Here’s a great collection of Christmas literacy activities and printables to build reading, writing, spelling and storytelling skills.
Christmas literacy activities and printables
Add lots of literacy skills to your holiday celebrations with these Christmas-themed activities and printables that develop reading, writing, spelling and storytelling skills.
This article is part of our Christmas activities and crafts for children.
Christmas literacy activities and printables
All of NurtureStore Christmas literacy activities feature creative, hands-on, playful ideas that let your children build reading and writing skills while having fun, and many come with free literacy printables to make your teaching easier.
You can use one idea a day or set several up around your classroom as literacy stations and rotate your children around them in pairs or small groups.
Use this beginners’ guide to using stations in your classroom to make your teaching easier and more effective. Then try these ideas:
Reading activities
The best Advent books for children
Switch out your book box with this collection of the best Advent books for children which count down the days until Christmas.
Christmas jokes for kids printable
A joke to read aloud and share with your friends for every day of Christmas.
Simple Bible verses for the nativity for children printable
Use these free printable Nativity story bible verses for children to read aloud.
Writing and spelling activities
Christmas sensory writing tray
How to make a Christmas sensory writing tray in either a candy cane or gingerbread version.
Christmas sight words free printable
Download this free Christmas bauble sight word cards printable and get ideas for how to use them for Christmas-themed literacy activities.
Christmas spelling mat free printable
Here’s a free printable Christmas spelling mat that you can add to your literacy centers for the holidays.
Christmas tree alphabet free printable with upper and lower case letters
Here’s another great resource for your Christmas literacy centers: a set of free printable Christmas alphabet cards with both upper and lower case letters.
Printable letter to Santa for children
Get ready for Christmas Eve with this printable letter to Santa for children to complete.
Printable candy cane name activity
Use this fun candy cane printable to work on scissor skills and learning your name.
Storytelling activities
Free printable Nativity set for children to colour
Use our free printable Nativity set for children to retell the Christmas story.
Free printable Nativity story book for children to complete
This free printable Nativity story book for children is a great way to add a literacy activity for Christmas, as your children write and draw along whilst listening to our simple read-aloud version of the Nativity story.
Winter wonderland imaginary play land
Turn a simple cardboard box into a fabulous Winter Wonderland for lots of creative imaginary play and storytelling.
More Christmas activities and crafts
see our full index of Christmas activities, lesson plans and crafts for even more great ideas.
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