Christmas-Angels

SPECIAL TOOL

NEW! Group identification-Christmas-Angels

This tool was created in response to a special request that we received. (Open group indentication-Christmas-Angels) Print and display to identify children’s spaces and belongings.

INTERACTIVE PLANNING-CHRISTMAS-ANGELS

NEW! Interactive planning-Christmas-Angels

(Open interactive planning-Christmas-Angels) Type the activities you have planned for your group directly in the document, save it, and print it. Use it as a tool to prepare and present educational activities throughout the theme.

CIRCLE TIME

Angel-themed circle time

Every morning, have fun hiding an object related to angels within your daycare. As soon as children find it, photograph the item and print the picture. Display it on a special wall near your daycare entrance so that children can tell their parents all about what they found at the end of the day.

Wear an accessory related to the theme to greet children each morning. Name an “angel of the day” and grant him or her special privileges.

Let the angels speak

Create your very own “speech halo”. You can simply decorate a hat or crown and use it to identify whose turn it is to speak. Hide several pictures related to the theme throughout your daycare and encourage children to search for them. They can set them all in a basket in the center of your circle time area. Use the pictures to introduce the theme.

AREA SETUP

NEW! Thematic poster-Christmas-Angels

(Open thematic poster-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and display on a wall to announce the theme.

NEW! Educa-theme-Christmas-Angels

(Open educa-theme-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate the elements representing the theme. Use them to present the theme to your group while decorating your daycare.

NEW! Educa-decorate-Christmas-Angels
(Open educa-decorate-Christmas-Angels) Print, cut out, and laminate. Use the illustrations to decorate the walls of your daycare and set the mood for the theme.

NEW! Stickers-Christmas-Angels

(Open stickers-Christmas-Angels) Print on adhesive paper and use the illustrations to create a collection of original stickers for your group. 

NEW! Pennants-Christmas-Angels

(Open pennants-Christmas-Angels) Print and invite children to decorate the pennants. Cut them out and hang them within your daycare or in your daycare entrance to create a garland.

PICTURE GAME

NEW! The pictures may be used as a memory game or to spark a conversation with the group. Use them to decorate the daycare or a specific thematic corner. (Open picture game-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and store in a "Ziploc" bag or in your thematic bins.

ACTIVITY SHEETS AND WRITING ACTIVITIES

NEW! Writing activities

(Open writing activities-A like Angel) Print for each child or laminate for use with a dry-erase marker.

NEW! Activity sheet
Activity sheets are suggested for each theme. Print and follow instructions. (Open activity sheet-Christmas-Angels)

NEW! Educa-connect the dots-Christmas-Angels

(Open educa-connect the dots-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate the activity sheet. Children connect the dots in numerical order to reveal the drawing that they can then color. 

LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

NEW! Word flashcards-Christmas-Angels
The flashcards may be used during circle time to spark a conversation or in your reading and writing area. They may also be used to identify your thematic bins. (Open word flashcards-Christmas-Angels) (Open giant word flashcards-Christmas-Angels) Christmas, angel, wings, decoration, celestial, shepherd, star, choir, halo, manger, birth, musical instrument.

NEW! Educa-chatterbox-Christmas-Angels

(Open educa-chatterbox-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and cut out the cards. Decorate a shoebox and set the cards as well as a variety of small items related to the theme inside it. During circle time or, for example, when children are waiting for lunch to be served, have them pick one card or item out of your chatterbox at a time and encourage them to name the item and tell you what they know about it.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MOTOR SKILLS

NEW! Modeling dough activity placemats-Christmas-Angels

(Open modeling dough activity placemats-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate. Let children pick a placemat and provide modeling dough. Encourage them to use the dough to fill or reproduce the shapes that are on their placemat.

NEW! Playing cards-Christmas-Angels

(Open playing cards-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate. Give each child the same number of cards. Children take turns hiding their cards in the daycare. Once they are all done, the hunt begins! Each child tries to find as many cards as possible. 

NEW! Erasable games-Christmas-Angels

(Open erasable games-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate. Let children pick the angel they prefer. Set a variety of dry-erase markers on the table and encourage them to reproduce the emotion that is on their worksheet.

NEW! Christmas-Colorful angel

Use electrical tape to draw a simple angel outline on the floor. Give children colorful bean bags. Invite them to stand a few feet from the angel and toss the bean bags towards the angel outline. The goal is to “color” the angel with the bean bags.

NEW! Fine motor skills-Crumpled angel shapes 
(Open shapes-Christmas-Angels) Print for each child. Have children tear and crumple tissue paper. Next, they must fill the shape they prefer with white glue and press the crumpled pieces of paper in the glue. Use children’s artwork to decorate your daycare.

NEW! String activities-Christmas-Angels

(Open string activities-Christmas-Angels) Print for each child. Children trace the outlines with white glue before covering them with colorful string.

