Jingle All the Way to a Christmas Word Wall List

The holiday season provides a fun opportunity for young learners to build their vocabulary through exposure to a festive new words list. There are so many joyful activities centring around the sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of Christmas time. Why not capitalise on this natural excitement to expand little ones’ language in your classroom using our Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary list and activities.

A popular classroom technique involves creating an interactive Christmas word wall list. We have created a free printable Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary Display for you to download. This visually appealing display engages kids in spotting, reading and practicing terms again and again. For a festive spin on the concept, gather a collection of Christmas vocabulary (lots more at the bottom of the post) like:

Christmas Vocabulary List

• Tree
• Ornament
• Star
• Candle
• Wreath
• Santa
• Reindeer
• Present
• Carol
• Stocking
• Snowman
• Candy cane
• Cookie
• Sleigh
• Ring

Using The Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary List to Teach Through Play

Once the Christmas word wall vocabulary list is created, get creative finding ways for tots to explore each word’s meaning through play. Here are some ideas to spark their interests:

• Tree – Read “The Christmas Tree” book. Have kids act out being a growing tree.
• Ornament – Make shakers from pom poms glued inside gift boxes for hanging on a tree.
• Star – String gold stars on yarn to make a “twinkling” mobile for over learning areas.
• Candle – Create “candles” from Q-tips stuck in play dough and role play lighting them.
• Wreath – Finger paint pinecones, cotton balls, and more to make natural wreaths.
• Santa – Set up a North Pole post office with Santa letters to “send” in a mailbox, make a Santa face plate

Rotating words and pairing them with multi-sensory experiences can optimise retention of language. Seeing target vocabulary illustrated on the word wall further develops literacy foundations. Wishing you joyous and language-rich holiday learning!

Free Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary Printable Download

To start you off we have created a Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary printable PDF for you to download and use in your class.

10 Sensory Christmas Word Wall Vocabulary Activities

Here are 10 sensory Christmas word wall activities with instructions, you may also like our Christmas Sensory Stories – You Might Be an Elf and Walking In a Winter Wonderland (both free):

1. Jingle Bells Play Dough: Kids roll out green play dough to form bells. Add play dough string and practice saying “Jingle bells” while squeezing.
2. Ring Around the Ornament: Glue jingle bell shape stickers in a circle around paper ornaments. Hide numbers/letters and have kids find the correct ones.
3. Snowball Toss: Write words inside Styrofoam balls. Toss and read the word that’s caught. Can be made into a matching game too.
4. Candle Writing: Have kid “write” words by rolling Q-tips with red paint along cookie sheets painted with batter (candles).
5. Gingerbread Man Search: Hide mini paper gingerbread people with words inside a felt Christmas tree. Lift flaps to find the words.
6. Card Stamping: Stamp Christmas words onto cards using cotton balls (candy canes), pom poms (ornaments) and more textured natural materials for stamps.
7. Snowglobe Shaking: Write words on paper snowflakes and glue inside baby food jars half-filled with glitter glue or shaving cream. Seal lids on and have kids identify words by shaking snowglobes.
8. Christmas Cookie Match: Laminate cookie cutter shapes with words attached. Kids match the words to the cookie shapes by textures.
9. Mitten Match: Attach Christmas word picture cards to felt mittens. Partner 1 describes the picture/word by texture without looking. Can their partner match it to the right mitten?
10. Ornament Hang: Glue jingle bells, pompoms and more textures to the tops of ornament shapes with words inside. See who can “hang” all the ornaments on the tree the fastest!

100 More Christmas Vocabulary Words

Here are 100 more Christmas words to include on the classroom word wall and explore through hands-on activities:

1. Angels
2. Star
3. Frankincense
4. Myrrh
5. Snow
6. Frost
7. Fireplace
8. Gingerbread
9. Holly
10. Lights
11. Tinsel
12. Christmas tree
13. Ornaments
14. Candy cane
15. Bells
16. Present
17. Ribbon
18. Bow
19. Wrapping paper
20. Cards
21. Nutcracker
22. Reindeer
23. Sleigh bells
24. Chimney
25. Santa
26. Elves
27. North Pole
28. Christmas cracker
29. Poinsettias
30. Sprinkle
31. Cookies
32. Cocoa
33. S’mores
34. Hot chocolate
35. Candles
36. Carols
37. Bell
38. Carolers
39. Stocking
40. Pillow
41. Candy
42. Toys
43. Red
44. Green
45. White
46. Snowman
47. Icicles
48. Eggnog
49. Chestnuts
50. Holly
51. Crackling fire
52. Mistletoe
53. Wassail
54. Midnight
55. Evergreen
56. Pine cones
57. Christmas lights
58. Ornaments
59. Advent calendar
60. Baubles
61. Nutcracker
62. Pulled candy
63. Fruitcake
64. Pudding
65. Turkey
66. Cranberry sauce
67. Yule log
68. Figgy pudding
69. Poinsettia
70. Nativity
71. Church
72. Christmas pudding
73. Parcels
74. Mangers
75. Shepherds
76. Kings
77. Wishlists
78. Carols
79. Church service
80. Silent night
81. Deck the halls
82. Jingle bells
83. We wish you a merry Christmas
84. Joy
85. Peace
86. Love
87. Laughter
88. Family
89. Christmas eve
90. Christmas morning
91. Christmas dinner
92. Snowflake
93. Tree skirt
94. Christmas memories
95. Joy
96. Warmth
97. Family tradition
98. Blessings
99. Magic
100. Cheer
101. Friendship
102. Miracle