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Hands-On Ideas for Your Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

November 16, 2019 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Looking for hands-on preschool December themes? This resource is filled with ideas and free printables to help you plan the entire month. Can be adapted for toddlers, too!

You are planning your preschool December themes.

You’ve searched Pinterest and there are so many ideas it’s making your head spin.

You want activities that can be used at different centers.

Activities that build skills and are hands-on.

I’ve got you covered with this amazing collection of ideas that will work not only for preschoolers, but also toddlers.

Get out your planner because you will want to fill it with some of these ideas!

Hands-On Ideas for Your Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

Hands-On Ideas for Your Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

Looking for December circle time ideas? Check this out: December Circle Time Ideas

December Themes Ideas

Gingerbread Theme

Jingle Bells Theme

Christmas Theme

Five Senses Theme

Clothes Theme

Dinosaurs

Winter

Christmas Around the World Theme

Kwanzaa Activities Theme

Hanukkah Activities Theme

Diwali Activities Theme

New Year Theme

I asked teachers in our Facebook Group what they are doing. In addition to the above, here is what they are doing:

  • Christmas Around the World
  • Trains
  • Bears and Hibernation
  • Holidays Around the World
  • Nativity
  • Giving to Others
  • Holiday Stories
  • Traditions
  • Shapes
  • Kindness
  • Bakery
  • Christmas Trees
  • Polar Express
  • Space
  • Animals Around the World
  • Families
  • Arctic Animals
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Pets
  • Recycling
  • Giving Tree
  • Taking Care of Yourself and Others
  • Tools and Machines
  • Birds
  • Construction
  • Night & Day
  • Baking
  • Emotions
  • Transportation

Circle Time

Christmas Circle Time Activities

Winter Circle Time Activities

Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

Centers

Art

  • Colorful Star Suncatchers
  • Cardboard Christmas Trees
  • Cheerful Christmas Tree Cards 
  • Handmade Christmas Gift Wrap
  • Keepsake Wooden Ornaments
  • Glitter and Paint Ornaments
  • Angel Peg Ornaments
  • Photo Keepsake Ornaments
  • Handprint Fillable Ornament
  • Spin-Art Paper Ornaments
  • No-Mess Gingerbread Suncatcher Ornament
  • Gingerbread Ornament
  • Spin Painted Christmas Trees
  • Snowflake Ornaments
  • Gingerbread Ice Painting
  • Christmas Tree Ice Painting
  • Jingle Bell Painting (Free Printable)
  • Watercolor Wreaths

Winter Crafts

Sensory Bin

  • Jingle Bell Magnetic Sensory Bin
  • Gingerbread Sensory Bin
  • Pom Pom Snowman Sensory Bin
  • Star Sensory Table

Circle Time

  • Five Little Candy Canes (Free Printable)
  • Christmas Bells (Free Printable)
  • Gingerbread Man Props (Free Printable)

Music & Movement

  • Jingle Bell Christmas Instruments
  • Favorite Winter Songs

preschool December playlist

⭐️ See my December Playlist here!

Science

  • 16 Christmas Science Activities
  • Hands-On Winter Science Activities

Math

  • 12 Winter Math Activities

Dramatic Play

  • 12 Christmas Dramatic Play Activities
  • 10 Winter Dramatic Play Activities

Playdough

  • 27 Christmas Playdough Activities

Cooking

  • 15 Christmas Cooking Activities
  • 20 Easy Christmas Snacks
  • 17 Tasty Winter Snacks

Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

 Skills

Fine Motor

  • 15+ Fun Christmas Fine Motor Activities
  • Winter Fine Motor Activities

Gross Motor

  • 16 Christmas Large Motor Activities
  • Fun Winter Large Motor Activities

Literacy

  • Jingle Bell Sticks (Goes with the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell)
  • Alphabet Snowmen
  • Winter Literacy Ideas

Colors

  • Gingerbread Color Sorting Activity (Free Printable)

Classroom Ideas

  • How to Teach Kindness During the Christmas Season

 

Free Printables

  • 32+ Free Christmas Printables

Free Printable Christmas Templates

These templates make putting together art activities so much easier! Can also be used as color sheets at the writing table.

  • Christmas Printable Templates

Printable Learning Packet

9 learning activities for your Christmas theme!

Preschool Christmas Learning Activities - 39 Pages of Hands-On Printables!

Favorite Collections

  • Amazing Collection of Kid Made Ornaments
  • 25+ Simple Christmas Art Ideas
  • Gingerbread Theme Ideas
  • 22 Fun Christmas Sensory Play Ideas
  • 20 Kid Made Christmas Gifts
  • 7 Easy Christmas Ideas for Little Kids
  • 17 Christmas Painting Activities
  • Winter Learning Activities

 

Books


 

Songs


Still looking for more? Check out my Christmas pin board! (And make sure to follow it!) Over 1,800 ideas for December!

 

Hands-On Ideas for Your Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

 

❄️Toddler and Preschool Winter Activity Plans❄️

We’ve done the work for you! We have toddler (18-35 months) AND preschool (3-5 years) winter themed activity plans!

Explore a variety of hands-on activities!

Easy to follow activity plans include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

Comes with recommended reading lists, songs, material lists and more!

Note: This is a digital download. That means that after you make a purchase, the links will be sent to your email.

Click on the photos below for more information about each one:

toddler lesson plans winter
preschool lesson plans winter

 

 

favorite winter classroom supplies

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Kathleen Jones

    November 24, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    Hi Sheryl,

    I love your ideas and the fact that you enjoy our ideas is very humbling. Thank you for the encouragement, As for ideas, one simple way to use the Styrofoam trees is to allow the students to simply put peal and stick Christmas To and From label or Christmas stickers onto the tree. Adding some of the stick bows may work too. Of course all the stickers will be in one general location, but that is to be expected. 🙂

    Also, peppermint bark is a common Christmas treat, but here are some ideas with peppermint would probably be more kid friendly: rice crispy treats with the peppermint pieces/pink ice (https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/pink-ice/) macaroons with the pieces/ and, this one is unusual but simple and fun (https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/frosty-peppermint-popcorn/)

    Enjoy!

    • Sheryl Cooper

      December 17, 2019 at 7:33 am

      Thank you so much for the ideas, Kathleen!

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