NEW! Giant memory game-Christmas-Angels

Use 12 Christmas-colored paper plates to create 6 pairs of angel “cards”. Simply glue pictures of angels on the plates and set them upside down on a table or on the floor. Children take turns turning 2 plates over. If a child finds matching angels, he keeps them and plays again. If a child turns over 2 different angels, his turn is over.

NEW! Homemade puzzles-Christmas-Angels

Find pictures of angels (examples : greeting cards, old calendars, books, etc.) and cut them using serrated scissors to create 2 or 3-piece puzzles. Give each child one puzzle piece and hide the remaining pieces throughout your daycare. Children must find the missing pieces to complete their puzzle.

NEW! Lacing shapes-Christmas-Angels

(Open lacing shapes-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and punch holes around the contour of each shape. Provide shoelaces, yarn, or string that children can use to lace the shapes.

NEW! Angel hunt

(Open miniature angels) Print, laminate, and cut out the angels. Disperse them throughout your daycare or, if you prefer, hide them throughout your yard. Children search for the angels and set them in a basket.

NEW! Let’s race, race again, and race even more!
Organize different angel-themed races for the children in your group. Encourage them to move in a variety of different ways, both individually, or as part of a team. Invite children to suggest original ways to race.

NEW! The angel says...
Instead of playing “Simon says…”, play “The angel says…” Give children instructions. They must execute them only if you say, “The angel says…” first. Otherwise, they must remain perfectly still. 

NEW! Angel hide-and-seek

Play hide-and-seek with an angel-themed twist. Have one child wear angel wings and hide in your daycare. The other children must search for the “angel” as quietly as possible.

NEW! Tiny hidden angels

(Open miniature angels) Print and laminate. Hide miniature angels throughout your daycare and invite children to search for them. The child who finds the most angels can hide them for the following round.

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES

NEW! Game-Four angels

(Open game-Four angels) Print, glue the cards on opaque cardboard, and cut them out. Arrange all the cards upside down on the floor or table (so you can’t see the illustrations). Children take turns rolling a die. Every time a child rolls a “1”, he can turn a card. If he doesn’t already have this angel in front of him, he keeps it and places it in front of him for everyone to see. The first child who has collected all four angels wins.

NEW! I am learning to count-Christmas-Angels

(Open I am learning to count-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and display at children’s level. Using Velcro, children associate the correct number of angels to each numeral.

NEW! Color by number-Christmas-Angels

(Open color by number-Christmas-Angels) Print for each child. They must color the picture per the legend. 

NEW! I am inventing my angel

(Open I am inventing my angel) Print, laminate, and cut out the angel heads and bodies. Hand children the pieces and invite them to create an angel by assembling an angel head and an angel body.

NEW! Angel sorting

(Open sorting angels) Print for each child. Invite them to color the angels per the legend before cutting them out. Next, have them glue each angel in the correct silhouette, per their size.

NEW! Educ-reproduce-Christmas-Angels

(Open educ-reproduce-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate the game. Cut out the pieces. Children can use them to reproduce the different scenes.

NEW! Educ-math-Christmas-Angels
(Open educ-math-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate for durable, eco-friendly use. Children must count the objects in each rectangle and circle the corresponding number. 

NEW! Pick, search, and color the letters-Christmas-Angels

(Open pick search and color the letters-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate the letters. Children pick a card and search for and color the corresponding angel.

NEW! 9-piece Velcro puzzles-Christmas-Angels
(Open 9-piece velcro puzzles-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and cut the puzzle pieces. Press a piece of Velcro behind each one as well as within each puzzle section on the model. Children must associate the pieces to complete the puzzles. 

NEW! Educ-same and different-Christmas-Angels
(Open educ-same and different-Christmas-Angels) Print and laminate for durable, eco-friendly use. Children must circle the item that is different in each row. 

NEW! Lacing-Christmas-Angels
(Open lacing-Christmas-Angels) Print the shapes on heavy paper and cut them out. Using a hole-punch, perforate the contour of each shape. Provide shoelaces, ribbon, or string that children can use to lace the angels. 

NEW! Giant Christmas angel
(Open giant Christmas angel) Print and laminate the pieces. Children sit on the floor to assemble them to represent a giant angel.

MORAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

NEW! Puppet theater-Christmas-Angels
(Open characters-Christmas-Angels) Print, laminate, and glue the characters on Popsicle sticks. After reading a story about angels to your group, encourage children to use the puppets to reproduce the storyline as they see fit. 

ARTS & CRAFTS

NEW! Models-Christmas-Angels

(Open models-Christmas-Angels) Print the various models and use them for your activities and projects throughout the theme.

NEW! My hat-Christmas-Angels
(Open hat-Christmas-Angels) Print for each child. Invite them to color and decorate their hat as they wish. 

NEW! Finger puppets-Christmas-Angels

(Open finger puppets-Christmas-Angels) Print the different puppet models on heavy paper. Have children cut them out and show them how they can insert their fingers in the holes to bring their puppets to life.    

COLORING PAGES

NEW! (Open coloring pages theme-Christmas-Angels) Print for each child.