Winter Holidays: Everything You Need

Interactive Whiteboard Activities Celebrate Winter Holidays Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Students explore three fun interactive scrapbooks to learn the history and traditions behind Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Read more >	Writing Activities, Articles, Book Resources Classroom Activities: Celebrating Holidays and Wintertime Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Tap into students' eagerness for merrymaking with classroom activities that capture the holiday spirit and connect to the curriculum. Read more >
Book Resources, Lesson Plans Multicultural Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Teachers explain how they incorporate multiple cultures into celebrating the holiday season. Read more >	Cut and Paste Holiday! Grades: PreK–K Learn how kids from around the world celebrate holidays in this digital issue of Let’s Find Out magazine. Read more >
Shapes: Gingerbread Play Dough Mat Grades: PreK–K Kids can use play dough to decorate this Gingerbread place mat from Clifford magazine. Read more >	Giving Feels Good Grades: PreK–K Use rhymes to describe holiday gifts in this digital issue of Clifford magazine. Read more >
A Big Holiday Party Grades: 1–2 Practice using charts with this holiday-themed skills sheet from Scholastic News. Read more >	Holidays Add Up Grades: 1–2 Students solve holiday math problems using this skills sheet from Scholastic News. Read more >
“The Holiday Decorations” Grades: 3–5 Learn about other winter holidays with this Scholastic News play. Read more >	Gift-Coupon Patterns Grades: PreK–K Use this printable from Clifford to make personalized gift coupons for family and friends. Read more >
Holiday Crafts and More Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Holiday arts and crafts, ideas for a team-building field trip, and ways to liven up indoor recess. Read more >	Teaching Guides Celebrate Winter Holidays Teacher's Guide Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Lessons to help your students learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other holidays around the world Read more >
Book Resources, Lesson Plans What is Your Most Successful Holiday Activity? Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Teachers share their holiday ideas for enhancing students'listening, reading comprehension, memory, and concentration. First year teachers and... Read more >	Collections Hanukkah in the Classroom Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with these lesson plans, articles, and teaching ideas. Read more >
Time to Celebrate! Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Second-grade teacher Jackie Howes and her students always host a multicultural celebration in December. Here are some of her favorite activities. Read more >	Articles, Book Resources Bookshelf Bests: Holiday and Winter Themes (Grades K5) Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 With visions of holidays and vacation fun dancing in everyone's head, you'll have an easier time holding students' attention if you incorporate books... Read more >
Activities and Games, Unit Plans Let's Celebrate! Grades: 1–2 Students organize ideas in a chart to compare and contrast five cultural holidays. After reading books on each holiday, students make projects,... Read more >	Articles, Book Resources Bookshelf Bests: Holiday and Winter Themes (Grades 68) Grades: 6–8 You'll have an easier time holding students' attention during the holidays if you incorporate books involving December celebrations and winter... Read more >
Spotlight on Winter Holiday Books Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A wide variety of books to help celebrate the winter holiday season. Read more >	Articles Holidays: A Sampler from Around the World Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 General information on holiday celebrations around the world. Learn about holidays from many different religions and cultures, categorized by... Read more >