Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Christmas Time is Almost Here

Well, it's that time of year again, Christmas. I can hardly believe how fast this year is progressing. My students certainly have come a long way since the beginning of the school year. They are so excited about the holiday season. This school year, I have various levels of learning, more so than in previous years. So, I have created activities that have several skill levels.

I have planned a lot of fun, creative, and engaging learning activities for them this year. Listed below are a few of the poems, songs, and activities that I am using this year in my PreK class.

Keep checking back often as I am continually updating the list of activities.

Poems

Christmas Tree

If I were a pine

With needles lean,

If I were a fir

With branches green,

Do you know what

I'd want to be?

A shimmering, shining

Christmas tree!

~ Author Unknown ~

Christmas Wreaths

Our Christmas wreaths

Are fat and round

Made of woodsy things

We found.

We tied brown cones

Upon the green

And stuck red berries

In between.

Upon the wreath

For our front door

We tied a ribbon from a store.

~ Author Unknown ~

Santa

Santa Claus is big and fat

He wears black boots

And a bright red hat.

His nose is red

Just like a rose

And he "ho ho ho's"

From his head to his toes!

~ Author Unknown ~

Five Christmas Candles

Five Christmas candles

With flames so gay,

Dance and flicker

On Christmas day

Five Christmas candles

With flames so gay

Melt away

On Christmas Day.

~ Author Unknown ~

Christmas Candles 

Christmas candles burning bright,

Shining in the winter night.

Shining there for all to see,

Christmas candles for all to see,

Christmas candles one, two, three.

Christmas candles burning bright,

Shine until the morning light.

~ Author Unknown ~

Oh

Oh, I took a lick of my peppermint stick

And I thought it tasted yummy!

It used to be on my Christmas tree,

But I like it better in my tummy!  Yummy!

~ Author Unknown ~

Santa Claus's  Ride

Santa Claus went for a ride

across

around

over

past

through

under

and got back in time for a snack of gingerbread cookies and hot  chocolate

and a long cozy nap.

~ Author Unknown ~

This Little Present

The little present is for Mary.

This little present is for Ted.

This little present is for Harry.

This little present is for Ned.

This little present cried,

"Boo, hoo, hoo!  Please put me in a Christmas stocking, too!"

~ Author Unknown ~

Songs

Where is Santa?

(tune: Are you sleeping?)

Where is Santa? (hands behind back)

Where is Santa?

Here I am! (arms out in front, making a belly shape!)

Here I am!

Merry, Merry Christmas!

Merry, Merry, Christmas! (keep arms up through the rest of the song!)

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

~ Author Unknown~

We'll Decorate the Tree

(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We'll decorate the tree.

We'll decorate the tree.

Heigh-ho, it's Christmastime,

We'll decorate the tree.

The presents we will wrap,

The presents we will wrap,

Heigh-ho, it's Christmastime,

The presents we will wrap.

Carols we will sing,

Carols we will sing,

Heigh-ho, it's Christmastime,

Carols we will sing.

~ Author Unknown~

There Was a Man

(tune: BINGO)

There was a man in a big red suit

And Santa was his name-o.

S - a - n - t -a    

S - a -n - t - a  

S - a - n - t - a

And Santa was his name-o!

Additional verses:

2. He has a big white fluffy beard.

3. He rides a sleigh of 8 reindeer.

4. He has a sack all filled with toys.

5. He brings the toys for girls and boys.

6. He'll come again another year.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

~ Author Unknown~

Santa's Coming

(tune: Frere Jacques)

Santa's coming,

Santa's coming

Sleigh bells ring,

Sleigh bells ring,

It is Christmas Eve.

It is Christmas Eve.

Ding, ding, dong.

Ding, ding, dong.

~ Author Unknown~

Activities

Stocking Color Words

Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers

Objective: Color sight word identification, matching

Materials: Stocking Color Word cards available for free. Click on the link below.

Directions: Seat your students around a table and place the Stocking Color Word cards in a basket. Have the students work in pairs matching the color sight word to the matching color stocking. There are two levels of play. Level 1: Color sight words are written the color represented. Level 2: All color sight words are written in black.

DOWNLOAD>> Stocking Color Word Cards

Stacking Gifts
[Block Center]

Wrap cardboard boxes (large and small) in Christmas gift wrap. Add them to the block center for children to stack.

Gift Box Guessing Game 
[Large Group] 
Decorate a large cardboard box to look like a gift box, and play this guessing game. While everyone’s eyes are closed, tap one child on the shoulder. That child will crawl in the big gift box. Tell the children to open their eyes and guess who is missing from the circle.

Christmas Wreath

[Take Home Project] 

Use a sturdy green paper plate and cut out the middle and send one home with each student.  Encourage their family to creatively help them decorate their wreath.

Christmas Sort File Folder Game

Setting: Small Group, Math Centers

Objective: Sorting

Materials: Use the Christmas Sort cards. Have students sort the cards into Christmas and Not Christmas. Two levels of play. Level 1: Students can place pictures about Christmas into a stocking. Level 2: Have the students place pictures about Christmas on the Christmas tree and pictures not about Christmas on the Christmas tree with a red X.

DOWNLOAD>> Christmas Sort File Folder Game

Polka Dotted Center Signs

Okay, here is another Polka Dotted FREE printable.

Polka Dotted Center signs are a set of (11) different center signs to use in your classroom for personal use only!

The images used to create the Polka Dotted Center Signs come from a wide variety of resources to include: Google Images, Scholastic, Borderbund, Art Explosion, and Microsoft Office Clip Art. Translation from English to Spanish was provided by Google Translate.

The packet contains the following:

(11) Different colored polka dotted center signs.

Directions:

• It is suggested to print all pieces on card stock and laminate for durability.
• Original size is 12” x 18” and can be tiled over (2) 8.5”x 11” sheets of card stock. OR the center signs can be printed using the FIT To PAPER selection.

DOWNLOAD>> Polka Dotted Center Signs

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Polka Dotted Classroom Labels

Okay I admit it, I have a thing for polka dots. So this year all of my individual labels in each center, classroom labels, and center signs ALL have a polka dotted border. I color coordinated each learning center in my PreK classroom. For example the Discovery Center (Science) is colored coordinated using the purple polka dotted scheme. All the individual labeled items, center sign, mini-word wall, and work cards all have the same theme. I did this for two reasons. First, I am kinda OCD about having things match, and second the students know which center an object comes from by matching the color coded labels. Pretty neat I think. So as a FREE download I am offering a set of (11) editable different colored polka dotted frames for you to use in your classroom. Keep reading for more information.

Polka Dotted Classroom Labels are a set of brightly colored polka dotted frames to use in your classroom for personal use only!

You could also use the labels for the following:

• Classroom labels
• Environmental print
• Small individual picture frames.

The packet contains the following:

• (11) Different colored polka dotted frames. There are four to a page.
• Each label is editable using Adobe Acrobat. The text is set to auto so it will shrink as you type. Each frame has (2) text boxes. The first is for English language labels, the second is for second language labels.

Pink Polka Dotted environmental print label.

Directions:

• It is suggested to print all pieces on card stock and laminate for durability. Type in the form fields using Adobe Acrobat. 

DOWNLOAD>> Polka Dotted Classroom Labels

Credits:

www.KevinAndAmanda.com