This post shares 25 classroom learning ideas for activities and lessons to keep students engaged with learning during the holidays. *FREEBIE
Making Christmas Tree Cones In The Classroom is such a fun activity for your class Christmas party. These sugar cone Christmas trees are always a hit!
Do you teach your students about the various holidays around the world? I like to begin our unit with looking at our own traditions.
Host a classroom holiday party in your kids' classrooms or scout groups with low-prep, low-mess, low-cost games, activities, and crafts.
Holidays Around the World videos for teachers that feature unique customs and Christmas traditions in 15 different countries. Make your holiday lesson come alive with these amazing videos for teachers!
This fun and simple snowman art project is perfect for holiday classroom parties that need a winter-theme...no two snowmen will be the same!
Elementary teacher looking for writing inspiration for Christmas classroom decoration ideas? This FREE template is the perfect way to celebrate kindness by having kids write acts they have seen and create a string of lights! The perfect Christmas craft for the classroom!
For an extensive list of Christmas party game ideas tailored for a diverse array of guests, check out our merry inventory of games and activities!
The best Christmas classroom ideas including classroom Christmas door decor, classroom decor, holiday classroom management ideas and so much more!
Free Printable I Spy Christmas Activity. Use this I Spy game for a classroom party, church Christmas party, or as a road trip boredom buster.
Learn some of my favorite ideas for a Holidays Around the World classroom party with simple crafts, math games, taste tests and mini celebrations based on Christmas traditions around the world.
Find December activities even students that don't celebrate holidays can do. Free downloads, teaching ideas and alternative classroom activities to accommodate students who don't celebrate Christmas or holidays.
Give your classroom a festive feel with these holiday lights.
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Christmas from around the world is a great for holiday lesson plans! We'll cover Christmas around the world decorations, holiday culture from different countries, Christmas food from around the world, and cool family traditions around Christmas season from different parts of the world for the holidays for students and kids in the classroom and festive season at home learning.
In my classroom, the holiday season was a busy time. Unfortunately, with all of the end of the year craziness, there wasn’t much time left for planning fun activities. To make it easier to bring fun, hands-on activities into your classroom during this busy season, we have compiled a list of 12 Day
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Are you looking for Christmas preschool science center ideas? Set up a Christmas or holiday-themed weigh station activity. It's a fun way to combine early science, math, and seasonal fun. Learn
Learn how to teach holidays around the world in a way that makes it magical for your students! Find unique activities and free printables.
Learn how to teach holidays around the world in a way that makes it magical for your students! Find unique activities and free printables.
From Elf on the Shelf ideas to holiday rock painting tutorials, check out these awesome Christmas crafts that will keep you (and the kids!) busy all through the holidays!
I think I get as excited as my kids do about their holiday class parties. I love creating fun treats and creating fun games for the kids to play. I created this low prep, super fun Santa
Looking for some simple classroom Christmas ideas to help save your sanity this December? 5 teacher tested tips to try with your 2nd or 3rd grade class.
It's that time of year when everything gets so busy! I love the Christmas season, but it's a lot! It's especially fun and super busy in the classroom. We always have a winter party on the last day of school. In the last two districts I have taught in, the last day was a 2 hour day in which we could have our party. I used to do the whole traditional classroom Christmas party, but for the last few years I started doing station rotations. It made such a difference! Everything was organized, not chaotic, and the students had so much fun. I like to do a theme for the whole day. I have done a reindeer theme and an elf theme, so this year I finally decided to put them in a resource to post in my TPT store. I usually do 4-5 stations, but I added more to the pack in case you needed them to stretch out all day. In this post, I will share some tips and all of the stations to you can do for an elf-themed holiday party. You don't have to do decorations, but if you decide that you want to, I have included some printable banners and signs. I usually just have my tree up and I add plastic tablecloths to their tables for easy clean up. One year, I grabbed the wrapping paper that kids can color on, and it was perfect to put on their tables! They colored while they waited for me to be all set up! For the past several years for food, we would order biscuit sandwiches from Hardee's or McDonald's ahead of time and a parent would pick them up. I would just ask for drink, plate, napkin, and cup donations from parents. If you want to do the snack and drink ideas from the pack, you can send this parent note home a couple of weeks before. I also included blank editable ones for whatever food option you want to do with your class. Again, you can do these stations all day or shorten them to fit a certain time. You can do all the stations or some of the stations. You may not want to do them as stations, but do them as whole group activities. I tried to make them flexible enough to fit your needs and time constraints. If you do stations, I would give them at least 20 minutes per station. I included numbers that you can add to each of the station signs so that students can follow the order you have set in place when it's time to rotate. When students come in that morning, I like to have something ready to go for them to do, so they can color this elf picture while they wait for the day to begin. Pull out all of your elf books! You may want to read one to get your day started and your students into that elf mindset. If you are doing stations or activities all day, you can sprinkle these elf read alouds all throughout the day. After the first read aloud, you can also have students fill out an elf application before going to their stations for fun! Now let's look at the stations! Each station is super fun and not standards-based. They need a day to just have fun with their friends. They have worked so hard all year! Each station has a sign. I used a binder clip to sit it up. At each station, I would have all of the materials needed and ready to go. Have