20+ Christmas Phonics Activities

Christmas provides so many fun ways to reinforce phonics skills. My roundup has 20+ Christmas phonics activities from Kid Blogger Network bloggers … with lots of great ideas for reinforcing phonics skills during the Christmas season.

Montessori Phonics

Phonics is a very important part of the Montessori language curriculum. Note: In Montessori education, we teach phonetic sounds before letter names. For any of the activities below, I would emphasize the letter sounds. Also, if you want to follow Montessori tradition, make the letters lowercase for your activities. Of course, set up your activities however works best for you and your child or students.

You can learn more about Montessori phonics through the links in this post: DIY Beginning Montessori Phonics for Preschoolers. Even though not all the activities featured here were intended to emphasize phonetic sounds rather than letter names, they can easily be taught in that way using techniques from this post: Inexpensive and DIY Sandpaper Letters.

20+ Christmas Phonics Activities

Montessori-Inspired Christmas Language Activities and Free Christmas Printables (my post)

Montessori-Inspired Christmas Scavenger Hunt (my post)

Tt is for Tree Alphabet Maze (from my Montessori-Inspired Christmas Tree Activities Using Free Printables)

Holiday I Spy Beginning Sounds Activity (with free printable) from Pre-K Pages

Alphabet Christmas Tree Mats (with free printable) from PreKinders

Silver Bells Game from PreKinders

Christmas Activities for Kids: Phonemic Awareness Busy Bag from The Educators’ Spin On It

Find the Letter S for Santa from Gift of Curiosity

Christmas Q-Tip Letter Painting (with free printable) from 1+1+1=1

Candy Cane Letter Match-ups (plus more free Christmas printables that can be used to focus on beginning sounds) from 1+1+1=1

Gingerbread Men ABC Matching (with free printable) from Royal Baloo

Alphabet Matching Christmas Tree from Fantastic Fun and Learning

Hanging Alphabet Christmas Lights from I Can Teach My Child

Paper Chain Alphabet by Sarah of How Wee Learn at Hands On : As We Grow

Christmas PreK/K Pack (with free printable phonics and letter sounds) from This Reading Mama

December Phonological Awareness from Trillium Montessori

Presents Under the Tree Christmas Picture Sort (r Blends) (free printable) from This Reading Mama

UNTrim the Christmas Tree Long and Short e Review Game (with free printables) from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Alphabet Tree Decorations from The Imagination Tree

Free Christmas Printables (many phonics activities) at 3 Dinosaurs

Nutcracker Spelling (with free printables), A Christmas Carol Spelling List, and Little Drummer Boy Phonics from Every Star Is Different (Go to Free Printables tab at the top of the Every Star Is Different blog, then to Holiday Activities, then to Christmas Activities, and then to the related post.)

Christmas Word Bump (with free printable) from This Reading Mama

More Christmas Resources

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Christmas Around the World Books for Kids 

Christmas Books for Kids 

Hundreds of December Holiday Activities for Kids

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