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Christmas Is Coming
Lesson plans, crafts, and more to help create holiday cheer
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
What would a survey of winter holidays and cultural celebrations be without Christmas? As your students get excited and antsy for winter recess, capture their attention with these fun teaching ideas and festive classroom crafts.
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Celebrate Winter Holidays Interactive Unit
Celebrate Winter Holidays
Students explore three fun interactive scrapbooks to learn the history and traditions behind Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
Celebrate Winter Holidays Teacher's Guide
Lessons to help your students learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other holidays around the world
Holiday Crafts
Holiday Craft Ideas for Your Classroom
Celebrate the holiday season with these craft ideas for Kwanzaa wreaths, reindeer puppets, snowmen ornaments, and more!
Fun Holiday Crafts
Create these easy-to-make holiday decorations and crafts, including a Hanukkah mobile, Kwanzaa cards, and more!
Holiday Math Crafts
Celebrate this festive season with hands-on creations that build essential math skills
Lesson Plans
Let's Celebrate Christmas!
Spark a class discussion about Christmas by comparing and contrasting it to other cultural holidays such as Ramadan, Diwali, and Hanukkah.
Winter Holidays: Celebrating Diversity
This Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson teaches respect and appreciation of diversity by introducing children to holiday celebrations, customs, and traditions through reading, language, and art.
How Do You Celebrate?
Read and recite facts about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa customs. Then use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast them.
Celebrate La Posada in Mexico!
Classroom activities to help familiarize students with the Mexican holiday La Posada
"The Gift of the Magi" Vocabulary Activities
These vocabulary activities help students to learn definitions and also to use and apply the vocabulary words in various contexts.
- Subjects:African American, Mexican and Mexican American, Christmas, Winter Themes
