A preschool worksheet works best after children have tried the same action with their hands, voices, or real objects. Choose a few Christmas pages to follow short activities in tracing, sounds, counting, and storytelling.
At a glance
Use one page for one skill. Start with a model and give children more than one way to respond.
1. Follow a line before using a crayon
Trace the path in the air and on paper with a finger. Mark the starting spot if a child is unsure where to begin. Offer a thick crayon or a shorter path if needed.
2. Clap a word with the picture in view
Name the picture first. Clap the syllables together and ask the child to show the number of claps using fingers or counters.
3. Count objects before pictures
Put a few counters on the table and touch one for each number word. Then repeat with the pictured lights or objects on the page.
4. Teach position words with a real object
Move a toy under, beside, or above a box. Invite the child to move the toy, then find the picture that shows the same position.
5. End with a shared reading
Look through the mini-reader pictures before reading aloud. Ask children to point to one thing that changed from the beginning to the end.
A classroom example
In a fictional pre-K group, Leo can show under with a toy but circles the wrong picture. His teacher puts the toy beside the same picture and asks him to compare. Leo moves the toy under the box and then finds the matching picture.
Companion printable
The 64-page PDF includes early literacy, counting and patterns, tracing and cutting, and the six-page A Christmas Surprise mini-reader in color and black line.
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