Christmas Cookies

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• dough
• cookie cutter
• reindeer
• star
• Christmas tree
• flatten
• roll
• decorate

MATH

• Shape Cookies
• Cut out different shaped "cookies" from paper
• Provide “cookies” to your child
• Have your child identify and sort into groups

• Christmas Ornament Patterns
• Using Christmas ornaments, make a pattern:
• "red, green; red, green; ____, green"
• "reindeer, star; reindeer, star; reindeer, _____"

• Christmas Ornament Sorting
• Have children sort into piles based upon various attributes:
• Size
• Color
• Shape, etc.

• Gift Box Cover Match
• Provide boxes of various sizes and shapes
• Children must cover gift boxes with correct cover

SCIENCE

• The Scents Of The Season
• Provide scent jars filled with cinnamon, peppermint, Christmas tree, etc.

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Cookie Jar Phonics
• Provide paper cookie jars with specific letters written on their sides
• Provide paper or cardboard cookies with pictures of objects whose name begins with those specific sounds
• Example:
• Cookies with a “boat” on it would go in the B jar

• While the chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven, you can sing this song with your child: "Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?"
  "(CHILD'S NAME) stole the cookie from the cookie jar"
  "Who me?"
  "Couldn't be"
  "Then who?"

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Discuss Christmas and how it is celebrated around the world

ART

• Glitter Printing - Christmas Cookie Cutters
• Pour a thin layer of glue into a paper plate
• Dip cookie cutter in glue
• Sprinkle with green and red glitter
• Pour off excess into a bowl