December Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

Happy December, friends! I can’t believe we are already here. This fall has felt like the fastest and slowest fall of all time. To give you an update, I started grad school in September and am absolutely loving it. The work/school/life/business balance is a little crazy, but I’ll be writing more about that in another post. My greatest take away and lesson has been how to manage time like a boss. I can’t wait to share more of that with you later! 🙂 On to December literacy centers!

For my kindergarten class, I am trying to make math and literacy centers a bit more thematic depending on the month. The December literacy centers are geared toward kindergarten, and include 10 different centers that I will explain below. If you are just looking for ideas, good for you! I hope this helps! If you are interested in purchasing the pack, you can click here or on the image below to grab your copy.

Teacher friends, we are all in this together. You have 24 more days until Christmas. You can make it! I believe in you!!

Missing Letter Lights

For this game, students write the missing letters on strings of lights. This game helps them order and learn the alphabet. After they finish writing the missing letters, there is a recording sheet for them to record their learning.

Festive First Sounds

This game can be used as a pocket chart game (as pictured). If you are lacking in a pocket chart, the kids can spread out the cards and sort on a table or flat surface. The three first sounds are m, p, and s. The kids write the missing first sound on each card, then sort the cards. There is a recording sheet as well if you’re about that recording sheet life.

Santa’s Scrambled Sentences

This game is a scrambled sentence game. Students unscramble the sentences, and record the correct sentences below. I’ve found that using a pocket chart or a flat surface is helpful. This center also teaches students to look for the capital letter to begin a sentence, and a period to end a sentence. It’s important to integrate writing skills and conventions practice into independent work.

CVC Clip Cards

This game helps students differentiate between CVC and CVCe words. All of the pictures are CVC words, but students must sound out the words correctly.

Winter Word Families

As students become more proficient at decoding CVC words, they begin to delve into word families. The word families included are the -an, -ig, -ot, and -un word families. Students sort CVC words based upon the word family they belong to. The CVC words are differentiated. One version is just the CVC word, the other version is the CVC word and a picture. After, the kids can complete a recording sheet for learning accountability.

Silent E Word Hunt: I have, who has Solo Style

This game is a write the room, where students begin with the start card. The start card has a silent e word on it, and tells students to go find another silent e word. The game sends the kids on a hunt around the classroom finding the different silent e words.

Holiday Words Write the Room

This game is a fun holiday words game. Students go around the classroom to find the holiday words. The recording sheets are differentiated. One option is for students to write the holiday words, and the other option is for students to trace the holiday words.

Holiday Writing Center

This center is probably the one I’m most excited about in this pack! This writing center includes holiday vocabulary cards, a holiday word wall, writing pages, and a stocking craftivity. I am so excited to introduce this center to the kids on Monday! The writing pages include story starters and also some writing prompts to get the kids started.