Christmas Worksheets for Kindergarten: Free Reading PDF

These free Christmas worksheets for kindergarten are all reading pages. Your child sorts word families onto Christmas trees, finds letters, fills in CVC words and reads short sentences.

Read pig. Find the -ig tree. Glue the ornament on.

They work for 1st grade too. Pictures sit on every page. Kindergartners and 1st graders sound the short words out.

Our free Christmas reading worksheets PDF has 9 pages, with the answer keys at the end. No signup, no email. Christmas CVC word puzzles and our Christmas word family crafts are more free PDFs in the list at the top of this post.

Three pages show winter, so you can keep using them in January.

All three PDFs are also in our printables library, next to a Christmas CVC roll and cover game for 1st grade.

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What’s in the free Christmas reading worksheets PDF

You’ll find eight activity pages in the PDF, plus one page of picture names and answer keys.

Page	Activity	Skill	Best for
1	Trim the tree	Word families -an, -ig, -op	K
2	Hang the mittens	Word families -ed, -un, -ot	K
3	Christmas tree letter find	T and t	K
4	Snowflake letter find	M and m	K
5	Trace the path	Pencil warm-up, rhyming words	K
6	Fill in the presents	CVC words, missing vowel	K
7	Fill in the mittens	sh, ch, th	1st grade
8	Read and match	Short sentences	Late K and 1st
9	Picture names and answer keys	Checking the work	Grown-ups

Pages 2, 4 and 7 have no Christmas symbols. They show mittens and snowflakes.

Print at 100%. Black and white is fine. Set out scissors and a glue stick for the cut and paste pages.

Christmas phonics worksheets for kindergarten

Pages 1, 2, 6 and 7 are the phonics pages. They use word families and CVC words, the short words a kindergartner sounds out in December. Page 7 adds sh, ch and th for 1st grade.

Trim the tree and hang the mittens: word families (pages 1 and 2)

Each tree has a word family on its star, like -an. Your child cuts out nine ornaments, reads the word on each one, then glues it onto the tree that shares its family. Fan, man and pan go on the -an tree.

Page 2 hangs nine mittens on three clotheslines, for -ed, -un and -ot. Read the word, then hang it on the line with the same ending. More families are in our word families guide.

Christmas CVC worksheets: fill in the presents (page 6)

Each present shows a picture and its word with the vowel missing. Start with the picture’s name, then pick the vowel from the bank at the top. The cat is c_t, and the log is l_g. Then your child writes the whole word on the line below. Our CVC word lists have more words by vowel.

Winter digraph page: fill in the mittens (page 7)

Page 7 is the 1st grade page. Each mitten has a picture and a word with two letters missing. The missing letters are sh, ch or th, in shell, fish, chick, chips, teeth and path. Say the picture’s name, then write the two letters that make its sound.

Letters and a pencil warm-up

Pages 3, 4 and 5 work on letters and pencil control.

Christmas tree and mitten letter find (pages 3 and 4)

Your child colors every T red and every t blue, then counts each kind. The ornaments hang on garland lines. A few look-alike letters are mixed in, like I, J, L, F, f and Y. Each count is 6 or less.

Page 4 scatters M and m on snowflakes around a mitten, with N, W, n and w mixed in. Name the letter out loud each time you color one. Next, our letter tracing pages show how to write each letter.

Trace the path (page 5)

Four paths run left to right, from a cat to a hat, a pup to a cup, a fox to a box and a bug to a mug. From top to bottom, the paths are hills, waves, a zigzag and loops, easiest first. Light dashes leave the pencil line easy to see. Say both words. They rhyme.

It’s a Christmas tracing page, with ornaments and stars around the edge. Our fine motor skills for kindergarten guide has more warm-ups.

Read and match: Christmas sentences (page 8)

Five short sentences sit next to five pictures. Your child draws a line from each sentence to its picture.

The cat is in bed. The pup has a gift. All five use short words plus the heart words the, is and a. Read the sentence first. Then find the picture. Late kindergarten and 1st grade both fit this page.

A free Christmas reading game: CVC word puzzles

The Christmas CVC word puzzles are 12 ornaments cut in half. One half has a picture, and the other has its word. The cut is the same on every ornament, so your child matches by reading. Play alone or with a friend. Print them on cardstock if you have it.

Bonus: a Christmas present word family craft

The Christmas present word family craft is a free 3-page PDF. Page 2 is a wrapped present with a door on each side and a big gold bow on top. Open the doors and it asks “What is inside my present?”

Four words from the -og family are inside. They are dog, log, frog and jog. Your child reads each word and writes it. Then they color the one picture of three that matches. The jog picture is a child out for a run.

Page 1 is the front, in red wrapping paper with a gold ribbon and a gift tag for your child’s name. Cut it out, cut it in half and glue a half on each closed door. Page 3 is the same front in black and white, to color. Print it one-sided, at 100%.

Write a letter to Santa

The free Letter to Santa draw and write pack has 4 pages for early writers. Your child traces Dear Santa, picks a gift from a picture word bank and writes it after I want a. Then come label Santa, how to build a snowman (cut, glue in order and write a word) and a sentence to cut and glue in order.

Christmas activities for kindergarten: using these pages in December

Use these pages as a reading center, morning work or a quiet table job before the break.

• Centers. Put the word puzzles at one table and the letter find at another.
• At home. Try one page a day, about 10 minutes, from December 1 to the break.
• Kindergarten: pages 1 to 6. 1st grade: pages 7 and 8, and pages 1 and 6 as a quick review.
• Laminate the letter find pages for dry-erase markers.

The winter pages suit January, and classrooms that keep December activities neutral.

For Christmas sight word pages and sums, our Christmas color by number pack has four color by code sight word pictures and adding pages. If your child liked our Halloween CVC words crafts, page 1 uses the same idea, one word family per tree.

For a cutting break, our free Christmas spiral ornaments turn a paper circle into a hanging elf, Santa, reindeer or tree. Cutting along the spiral line is good scissor practice.

FAQ

What are some fun and engaging activities for kindergarteners to do during Christmas?

Sort word families onto a Christmas tree, hunt for letters, match ornament word puzzles and read short sentences. A few minutes a day is plenty. The reading practice feels like decorating.

What are some free downloadable Christmas games?

Our Christmas CVC word puzzles are a matching game for 1 or 2 players. It’s a free PDF, with no email needed. For 1st graders, our Christmas worksheets for 1st graders add a roll and cover game and the Gift Hunt board game.

What are some short Christmas words?

Kindergartners can sound out hat, red, cup, mug and bed. Gift, sled, drum and box come a little later. In 1st grade, add bell, doll and sock. Tree, star and snow look short, but they use spelling patterns kids learn later.

Are these Christmas worksheets for kindergarten or 1st grade?

Both. Kindergartners do pages 1 to 6. In 1st grade, add pages 7 and 8. For more 1st grade pages, see our Christmas worksheets for 1st graders.

Can we use these after Christmas?

Yes. Pages 2, 4 and 7 are winter pages, with mittens and snowflakes. The word families and sounds stay the same all year.

The takeaways

• The PDF is free and all reading. You’ll find 9 pages and answer keys, with no email.
• Kindergarten gets word families and CVC words in presents. 1st grade gets digraphs and sentences.
• The letter find pages build letter recognition.
• Three winter pages carry into January.
• The word puzzles and the present craft are separate free PDFs in the list at the top.
• Download the free Christmas reading worksheets PDF.

In our reading games, kids hear every letter sounded out when they tap it, and they build words from letter tiles. Print a few of these pages for the holiday break. They are screen-free.