Begin with big comparisons as it’s easier for young children to compare numbers like 7 and 3 versus 5 and 6.
Christmas Addition Activities
Preschoolers can also practice adding numbers with these free printable counting cards.
Have your student select two different cards. Then, have them count out all the Christmas presents using the manipulatives and place them in one pile. Next, encourage them to count all the presents to see how many there are all together. Finally, have them identify that number out of the cards.
Christmas Manipulatives for Learning
Having some cute Christmas themed manipulatives to use with these counting cards makes them all the more fun! Here are some of my favorites.
- Package Includes:You will get 4 pcs Christmas wooden puzzles in different patterns,sufficient…
- Build sweet structures with sticks, swirls, gumdrops, and more
- The Skoolzy Tree Shape Sorter has 3 LEVELS OF PLAY – GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD. The Montessori…
- What you get: the package contains 40 sheets of Christmas tree stickers in 10 styles (each sheet…
Christmas Counting Activities
Your preschoolers will love to practice counting this holiday season with these fun Christmas counting activities.
- Math Activities: Christmas Ten Frame Counting Cards
- Preschool Christmas Activity Pack
- Christmas Tree Counting Math Activity
- Counting Christmas Preschool Activity
Printable Counting Cards
Here are some festive and fun printable counting cards that are sure to be a hit this holiday season!
- Free Snowman Counting Cards for Winter – Stay At Home Educator
- The BIG List of Counting Activities for Preschoolers – Stay At Home Educator
- Gingerbread Counting Mats – Preschool Inspirations
- Snowball Counting to 10 Printable Winter Activities for Preschoolers (preschoolplayandlearn.com)
Think you need these free counting cards in your preschool Christmas lesson plans? Grab your free copy by clicking the image below.
I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.
