This simple Christmas invitation to play is a great jingle bell activity for preschoolers and toddlers.
Mirror play has been making a regular appearance at our house lately, usually with some dry erase markers. However, to switch things up, I set up this simple Christmas invitation to play for three year old K and he enjoyed it quite a bit.
Then when I picked J up from school, he was excited to check it out too. He saw it and exclaimed, "Wow! What's this?!"
Simple Jingle Bell Activity for Preschoolers & Toddlers: What You'll Need
For this Christmas invitation to play, I used:
- Mirror
- Christmas cookie cutters - Ours are from this 101 Cookie Cutters set.
I set all the materials out in a wooden tray next to the mirror, but left a couple on the mirror to see what my son would do with it. Like so:
Toddlers & Preschoolers Love this Jingle Bell Activity (& You'll Love the Hidden Learning Going On!)
Although this Christmas invitation is so simple, it reinforces math concepts such as volume and estimation. K made a green tree and a gold bell.
He then did some patterning work to make a red and gold striped candy cane. Red, gold, red, gold, red...
Then he explored with the "cookie" cookie cutters (aka the gingerbread men cookie cutters) and made them dance around the mirror. It was pretty cute to see his imagination in action!
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