Christmas Dingbats - PowerPoint

Christmas Dingbats are a festive and engaging way to enhance inference and deduction skills. These puzzles are designed to get students' brains working as they focus on words and their arrangement to uncover hidden phrases with a Christmas theme. The PowerPoint presentation guides students through a series of dingbats, challenging them to look closely at the words and consider their layout to solve the puzzle. For example, the phrase "walking in a winter wonderland" is cleverly depicted by placing the word 'walking' between 'a winter' and 'wonderland', prompting learners to deduce the well-known Christmas lyric from the visual clue provided.

The educational resource provides a variety of dingbats, each with a unique solution that requires a bit of creative thinking and word play. Answers range from 'Three kings', cleverly hinted at by the names of British kings Harold, William, and Edward, to 'Snowman', indicated by an 's' next to a 'no man' symbol. Other answers include 'pigs in blankets', 'Little Donkey', and 'Home for Christmas', each puzzle offering a different approach to the word arrangement. Students are encouraged to have a go at solving these dingbats, which not only serve as a fun activity but also as a tool to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The resource includes worksheets to further practice these skills, making it an ideal choice for festive classroom activities.