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Montessori-Inspired Christmas Scavenger Hunt

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I love preparing Christmas activities for kids, and I have lots of Montessori-inspired Christmas activities to share. Today, I had fun preparing a Montessori-inspired Christmas Scavenger Hunt.

Montessori-Inspired Christmas Scavenger Hunt

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For this scavenger hunt, I used the Safari Ltd. Christmas TOOB and the free Christmas Pack from 3 Dinosaurs. The Safari Ltd. Christmas TOOB has 8 miniatures that can be used as ornaments or as objects for alphabet boxes. The Christmas Pack from 3 Dinosaurs has pictures and handwriting cards that coordinate with 7 of the 8 miniatures in the Christmas TOOB. Of course, you can use regular or miniature Christmas ornaments or whatever objects you have that would work with the printables.

This could be a scavenger hunt for a number of different levels. Toddlers could simply take a card with a picture and look for the matching objects. Children who are working with sandpaper letters could take a picture card with traceable letters like the one in the basket in the photo. The child could trace the letter with a finger or with a marker. (Note: When preparing the activity, you could use a green marker to place a dot at each letter’s starting point.)

A child at another level could trace the word with a marker (like the Santa card in the photo). The printable pack even has blank cards so that advanced spellers could spell out the word. For advanced readers, you could use the blank cards to write a clue for the child to read to find the object (similar to Montessori sentence command cards).

You or another child could hide the objects around the room. Whatever the participating child’s level, he or she could find the object, trace the letter or word on the card on a clipboard, and find another object until all the the objects are found. Then the child could hide the objects for another child (in a class or in a home with siblings). The completed cards could be stapled together to make a simple booklet.

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Have a wonderful Christmas!

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    • Deb says

      Thanks, Jen! Your Random Acts of Kindness Scavenger Hunt is fabulous … I love all the things you do to truly make a difference. Have a wonderful Christmas! 🙂

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