Pair them with a read-aloud of Bear Stays Up for Christmas for tons of book-based fun.

These no-prep worksheets make the perfect addition to your homeschool activities throughout the Christmas season.

Young readers are sure to love this story, and you can extend the learning with these fun holiday worksheets.

Don’t miss these free printables! They’re perfect for your Christmas/December lesson plans!

Bear Stays Up for Christmas Preschool Activities

These print-and-go Bear Stays Up for Christmas printables are perfect for kids in preschool and kindergarten. They’ll love digging into this fun story with these activities.

Christmas Activities

Kids of all ages will love these hands-on activities, and they’re perfect for helping them engage with the story.

When reading Bear Stays Up for Christmas, you can add one of more of these activities to your to-do list:

• Practice reading pre-primer sight words with this set of Christmas Color By Sight Words worksheets for preschool and kindergarten.

• Teach counting and number recognition to ten with these Christmas counting for preschool worksheets.

• Are you looking for a fun Letter B craft to do with your preschoolers? Don't miss this adorable B is for Bear craft that is perfect for your Letter of the Week lessons.

• I have such fond memories of making ornaments with my kids when they were younger. This clothespin Christmas tree ornament will look lovely hanging on yours! 

Bear Stays Up for Christmas Book Companion

Young children will love diving into this sweet picture book that tells the story of how bear's friends work hard to keep him awake for Christmas.

These print-and-go worksheets include fun activities that will help you do just that.

What’s Included?

• Color and Trace – Color the pictures and then trace the word at the bottom of the page.

• Color Words – Read the color words and color the stockings accordingly.

• Handwriting Practice – Trace the letters B and b as well as a “b is for bear” sentence.

• Count to 10 – Count the stockings and identify the correct number.

• Dab it – Use dot markers to fill in the circles on the letter “b”.

• Cutting Practice – There are two cutting pages. On one, kids will color a bear and cut it out on the dotted line. On the other, kids will cut lines from the bottom of the page to the top.

• Beginning Sounds – Cut and paste the pictures that begin with /b/.

• Tracing Practice – Practice tracing lines from left to right.

• Vocabulary – Name the picture and trace its name.

TEACHING RESOURCES

These handmade, adorable Christmas finger puppets are perfect for Holiday party favors or any play day!

This Paint-by-Sticker Christmas Art Book includes everything you need to create ten sticker paintings on study card stock. Plus, all the pages are perforated—making it easy to tear out each finished work to frame and share!

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