Looking for a fun and low-prep activity to wrap up the school year? Our Christmas Prepositions Thumbs Up Thumbs Down PowerPoint is the perfect interactive resource to reinforce prepositional language in a joyful, engaging way – no printing or prep required!

Each slide displays a Christmas-themed image (e.g. Santa under the tree, a gift on the table) and a question about a spatial relationship. Students respond by showing a thumbs up if the sentence matches the image or a thumbs down if it doesn’t. The correct answer is then revealed through a fun interactive animation to keep the learning light, visual and entertaining.

Christmas Prepositions Thumbs Up Thumbs Down PowerPoint is ideal for reviewing grammar and sentence structure while incorporating festive fun. It’s a simple, movement-friendly activity that’s perfect for Foundation through Year 2 in the final weeks of term.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and understand positional language and prepositions
• ✅ Strengthen comprehension through image-text matching
• ✅ Develop sentence-level grammar and listening skills

What’s Included:

• Interactive PowerPoint with Christmas-themed images and preposition-based questions
• Each slide includes a thumbs up/down question and animated answer reveal
• No printing or additional prep required

Materials Needed:

• Interactive whiteboard or display screen capable of running PowerPoint
• Optional: laminated thumbs up/thumbs down cards for student responses

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint on your interactive whiteboard or classroom display.
2. Show each image and read the question aloud to the class.
3. Students respond with a thumbs up or thumbs down based on whether the sentence matches the image.
4. Click to reveal the answer using the interactive animation.
5. Discuss the preposition and reinforce correct usage before moving to the next slide.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a quick warm-up or end-of-day transition activity
• 💡 Include as part of your grammar rotation during the final weeks of school
• 💡 Pair students to discuss and agree on their answer before responding
• 💡 Reinforce vocabulary like under, on, beside, in front, behind, and between
• 💡 Challenge students to create their own preposition-based Christmas sentences or slides

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use this as a movement break – get students up and gesturing with their whole bodies
• 💛 Pause after each slide to unpack the preposition and discuss why the answer is correct
• 💛 Great for fast finishers, casual relief days or as a festive filler between Christmas activities

Christmas Prepositions Thumbs Up Thumbs Down PowerPoint is a quick, fun and festive way to reinforce positional language – ideal for keeping students engaged and learning right through to the end of the year.