Build visual discrimination skills and focus on attention to detail with an Ugly Christmas sweater Problem Solving Activity.
Guess Who…Has the Best Observation Skills?
Addition, subtraction, phonics, writing…they’re all important. But what prerequisite skills do your students need to succeed with those topics or subjects? They need fine motor skills, a solid pencil grip, and, most of all…Observation Skills!
Without observation skills, young learners cannot grasp the concepts they need to be successful. Attention to detail is critical when completing any academic task. That’s why we’ve created a fun, new Christmas Observation Activity for you to do with your students this year!
Make Observations to Find the Ugly Christmas Sweater
This printable activity is the perfect way to help your little learners brush up on their colors, shapes, sight words, and foundational reading skills, plus it focuses on building close observation skills.
To complete this activity, we recommend breaking out your magnifying glasses and setting your students up to work like little scientists! To use this resource, do the following.
- Put students into small groups of 3-4.
- Give your students one Christmas sweater clue card, a recording sheet, a pencil, and a magnifying glass.
- Station each group at a sweater card in a different location around the room.
- Students will read their clue and then closely observe the Christmas sweater on their card to determine if it is the sweater being described.
- They record the match on their sheet if they have the right sweater/clue card match. If they do not, they move to another sweater card to make another attempt at finding it.
- When students find the sweater that matches their card, they bring you their clue card. Switch the clue card with another and send them off to find the sweater matching the new clue.
- Continue until students find all the ugly Christmas sweaters on the clue cards.
Download and Print Your Ugly Christmas Sweater Search and Find
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This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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