I made a holiday pattern match to work on visual discrimination skills and fine motor development.  I printed two copies of the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out.

I then laminated them and set them out in a basket along with some clothespins.  I made sure the patterns are mixed up so that the same patterns were not next to each other.

The children picked a circle and the found the circle with the matching pattern on it.  They clipped the circles together with a clothespin.  Play continued until all circles had been matched.  You can find the holiday pattern match here.
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I made a Christmas lights alphabet sequence activity which is great for letter recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out.

I glued red and green sequins on the lights and then laminated them. I attached one set to crafts sticks and left a second set loose so that they could be used with a classroom clothesline.

In this activity children put the Christmas lights in alphabetical order. If using the crafts sticks children can line them up in a row.  If using a classroom clothes line children would hang the Christmas lights in order using clothespins to attach them to the line.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the Christmas lights number sequence.

I put together a simple math game that can either be done as an individual or group activity.  You will need to have two bowls or containers for each child play the game at the same time.

You will also need to have jingle bells (I purchased mine at Michaels craft store) ... a dice to roll ... and jumbo tweezers (optional).

The game begins with all of the jingle bells in one bowl.  The amount of jingle bells you put in is up to you.  I used around thirty but you can use more or less. A child rolls the dice and then has to move the same number of jingle bells to the empty bowl.

The child would then roll the dice again and transfer more jingle bells over to the second bowl.  Play continues until all of the bells have been moved.  We did it so the the bells had to match the number on the dice to end the game.  For example if the child rolled a two but they had one bell left they had to wait until they rolled a one.

If you were doing this as a group game the children would each have their own bowls (one with jingle bells and one empty). They would take turns rolling the dice and the first one to move all of their jingle bells wins.  Not only is this a great game for math but also for fine motor development. If you did not have jingle bells you could substitute pom poms. Please remember to use supervision with children three and under as the jingle bells are small objects that some children might want put in their mouths.

I made a santa math mat which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed all the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. 

I cut most of the blank cardstock paper off of the santa printout and glued the santa on to a green sheet of cardstock paper and laminated the mat. I also laminated the number circles and attached self-adhesive magnets to the back of them.

In this activity children put a number circle on the blank circle on the santa mat.  They then put the same number of counters on the mat.  We used unifix cubes for our counters but you can use cotton balls ... pom poms ... buttons or anything you have on hand. As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is where the santa color match is also located.

We made cut and glue holiday trees today and they turned out really cute!! This project was also wonderful for fine motor and scissor skills. We used red construction paper as our background and cut six rectangle shapes out of green construction paper. 

We made each rectangle about 3/4 of an inch smaller than the  one before it and the children arranged them from smallest to biggest on the background paper.

They cut a small square out of brown construction paper and glue it on to the bottom of the background paper.  They then glued on each of the green rectangles (largest at the bottom ... smallest at the top).  The last piece to cut was a small yellow circle which was then glue at the top of the tree.

Once all of the pieces were glued on the children applied glue drops on to the green rectangles and pressed sequins on.  The picture above shows a lot of sequins but children can choose to put on the amount that they want.

You can see a video of this project by clicking below:

I made a holiday tree math mat which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed all the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. 

I cut most of the blank cardstock paper off of the tree printout and glued the tree on to a blue sheet of cardstock paper and laminated the mat. 

I also laminated the number circles and attached self-adhesive magnets to the back of them.

In this activity children put a number circle on the blank circle on the tree mat.  They then put the same number of counters on the mat.  We used buttons for out counters and the children picked them out of the bowl with jumbo tweezers. As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is where the Christmas Tree Shape Tracing is also located.