This set of 3 differentiated gingerbread-themed number puzzle strips will get kids in the mood for the holiday season. Choose which one suits your child’s level of early math skills.

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Set It Up

For this activity you will need:

Paper

Printer

Scissors

Optional but recommended: Laminator

Below are the supplies I use personally at home. After doing so many printable activities, I’ve found that it’s most helpful to always have these basic supplies on hand.

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Start It Up

Looking for more Christmas-themed literacy and math centers? I have just the thing for you! Check out my Christmas Themed Centers – a variety of 10 themed centers that will develop literacy, early math and fine motor skills.

Games included:

1) Build A Santa Numbers 1-10 – Match the number to the correct number word, tally mark and domino to form a Santa Claus

2) Christmas Bake Sale Counting Clipcards – Counting up to 20 with fine motor practice

3) Colorful Christmas Stocking Sorting – 6 color mats with 10 different toys to sort

4) Reindeer and Sleigh Number Match to 10 – Match the respective reindeer and sleigh numbered 1-10 for number recognition practice or use it for counting up to 10 by lining up the correct amount of reindeers

5) Santa Sums to 10 – Print out 2 copies of the special dice, roll and record each one, then use the mat to add them up

6) Santa Pre-writing Tracing Strips – 9 different strips included

7) Santa Rhyming Bingo – Find rhyming words for -at, -am, -ug, -ig and -ap word families on the bingo card. 4 different cards included.

8) Santa’s List Pick and Tick Letters – Prepare the letter cards and place them in a bag or sensory bin then practice letter recognition as the child ticks them off Santa’s list. Upper and lowercase letters included.

9) Christmas Gift Sight Word Tagging – Match up the sight word-labelled gifts and tags. 40 Pre-primer words included.

10) Elf Alphabet Fine Motor Letter Mats – Form the letter using playdough or other materials you choose then practice writing out the uppercase letters.

It’s available on my Teachers Pay Teachers store here.

Pair It Up