Christmas Alphabet Activities for Preschool
This is the perfect time of year for alphabet activities for Christmas, designed to teach preschoolers letters through fun and engaging play. These Christmas preschool activities, including letter recognition, make learning exciting and effective.
Plus, explore even more Christmas activities for preschoolers with free printables and creative ideas on my site!
I love doing activities that involve letters, especially during the holiday season! There’s just something special about being surrounded by winter wonderland decorations and holiday music. It really brings out the holiday spirit while learning important literacy skills.
Matching activities like this one is a part of learning letter sound correspondence.
This abc printable is one you’ll want to use through all your December lesson plans because there is more than one way to use it. I’ve highlighted several alphabet games below! Then you’ll find even more free alphabet printables for Christmas at the end of this post, right after your download!
This free printable also pairs wonderfully with our other beginning sound clip cards and beginning sounds picture seek activities!
Christmas Alphabet Printable
This Christmas alphabet printable can be used in the classroom, at home, or even on the go! Since it can be used for many literacy purposes and it’s so easy to prep, it is ideal for a literacy center for extra practice. It can also be used for one-on one practice with preschoolers or kindergarteners.
Christmas Books for Preschoolers
One of the most effective ways of teaching any literacy skill is to read picture books to children. Here are some of our favorite picture books for Christmas time, and some are even Christmas alphabet books!
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- Hardcover Book
- Walstead, Alice (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Wright, Maureen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 34 Pages – 10/08/2013 (Publication Date) – Two Lions (Publisher)
- DK (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 18 Pages – 09/06/2022 (Publication Date) – DK Children (Publisher)
- 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
- Little Golden Book
- Classic Christmas Story
- Perennial television holiday tale
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Dougherty, Brandi (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Carle, Eric (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10 Pages – 10/11/2022 (Publication Date) – World of Eric Carle (Publisher)
- JESUS
- Hardcover Book
- Jane Werner Watson (Author)
- Hardcover Book
- Penguin Young Readers Licenses (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- ISBN13:9780439567039
- Format:Paperback Book
- Ages:4 – 8
Alphabet Activities for Christmas
It is fun to sneak in learning….even at Christmas time! Whether you teach in a classroom or at home, it is easy to incorporate learning the alphabet, name recognition, and even sight words with a Christmas theme. That’s what this freebie can do!
What’s Included
This free alphabet matching activity is full of great learning fun that’s easy to prep and has loads of literacy versatility! It comes with a set of uppercase letters and a set of lowercase letters. The lowercase letters have a different light design than the uppercase letters making this matching game more interesting and engaging!
Additional Materials
- free alphabet matching activity
- scissors
- laminator (optional)
The Set Up
Print and cut apart the lowercase Christmas tree lights cards. Do the same with the uppercase light bulbs. You can go all out and cut apart each light bulb, or just cut apart the grid. Laminate for added durability.
Put the uppercase letters in one pile, and the lowercase letters in another. Then invite your preschooler to join you in some Christmasy letter learning fun!
Don’t have a preschooler? Keep reading to find out how you can use this printable for your kindergarten literacy center, too!
How to Teach the Alphabet to Preschoolers
Like all my favorite alphabet activities for preschoolers, there’s more than one way to use these alphabet worksheets. You can do more than just letter matching! Keep reading to see how I use them for name and letter recognition and even basic CVC word building.
Uppercase and Lowercase Matching
The most simple way to use these Christmas alphabet cards is by simply matching the uppercase letters with the lowercase letters.
Your preschooler will probably be overwhelmed if you set out all the cards at once. That would be 52 cards to sort through. Instead, try setting out only a handful of letters at one time. This will be more manageable for your preschooler and will help them feel encouraged by their success. This helps practice letter recognition in a fun way!
Christmas Name Recognition Activities
Since these are a set of letter cards, you can use them for name recognition activities. If your preschooler is still learning how to spell his name, then pull the letters to make his name. Write the name in large letters on a piece of paper and then invite your preschooler to copy the spelling of their name.
As they work, be sure to have them say each letter name out loud so they can practice name recognition, too. Then, have them point to each letter and say its sound.
Practice Alphabetical Order
Of course you can always use these cards to put the letters in alphabetical order. Have your preschoolers sing the alphabet song while doing so.
Use the Letter Cards for Word Building
Older preschoolers and especially kindergarten students can use the letter cards to build words. I am a huge fan of word building and include such activities in all my printable preschool centers.
Word building helps children in the following ways:
- It helps children learn to listen to all the sounds in a word and to sound out every sound in a word.
- Word building helps children sequence those sounds in the correct order.
- It helps children understand that every letter in a word is associated with a sound — that letter symbols relate to letter sounds.
Christmas Alphabet Activities
You can never have too many Christmas activities this time of year and when they are rooted in literacy, it’s a double win!
- Beginning Sound Christmas Tree Puzzles
- Christmas ABC Order Cards
- Present Train Letter Printable
- Gingerbread Alphabet Activities
- Alphabet Christmas Tree Playdough Mats
- Santa Letter Search
- Ornament Letter Tracing
Christmas Lights Alphabet Printable
This Christmas lights alphabet match printable is a fun and festive way to practice early literacy skills during the holiday season! Keep these printable instructions with your Christmas lights alphabet to maximize the learning possibilities.
Materials
- Free Christmas Lights Alphabet Printable
- Scissors
Tools
- Laminator (optional)
Instructions
- Print and cut apart the lowercase Christmas tree lights cards. Do the same with the uppercase light bulbs.
- Option 1: Match uppercase and lowercase letters. Start with only a handful of letters at a time.
- Option 2: Use the letters for name recognition activities. Separate out the letters of a child's name. Write the name in large letters on a piece of paper and then invite your preschooler to copy the spelling of their name.
- Option 3: Put the letters in alphabetical order, singing the alphabet song as a guide.
- Option 4: Use the letters for word building, CVC words, or sight words.
Notes
Laminate the printed letters for extra durability.
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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.
