Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets: Pre-Writing Activity

Have your kids practice pre-writing skills this holiday season with these no-prep Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets!

Use these themed preschool worksheets to work on their fine motor skills during morning work, centers, small groups, or as an early finisher activity.

Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets For Pre-Writing:

Before pre-writers can learn how to form and write the letters, they need to learn how to hold a pencil and practice using writing tools.

Preschoolers also need to work on making basic pre-writing strokes like straight lines, curved lines, zig-zags, and shapes. These are the building blocks for letter formation.

Pre-writing activities like these tracing worksheets are also a great way for kids to develop their fine motor skills, hand muscle strength, and much more.

Why Are Fine Motor Skills Important?

From holding a pencil to turning the pages in a book, children use their fine motor skills everyday as they are learning to read and write.

The development of the small muscles in the hands and fingers will not only help children when they are learning but also in their everyday life activities.

Getting Ready To Use The Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets:

What’s Included:

5 Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets

What Else Is Needed:

White Card Stock or Copy Paper
Crayons or Markers
Dry Erase Markers (optional)
Dry Erase Pockets (optional)

To prepare this tracing activity, fill out the form at the bottom of this page. After receiving the email with the PDF attached, download and print the worksheets.

If you want your kids to reuse these worksheets, place each one in a dry erase pocket, page protector, or laminate the printables.

How To Use The Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets:

To begin using this tracing activity, your pre-writers will select a worksheet. Every printable has different lines to practice!

Your children will then use crayons or markers to trace over the lines.

To turn this pre-writing activity into a sensory activity, have your kids cover the lines with play dough, glitter and glue, or paint.

If you laminate the worksheets or place them in dry erase pockets, your kids can use a dry erase marker to trace over the lines too.

These Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets are a fun way for pre-writers to work on writing strokes and fine motor skills.

Pin It For Later:

Do you want to save this pre-writing activity for later? Pin this to your writing board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready.

More Christmas Literacy Activities:

To extend this Christmas activity, you can pair it with these books and other themed literacy resources.

Christmas Books for Kids:

Your students are sure to enjoy reading these picture books and learning more about the upcoming holiday.

Santa and the Goodnight Train by June Sobel

A World of Cookies for Santa by M.E. Furman

All the Things Santa Claus Will Never Do by Noe Carlain

Christmas Literacy Activities for Kids:

With these themed activities, your kids can practice letter recognition, beginning sounds, and more.

Christmas Stocking Tracing Worksheets