A DexteDoodle Story & Activity Set · For Pre-Writers

If You Play Tag at Christmas Time

A Christmas story your child reads, colors, draws themselves into, and drives through.

Print it tonight. Ages 3–5.

I share the stories I have written and invite your child to trace, color, and draw along. — Kasandra

Read it first. Then let them draw and color themselves into the story.

On paper, or on a tablet with a finger — here it is on a tablet.

Print any page again whenever the crayons come out.

The storyIf You Play Tag at Christmas TimeThe whole book, to print or read on a tablet.

The coloring storyEvery scene in clean linesThey color it, then draw themselves into it.

The mazes14 Christmas story mazesDexte drives to the North Pole. Print them, or trace them on a tablet.

Cut and glue12 cut-and-glue scenesSnip the pieces out and build the scene. Scissors, a glue stick, a grown-up nearby.

The mapThe Pre-Writing Road map + ChecklistWhere your child is on the road to writing, and what to hand them next.

For the fridgeA DexteDoodle CertificateCelebrate their wins with Dexte's Certificate Maker.

The HandCutting, gluing, holding the paper still — fine motor skill development.

The StrokesKeeping the crayon inside Dexte's road — pencil control.

The PicturesFinishing a picture, then drawing one of their own, on purpose.

A circle today is a letter later.

$12

Yours the moment you check out. Files you download and keep.

Coming in October: the printed set in a box — with Dexte beads, lacing roads, stickers and a postcard.

Ages

Built for 3 to 5. The Checklist shows you where your child is, and the pages meet them there.

What you need at home

A printer, crayons, child-safe scissors and a glue stick. The cut-and-glue pages say which lines a grown-up cuts.

Paper or screen?

Paper first. The tablet mazes and coloring pages are for the car and the waiting room — no wifi needed once you have them.

What's next?

The next Story & Activity Set for this story — tracing, letters, and their own name.

Children's book author with a passion to support parents of future writers through pre-writing and early writing resources.

Everything you need for a learning adventure is already planned.