Jump into the holiday spirit with this engaging pack of Elf Worksheets and Activities, perfect for your kindergarten literacy and math centers this Christmas season. These elf activities can be used as part of a fun tradition that involves mischievous elves getting up to funny shenanigans overnight. With fun coloring pages and activity ideas, enhance your child’s learning experience with this adorable elf pack.
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If you are wondering what the Elf tradition is all about, read on to learn more about this family Christmas tradition. Soon enough, your kids will be excited each year when the Elf will pay them a visit from the North Pole. You can find all of our Christmas activities and crafts here.
Elf Christmas Tradition
Have you heard of the Elf Christmas tradition? Basically, you would bring an elf into your home around Christmas time for some festive magic. Have you purchased your kid’s advent calendar yet?
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Some people’s elves come right after Thanksgiving, and some do it 10 days before Christmas day. Basically, the premise is that every night, the elf will get into some sort of mischief, do something clever or funny, or bring something to the child. Generally, this is all done during the night so that when the child wakes up, he/she can search around the house for the elf and witness the aftermath of the magical night.
This Elf experience can be as simple or as complex as you would prefer, e.g. some dress their elf up in different clothing options throughout their visit, while others focus on the activities the elf did. It is an extra bit of magic during the holiday season, which is why we love Christmas! It’s such a fun time of the year.
Elf Activities Printable Pack
This learning pack focuses on the mischievous elves that take part in the fun elf tradition, specifically during Christmas. Kids particularly aged 2 – 9 will explore letter identification, vocabulary words, counting, develop fine motor skills, and much more. Simply print your chosen activities and laminate them if desired. Thereafter, your center activities for the whole month of December are taken care of!
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Here are some items that pair well with these activities. You can use each of these items again with any of my printable packs.
- Do a Dot Art Markers
- Card stock (to print everything out on.)
- A pocket chart (I have this one and this mini one too.)
- Scissors
- Write and wipe Dry Erase Pockets
- Laminator with pockets (If you want to make it reusable.)
- Clothespins (for the clip cards)
This Elf activity and printable pack contains over 150 pages and includes a variety of fun but educational activities all kids will love.
For those who don’t know much about this Christmas Tradition, check out the children’s picture book published in 2005 that was written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell. You can also read an insightful book review here.
This book is written in rhyme and describes how Santa Claus knows who is naughty and who isn’t. It explains how elves visit children between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve each year. Lastly, the elves return to the North Pole.
Pair this printable pack with the Elf children’s book.
These elves watch over the events that take place in a household during the day. Thereafter, once everyone goes to bed, they fly back to the North Pole and give their report to Santa. Afterward, they fly back to the family’s home, finding a new place to watch the events of the day. Finally, the end of the story describes how the elf leaves the family to spend the rest of the year with Santa until the following Christmas season.
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What’s included in the Elf Activities Pack?
This pack includes over 20 Elf Activities activities, i.e.
- Count the Elves
2. Elf Yoga – Movement Cards
3. Alphabet Hide and Seek
4. Counting Elves
5. Elf Size Sequencing Cards
6. Number Matching Cards
7. 3 Part Cards
9. Count + Clip
8. Puzzles
10. 2 + 4 piece puzzles
11. Activity Sheets
13. Roll and Cover
15. Ten Frame Cards
17. Dot Marker or Sticker Pages
19. Alphabet Cards
21. Ee is for Elf Cotton Bud
23. Elf Craft
12. I can Trace Shapes
14. Cover the Number
16. Button Matching
18. Ee for Elf Playdough Mat
20. Cotton Bud Numbers
22. Fingerprint Painting
24. Sight Word Workshop
How to use these Elf Worksheets and Activities?
Firstly, you can use these Elf Worksheets and Activities as part of your morning work during December.
Secondly, you could use it during literacy and math centers when completing a Christmas-themed unit.
Thirdly, use with small groups of students to focus on a particular skill, e.g. uppercase and lowercase letter identification or counting objects to 10. Lastly, parents are welcome to use this resource to supplement learning at home
Elf Worksheets
The Elf Activity Pack includes 9 convenient no prep worksheets that reinforce essential preschool skills.
WHERE TO GET THE ACTIVITY PACK
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Elf Activities Free Printable
Get a free sample from the pack below. In the freebie, you can find count and clip cards, fine motor counting elves, a number puzzle, and a shape button decorating tree.
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Check out some favorite themed holiday fun:
- FREE Coloring Pages: Festive Winter Pages
- FREE Color by Number: Christmas Color by Number
- Craft: Santa’s Beard
- Art: How to Draw a Chrismas Tree
- Science: Fizzing Candy Canes
- Science/Sensory: Elf Slime
- Sensory: A Christmas Sensory Bin
- Books: Christmas Board Books And Picture books
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what a lovely idea to be able to make with little ones, we will definitely keep this in mind for nearer the festive time #littlemakes