Christmas
Books:
Santa Duck by David Milgrim
Santa's Little Helper by Angela McAllister
Merry Christmas, Ollie! by Olivier Dunrea
Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
Santa's Stuck by Rhonda Gowler Green
The Snow Globe Family by Jane O’Connor
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner
When Cows Come Home For Christmas by Dori Chaconas
Where Teddy Bears Come From by Mark Burgess
Merry Christmas, Splat by Rob Scotton
Christmas Tree by Wendell and Florence Minor
Where’s Prancer? by Syd Hoff
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
Books for baby and toddler storytime:
Merry Christmas, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
Merry Christmas, Ollie! by Olivier Dunrea
Spot's First Christmas by Eric Hill
Use traditional christmas songs, or...
Melting Snowman Fingerplay
Here's a snowman, round and fat; (make circe with arms)
Out comes the sun and melts his hat. (touch head)
Here's a snowman with a scarf of red;
Out comes the sun and melts his head. (touch head)
Here's a snowman, fit as a fiddle;
Out comes the sun and melts his middle. (touch stomach)
Here's a snowman who waits for dawn;
Out comes the sun and he's all gone!
5 Little Snowmen
5 little snowmen standing round my door
This one melted, and then there were four.
4 little smowmen beneath a tree
This one melted, and then there were three!
3 little snowmen all have mittens blue
This one melted and then there were 2.
2 little snowmen standing in the sun
This one melted and then there was 1
1 little snowman wanted to run
But he melted away, and then there was none!
Reindeer Pokey
(Tune: Hokey Pokey)
You put your hooves in
You put your hooves out
You put your hooves in
and you shake 'em all about
You do the reindeer pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about.
You put your antlers in
You put your antlers out
You put your antlers in
And you shake it all about
You do the reindeer pokey
And you turn yourself around
That''s what it's all about.
You put your tail in
You put your tail out
You put your tail in
And you shake it all about
You do the reindeer pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about.
Crafts:
Christmas Trees
Use a Christmas Tree Accucut from NCLS (There is a small one [Christmas Tree #2], a large one [Christmas Tree #EX-1] and a very large one [Christmas Tree #EXX-1]. Let children decorate the trees with ribbons, pom poms, sequins, etc. Use the star accucut [Star Mini L-6] to cut yellow stars for the top.
Christmas Tree Cutout Picture
Use the paper that the tree was cut out of (Using NCLS Accucut "Christmas Tree #1 EXX-1") Place each cut out on a piece of contact paper of the same size. Have the kids stick on the sequins first, then shake some green glitter on top. (If you put the glitter on first, the sequins won’t stick to the contact paper) Glue a yellow star on the top of the tree. You can cover it with a second sheet of contact paper if desired.
3-D Christmas Tree
Use the Box-Pyramid (KX-4) Accucut cut the pattern from green paper. Fold and glue the box together, tying a bow at the top with yellow ribbon. (You could also cut mini stars with the accucut and glue one to each side, making the star 3-D too) Decorate the box with buttons, ribbons, sequins, markers, etc, until it looks like a decorated christmas tree.