Love Christmas songs? Me too! In this post I’m sharing ten Christmas songs and fingerplays by singing and showing the actions and finger movements for children you can use with preschool, kindergarten and first grade ages.
Learn how to teach 10 Christmas action songs to young children. All songs are sung to familiar tunes and easy to learn. Children love to move and sing.
I’ve included how to sing and do the actions as well as some activity ideas. These Christmas action songs are for preschool, kindergarten, first grade as well as preschool and elementary music teachers.
10 CHRISTMAS SONGS AND FINGERPLAYS
Are you ready to learn some Christmas songs and fingerplays?
Here’s the outline of the songs and movement actions in the video. I hope you’ll take a minute and check it out.
4:00 WHERE IS SANTA?
5:15 SANTA’S GOT A LONG WHITE BEARD
7:20 HE’LL BE COMING CHRISTMAS EVE
10:14 I’M A LITTLE PINE TREE
11:44 RUDOLF HAS A SHINY NOSE
13:32 S A N T A (BINGO SONG)
15:11 SANTA -MUSIC INSTRUMENT ACTIVITY VERSION
16:23 SANTA’S IN HIS SLEIGH
11:20 MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME MOVEMENT SONG
20:10 THE REINDEER POKEY (HOKEY POKEY) 21:21 TWINKLE CHRISTMAS STAR
CHRISTMAS SONGS AND FINGERPLAYS LITERACY ACTIVITIES
You can purchase this amazing packet of materials on TpT or in our Shop. The songs are in color and b/w for printing. You also get some puppets and writing activities as well as the hand action directions.
These songs are for preschool ages up to 8 years old.
Teachers can use these songs in their classrooms as part of their morning circle time, literacy circles and elementary and preschool music teachers can use these songs in their music classes.
You can put these songs together for a simple music program for your school and/or parents too.
SING THE SONGS
Many of these songs are on your favorite music channels like Spotify and Apple Music. Click on the links to get the links to your music station.
Clap Your Hands At Christmas Time-MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME
Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star
SONGS ON YOUTUBE
Many of our Christmas songs are found on the Sing Play Create Kids Music YouTube channel.
MORE CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITY IDEAS
CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND MOVEMENT RESOURCES
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Holiday Action Song: “Santa’s Coming” Literacy and Movement Activity$5.50
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Holiday Action Song: “There’s a Little Elf” Literacy And Movement Activity$5.50
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Christmas Literacy Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, Readers Theater, Writing {CCSS}$8.50
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Christmas Read and Sing Literacy Activities: “Christmas Caring” Video {CCSS}$5.50
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Holiday Monster Freeze Dance, Brain Break, Movement Activity$3.00
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