Ornaments on Trees & Gingerbread Man in his Gingerbread House! We started by exploring the letter cards and finding matches. Then it was time to match them up with a partner. In this activity letters are called out and shown and the children have to work together to find the ornament and matching tree as well as the gingerbread man and his matching house. The children were in pairs with a set of letter cards to encourage teamwork and collaboration.

Light up the Letter Tree! We started by exploring the letter trees and matching magnetic letters at their own pace. Then the game began! In this game letters are called out and show and the children have to find the matching letter on their tree. If they have a match they add a colored ornament to the tree. Each child had their own tree but they still worked together to help each other identify matches. 

Holiday Math Games

Identify the number that is pointed to on the pocket chart and find it on your gameboard. If one of your Christmas trees has that number on it, light it up with an ornament! While this was a number identification game, the children naturally extended it into counting and even addition and subtraction. They counted the ornaments that had on the board and identified how many more they needed to fill the board and how many they had left in their pile.

Holiday Bingo

Bingo with holiday pictures! Each picture was described and the children had to guess what it was before it was shown. They naturally added their own experiences to the descriptions and were able to identify each one before it was revealed! If they had the picture on their board, they placed a tree in the box. We added some fine motor work into the Bingo game by challenging the children to make their tree stand up in the box.