Kindergarten Christmas Centres | Hands-On Literacy, Math & Fine Motor Activities

🎄 Kindergarten Christmas Centres | Literacy, Math & Fine Motor Activities

Are your students excited for Christmas… but you still need meaningful, hands-on centres that keep them engaged and learning?

This Christmas centres pack includes low-prep, hands-on literacy, math, and fine motor activities that are perfect for your Kindergarten classroom during December.

Designed for real classrooms, these centres are simple to prep, easy to run, and highly engaging—so you can keep your students learning right up to the holidays.

 

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✨ What’s Included:

 

🎅 Fine Motor & Scissor Skills

• Give Santa’s Beard a Trim (multiple line options + open-ended version)

 

🔤 Literacy Centres

• Uppercase & Lowercase Tracing Mats
• Dab, Build & Read (hands-on letter formation + decodable sentences)
• Christmas Word Chart + Differentiated Mini Books (3 versions)
• Under the Tree: CVC Read & Match

 

🧊 Hands-On Build & Trace Centres

• Snap Cube Build & Trace Mats
• Pattern Block Build & Trace Mats (separate file added in 2025)

Students build Christmas images (tree, ornament, reindeer, Santa, etc.) and trace the matching word

👉 (see preview for examples)

 

🔢 Math Centres

• Christmas Tree Trace & Count (numbers 1–10, multiple representations)
• Cookie Decorating (number recognition + following directions)
• Christmas Patterning Mini Book
  • AB, AAB, ABB, ABC patterns
  • trace, colour, and cut & paste options
  • easy differentiation for all learners

 

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💡 Perfect For:

✔ Literacy & math centres
✔ Small group instruction
✔ Fine motor bins
✔ December / holiday learning

 

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🧠 Why Teachers Love This Resource:

✔ Low prep, easy to implement
✔ Hands-on and engaging
✔ Built for independence (less interruptions during guided groups 🙌)
✔ Differentiated activities to reach a range of learners
✔ Combines play-based learning with structured skill practice

 

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⚠️ Important Notes:

• Pattern block mats are included in a separate PDF file
• Activities can be used with common classroom materials (snap cubes, pom poms, etc.)

 

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🎁 Want More Seasonal Centres?

If you love this pack, check out my other themed centres:

• Hanukkah Centres
• Winter Centres
• Lunar New Year Centres
• Valentine’s Day Centres

 

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⭐ Save Time All Year Long:

Looking for a done-for-you math program?

→ Kindergarten Math Lessons & Centres: Year-Long Bundle
→ Digital Kindergarten Math (Google Slides™)