I Spy Christmas Adapted Book
A printable Christmas interactive book for December. Every page shows the same eight Christmas pictures; the child hunts for the one the page names and completes 'The reindeer is here' with a card.
- 8 pages
- Picture cards included
- Free printable PDF
- Editable in browser
December vocabulary as a hunt: tree, gift, reindeer, snowman, star, bell, stocking, candy cane. The scene is the same on every page, so the child learns the eight pictures quickly, and the question does the work. Find the stocking among seven other Christmas things, place its card in the sentence strip, and the page reads 'The stocking is here'.
The last weeks of the term are loud, and this book is a quiet one: a single question per page, a familiar scene, and a piece that goes in one place. Special education teachers run it as an independent work task, speech therapists use it as a receptive labeling probe with a seasonal hook, and parents keep a copy for the long wait before Christmas dinner.
It prints in landscape with the answer cards on a longer last page, and the assembly page covers lamination, binder, and glue-once builds. Santa, an elf, mittens, and a snowflake are ready in the picture library for swaps.
When to use this book
The first three weeks of December, holiday centers, speech sessions working on 'The ___ is here' sentences, and independent work systems once the routine is learned.
How to customize this book
- Name all eight pictures together before the first hunt.
- Swap in Santa, the elf, or the mittens from the picture library to match your class's words.
- Use the cards on their own as a matching deck at the holiday table.
- Hunt for the real thing after a page: the tree in the hall, a bell on the door.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the sentence strip say?
- 'The ___ is here.' The page asks 'I spy the reindeer', the child finds the reindeer in the scene and places its card in the empty box, so the page reads 'The reindeer is here'.
- Which pictures are in the scene?
- Tree, gift, reindeer, snowman, star, bell, stocking, and candy cane, and each one gets its own page. Every picture can be swapped in the maker; Santa, an elf, mittens, and a snowflake are ready in the picture library.
- Why is Santa not in the scene?
- Every I spy page reads 'I spy the ___' and 'The ___ is here', and 'the Santa' is not a sentence a teacher would read aloud. Santa is in the picture library, so a page that asks for him is one swap away in the maker.
- Does it work for a class that does not celebrate Christmas?
- Snowman, star, bell, gift, and tree are winter and everyday words, so many teachers swap out the stocking and the candy cane for the mittens and the snowflake and run it as a winter hunt.
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