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November 25, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 2 Comments

Christmas Tree Alphabet Writing Tray for Preschool

Keeping preschoolers engaged and on task can be tricky during the holiday season. There is so much excitement in the air and it seems to be contagious in the classroom with 4 and 5 year-olds!  This is the reason that I try to incorporate hands-on learning activities like our Christmas tree alphabet writing tray in my pre-k classroom.

FREE printable uppercase & lowercase Christmas tree alphabet writing tray for preschool & pre-k to practice letter formation and fine motor skills!

Christmas Tree Writing Tray

The free printable Christmas tree writing tray includes 2 sets of Christmas tree alphabet cards.  One set is uppercase letters.  The second set is lowercase letters.

Print the set that works for the learning level in your classroom and cut the cards apart on the gray dotted lines.  Laminate the letter cards for added durability.

Add the letter cards to a basket or stack them in a pile.

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FREE printable uppercase & lowercase Christmas tree alphabet writing tray for preschool & pre-k to practice letter formation and fine motor skills!

Writing Tray Ideas

To create the writing tray portion of this activity I added the cutest Christmas tree glitter (from the dollar aisle!) to one of our Melissa & Doug wooden trays.  We have a bunch of these around my house and classroom.

Whichever kind of tray you use, just make sure the sides are tall enough that the writing tray filler doesn’t spill out when the letters are erased.

FREE printable uppercase & lowercase Christmas tree alphabet writing tray for preschool & pre-k to practice letter formation and fine motor skills!

Add the glitter, sprinkles, salt to the tray.  Little learners just need enough to cover the bottom of the tray.

To play, pick a card and identify the letter.

Set the letter card in the tray or on the table.  Trace the letter in the writing tray with your finger or a paint brush.  Practice forming the letter correctly, moving from top to bottom and left to right.  Sometimes in writing trays, the letter needs to be written a few times to really show up clearly.

FREE printable uppercase & lowercase Christmas tree alphabet writing tray for preschool & pre-k to practice letter formation and fine motor skills!

After the letter is written, shake the writing tray gently to clear the board.  Pick a new card and play again!

Practice writing both the uppercase and lower case letters in the Christmas tree writing tray.  Build simple words and write the letters in the tray.  And if you aren’t sure where to begin, start with the letters in the child’s name!

Writing trays help strengthen fine motor muscles as well as early literacy skills.

Keep the fine motor practice going with our Santa Fine Motor Busy Bins.  They go right along with the Christmas tree writing tray!  See some of the busy bins below:

12 Christmas themed Santa FINE MOTOR busy bins to use as morning welcome work and independent learning centers in preschool, pre-k, kindergarten!

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Comments

  1. Susan says

    December 10, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    I tried to download both the writing tray alphabet cards and the alphabet play doh mats, and other than the acknowledgements, I am seeing blank pages. Am I doing something wrong?

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    • Nicole Franklin says

      January 13, 2018 at 9:44 am

      Hi Susan! The printable will instantly open after you click the button. Will you double check that you have the most current version of Adobe Reader installed? You could also try another browser. Thanks! 🙂

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