Are you looking for 25 Days of Christmas Activities? Add this Christmas Ornament Addition Game to your list!
It is a hands-on way for your kids to practice identifying numbers, counting, and adding to 12 after reading their favorite holiday story.
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Christmas Ornament Addition Game:
Book-inspired activities are a great way to extend learning and add more to your story time.
This addition game is a fun resource to add to your Christmas lesson plans or just an interactive activity to do after reading your favorite holiday story.
Why Are Book Activities Important?
Book activities not only help your kids learn different literacy skills, but they can also develop fine motor skills, gain sensory input, and much more!
Getting Ready To Play The Christmas Ornament Addition Game:
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What’s Included:
- Christmas Tree Addition Mat
- 2 Christmas Themed Dice
- Recording Sheet
What Else Is Needed:
- White Card Stock or Copy Paper
- Laminator and Laminating Pouches
- Scissors
- Glue or Tape
- Counting Manipulatives
- Dry Erase Marker
To prepare this Christmas game, click on the button below and fill out the form below.
After getting the printables in your inbox, download and print the mat, die or dice, and recording sheet.
Next. laminate the mat or place it in a dry erase pocket, so your kids can reuse this activity over and over.
After preparing the mat, pick which die you want to use. One has a Christmas tree with different amounts of ornaments that your kids have to count. The other one has an ornament with a number on it.
You may want two copies of the ornament that you pick so your kids can roll both at the same time.
Then, cut it out, fold the tabs, and glue or tape it together to create a cube.
For the Christmas ornaments, your kids can also use play dough, pom poms, or any other small manipulative.
They can also draw the ornaments using a dry erase marker.
How To Play The Christmas Ornament Addition Game:
To begin playing this Christmas game, your kids will roll a die and identify the number.
Next, they will count that number of pom poms and put them on the tree. They will then write that number in the first box.
Next, your kids will roll again and identify the number. They will count that number of pom poms and place them on the tree.
Your children will then write the number in the second box.
Finally, they will add the two numbers together and write the sum in the third box.
Your kids can also write the problem and answer on the recording sheet.
This Christmas Ornament Addition Game is a fun, book-inspired activity that will help your kids add to 12 after reading their favorite Christmas story.
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