Curated OER
Winter Holidays
Students investigate the traditions associated with winter holidays. They examine why most of the holidays are associated with light. They examine the origins and customs of these holidays before creating an original holiday.
Curated OER
Winter Words
In this winter snowman vocabulary activity worksheet, students cut out four snowman heads with a word pertaining to winter on each. They cut out 4 snowman bodies with corresponding pictures. They match, and glue together.
Curated OER
Celebrate World Holidays with Hanukkah Lesson Plans, Kwanzaa Activities and More
Every year millions of people around the world celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other holidays.
Curated OER
Calendar Activity Set
In these calendar activities worksheets, students view and use a calendar with the days of the week, holiday stickers, months of the year, number squares one to thirty-one, the "Days of the Months" poem, and a calendar research activity....
Curated OER
Holiday Giving From the Classroom
Students participate in a holiday giving activity to learn about community involvement. In this community outreach lesson, students discuss giving and receiving as well as the gift of time. Students prepare songs and holiday cards to...
Curated OER
Winter Holiday Ideas
Students celebrate winter holidays. In this winter holidays lesson, students have a Hanukkah party and make latkas, celebrate Christmas by making Christmas tree cones, and observe Kwanzaa with a special activity. A game, a song, a...
Scholastic
Groundhog Day
A simple activity for a simple, but special, holiday. Young learners read a brief history of Groundhog Day, practice reading aloud, and then discuss how shadows are formed.
Disney
Penguin Ornament
Welcome the arrival of winter with this cute printable penguin ornament. Simply cut out the template, make a few folds, add some glue, and your children have themselves a wonderful decoration for the holiday season.
ESL Holiday Lessons
Kwanzaa
Teach English language learners about the week-long holiday of Kwanzaa that is celebrated around the world during December. It includes holiday-themed reading comprehension passages, phrase matching, fill-in-the-blanks, and journaling...
Teacher.org
Christmas Around the World Part 1
A creative lesson shines a spotlight on Christmas celebrations throughout six different countries. Scholars read an informative text and share their new-found knowledge with their peers. After hearing about each country, pupils choose...
Woo! Jr. Kids
Charlie Brown Christmas Coloring Page with Snoopy
Pay homage to the classic movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and encourage holiday cheer with a coloring page featuring Charlie standing near the iconic drooping Christmas tree and Snoopy on top of his decorated doghouse.
Woo! Jr. Kids
Charlie Brown Christmas Coloring Pages with the Peanuts Gang
Spread holiday cheer with a coloring page that features the Peanuts Gang singing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing around a decorated Christmas tree—a scene from the movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Curated OER
Winter Wonderland
Students brainstorm a list of the activities they can participate in during the winter months. In groups, they rotate between stations in which they can practice or try the different winter sports. To end the lesson, they can play the...
Curated OER
Winter Waltz
Students pretend their room is an imaginary frozen pond. In this performing arts lesson, students create the illusion that they are skating on the pond by using wax paper on their feet. Finally, students get in the winter mood by...
Capo Beach Calvary
The Messiah Is Born
Use this simple nativity lesson in pre-kindergarten through third grade to familiarize children with Bible verses by way of a hands-on learning activity and coloring page.
Lerner Publishing
Dinosaur on Hanukkah
Menorahs, latkes, and dreidels are all part of Hanukkah. As part of a celebration of the holiday, class members listen to the tale of a decidedly devious dinosaur that causes a fuss playing with candles, dreidels, and latkes. Youngsters...
ESL Kid Stuff
Christmas Lesson 2
Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL instructional activity.
Curated OER
Christmas Spirit?
Pupils examine how they greet the holiday season and participate in a class discussion to explore the ongoing debate on how best to celebrate the holidays. They read and discuss an article, and write a personal essay.
Math Drills
Christmas Cartesian Art Tree
Spruce up graphing practice with an activity that has young mathematicians plot points on a coordinate plane, and then connect the points to create a Christmas tree.
Math Drills
Christmas Cartesian Art Santa
Santa has his eye on you in a graphing activity that has young mathematicians plot ordered pairs on a Cartesian plane. After joining the points together, a picture of jolly Santa Claus comes to life.
Curated OER
Seasonal Activities
In this seasonal worksheet, students investigate activities that match a particular season by cutting out 12 labeled activity picture cards. Students paste them in the correct seasonal space indicating if they belong in spring, summer,...
Curated OER
Making The Holidays Special
Students examine ways in which holiday television specials reflect some of the religious, historic and cultural themes of the holidays on which they focus. They create their own holiday television specials in groups, each focusing on a...
