ELF Cutting Practice encourages children to practice their cutting skills by cutting different types of lines. This will help children in their fine motor skills and their hand/eye coordination.
Christmas Tracing consists of Christmas pictures that a child can trace over and then they continue on to decorate and colour the picture. The skill of tracing over different lines or shapes is called pattern writing. As a child practice pattern writing by copying and tracing lines and shapes, this will give them the confidence and the ability to write letters and numbers correctly.
Christmas Gross Motor Movement Cards are a great way to get children moving to enable children to use whole-body actions. Each action is simple to follow and movements are based on a Christmas theme.
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Christmas Cut and Paste enable children to practice their cutting skills by cutting out the pieces to create the Christmas picture. Educators can also laminate these and cut them out and children can piece them together like a puzzle to create a Christmas picture.
The Christmas Joke Cards have fun jokes that can be shared with children. These can be used during group times they can also be shared with older children in OOSH services. The Christmas Joke cards can also be added to the parent display board and changed daily to spread holiday cheer.
The Christmas Songs Posters provide lyrics to Christmas songs and rhymes that children can learn during group time for the upcoming holiday season. These song posters can also be displayed within the learning environment.
Santa's From Around The World Posters displays different images of Santa's in different countries and also provides a brief description of how Santa is depicted in each country. These are great for discussion points with children and incorporating different cultures within the learning environment.
Santa's Truck Gift Counting enables children to recognise the number on Santa's truck and add the correct number of presents at the back of the truck. This activity is great for number recognition, for children learning their numbers and for one-to-one correspondence.
Early childhood education and care providers may offer only certain types of incentives from 1 January 2023 to secure a child's enrollment.
