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Christmas Adapted Books Music Movement | Vocabulary Gross Motor | OT SLP SPED

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By the special-ed teacher behind File Folder Heaven — rated 4.95★ across 27,000+ teacher reviews on TPT.

These Christmas Adapted Books combine music AND movement to teach Christmas vocabulary, gross motor skills, motor planning, imitation, and following directions. "Santa's Flying Out" (adapted song book) and "Moving at the North Pole" (movement book) give you two engaging formats in one download — perfect for circle time, brain breaks, and December units.

🎅 Perfect for:

  • Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting Christmas vocabulary, following directions, imitation, and music-supported language goals
  • Occupational Therapists working on gross motor, motor planning, and imitation skills
  • Special Education teachers building Christmas and winter units
  • Autism classrooms working on vocabulary, imitation, and movement
  • Music Therapists building song-and-movement lessons
  • Adapted Physical Education (APE) teachers integrating movement with language
  • ABA therapists running discrete trial vocabulary and imitation programs
  • Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
  • Homeschool families with young learners

🎄 What's Included — 2 Books + Movement Cards:

Book 1: Santa's Flying Out (Adapted Song Book)

  • Sung to the tune of She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain
  • Teaches Christmas vocabulary through song
  • Interactive matching pieces
  • Christmas labeling extension activity

Book 2: Moving at the North Pole (Movement Book)

  • Gross motor skills, motor planning, following directions, and imitation
  • Includes standalone Movement Cards

🎯 Skills Targeted:

Christmas and winter vocabulary, gross motor skills, motor planning, imitation skills, following directions, sing-along participation, vocabulary labeling, listening comprehension, expressive and receptive language, sequencing, and fine motor skills (matching pieces).

Sample Verse (Santa's Flying Out):

"Santa's flying out to see us Christmas Day!

He will fly out in his favorite shiny sleigh!

He'll be bringing lots of candy —

Oh that Santa, he's a dandy,

Watch his furry, flying reindeer lead the way!"

Sung To "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain"

How to Use:

Sing Santa's Flying Out to the familiar tune while students match pictures and sing along, then complete the Christmas labeling activity. Use Moving at the North Pole as a movement break or circle time activity — read and model each movement while students imitate, or let students choose movement cards. Perfect for getting the "wiggles" out while building language AND gross motor skills during the busy December season.

Ways to Use:

  • Christmas, winter, and December thematic units
  • Circle time, brain breaks, and movement breaks
  • Speech therapy vocabulary, imitation, and following-directions sessions
  • OT gross motor and motor planning sessions
  • Music therapy song-and-movement lessons
  • Adapted Physical Education (APE) lessons
  • ABA discrete trial vocabulary and imitation training
  • Independent work systems (TEACCH)
  • Transitions and "wiggle break" fillers
  • Take-home and tele-therapy practice