students take their art box with them, because they will need them for some of the activities. At the elf craft station, they will make these simple but cute elves. Have each of the templates copied and ready for them to cut. You can print my example and hang it for them to copy. After each rotation, have them sit whatever they made on their desk so it will be ready to pack at the end of the day. My students always love BINGO. Each student will get a different board. Have one student be the caller (they can rotate for each game). You can have counters at this station for them to cover their boards. For the STEM station, students will build elf traps. You may want to put the book How to Catch an Elf at this station. I made this station very adaptable so that you could use whatever you have on hand to build the traps. On the direction sign, write the materials that students can use. They can use the little elves to model how their trap will work. For the directed drawing station, print and hang the steps for drawing the elf. Leave a stack of white paper for students to use. At Santa's Toy Shop, each student will get this toy line mat. They can build toys with their Play-Doh, and then put them on the toy line. In your classroom library, put out a tub of holiday books for students to read. They will love buddy reading with their friends! There are two color by number options for you to choose from. Students will solve the addition fact and color the space the correct color. Again, you can do these snacks or come up with your own. These are just really easy and fun. Students will make an elf hat with a waffle cone, green icing, and marshmallows. Make sure to tell parents to get the cones that are flat on the bottom. For the hot cocoa, this is the easiest recipe in the world! Just pour chocolate milk into the slow cooker. It tastes delicious! Make sure you get it going in enough time for it to be heated up. The great thing about these stations is that students are independent while you can do other things that need to be done for your next activity. If parents come, you can have them go with their child's group. They can lead them in each activity. I can also use the last rotation or two to get my holiday decor taken down and the room cleaned up. We always had to have our stuff down fairly quickly, so it makes the day much more stress free. You will have to let me know if you decide to throw an elf party! It's also a great time to send your classroom elf off with this fun party. I hope your students love this party as much as mine have! Click HERE or any of the photos to grab the party pack.
Find fun ideas for a Christmas around the world virtual field trip and learn how easy it is to create your own with Power Point!
Find favorite classroom Christmas activities that will quickly become holiday traditions you can't wait to do with your students!
The Elf on the Shelf needs your help! Using only toothpicks and gumdrops, can you build the tallest shelf for the elf in this fun winter STEM challenge?
It's the most wonderful time of the year! It can also be the most overwhelming! Host a classroom event that will have them engaged and learning!
This post shares 25 classroom learning ideas for activities and lessons to keep students engaged with learning during the holidays. *FREEBIE
Looking for a fun Christmas math activity? The holiday math pennant activities in this post allow students to practice their math, get a little creative and add to their math classroom decorations! Ideas for elementary school, including fractions, and middle and high school, including graphing linear equations and solving equations.
Free Printable I Spy Winter Activity is the perfect for a classroom celebration, church party, or family game, or just to keep kids occupied on a rainy day.
There are so many things I wish I could go and redo during my first few years of teaching. I wish I spent more time on guided reading. I wish […]
This list of 5 ways to keep your students engaged in your classroom during the holiday season includes some helpful tips to survive the holidays.
The best Christmas classroom ideas including classroom Christmas door decor, classroom decor, holiday classroom management ideas and so much more!
Here are some of my favorite Christmas read alouds for upper elementary and ways you can use them in your classroom. Students will love these books!
There are pumpkins everywhere you look, costume plans are being discussed on social media, and the shops are filled with holiday goodies. In the classroom, students are ready - more than ready - for Halloween. They are certain to be engaged in anything to do with ghosts, horror houses, black cats or
Classroom Christmas parties can be tough! We want to have some holiday fun with our students, but we are exhausted! We are desperately trying to finish report cards, make parent holiday gifts, bake, shop, etc, etc. I actually love party planning and if this teaching thing doesn’t end up working out- I may become a
What's Christmas without ugly Christmas sweaters? Here is a fun ugly Christmas sweater craft that will get your kids' creative juices flowing!
Would You Rather Questions are a great way to get kids talking or writing. They can be used as journal prompts, for graphing, or just for discussion when you have a few extra minutes. Here are 20 fun Christmas Themed Would You Rather Questions for you to use with your students! Wishing you a joyous ... Read More about Would You Rather Questions for Christmas
Fun STEM Challenge Minute to Win It Games for kids class parties, family holiday parties, or birthday parties. Little prep needed, easy to have materials.
I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching this week! This week, I have been thinking a lot about giving back. So, I decided that every week there will be a discount on one of the most popular resources in my store and a FREE activity pack delivered by mail each month (to subscribers)! So […]
This printable Christmas game is a fun version of the Who Am I? game, featuring a range of well known characters from Christmas traditional stories, books and movies. Family fun for the holidays, or try it out in the classroom or with your youth or community group. Free printable and simple to play.
This holiday writing activity is perfect to get your upper elementary students thinking about what brings them joy. These will make a beautiful hall display
I love any excuse to make our learning environment festive! Here are some of my favorite holiday ideas for the classroom! Elves at Work I added these cute signs above work spaces in our classroom where my students frequently work. They love it for the month of December! (freebie below!) Wrap desks and tables This […]
Teachers often struggle to decide how to handle the winter holidays in public schools. This blog post will help you plan a Holidays Around the World Unit.
