Story Mix for Three to Six: Christmas is Coming!

The winter holidays are coming up and preschoolers are beginning to have a sense of anticipation.  Have fun counting down the days to Christmas with this fun little rhyme. Both rhyme and rhythm help kids hear the sounds and syllables in words, which helps kids learn to read!

Christmas Rhyme

Light a little candle,               

Christmas Day will come.       

Eat a little cookie,                   

Yum, yum, yum.                    

I’m counting on my fingers,

I’m counting on my thumbs

Just how many days ‘til

Christmas day will come.

Books we Read:
Claude the dog : a Christmas story by Dick Gackenbach.
Claude, the dog, gives away all his Christmas presents to his down-and-out friend but receives an even better present from his young owner. 

Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Minerva Louise follows a farmer in a red hat from a snowy rooftop, down a "well," and into the house with the red curtains, where she finds a tree decorated with sparkling eggs.