Winter Holidays Teaching Resources
Getting your classroom ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the rest of the winter holidays on the horizon? You're in luck!
Our team of teachers from around the US has created winter holiday worksheets, activities, games, and more to make the holidays bright and merry — even if the temperatures outside are bitter cold! Celebrate the major calendar events in an inclusive manner with options for engaging students in multicultural ways.
What Holidays Are Celebrated in Winter?
If you want to get technical, winter begins in December on the Winter Solstice, also know as the shortest day of the year. And yet because the thermometer drops in much of the country well before the solstice, some consider Thanksgiving to be the start of the winter holidays.
Other holidays that fall during the winter season include:
- Christmas
- Hanukkah
- Kwanzaa
- New Year's Eve
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Lunar New Year
- Valentine's Day
- Read Across America Day
Celebrating Winter Holidays in the Classroom
Looking for the best ways to celebrate any (or all!) of the winter holidays? The Teach Starter team of teachers has created printable and digital options — many of which align to the curriculum — to bring the holiday spirit into your classroom. These themed resources can also display the students’ information in new ways around the classroom. This collection contains a variety of resources for all classrooms.
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United States Patriotic Symbols - Holiday Worksheets
Build and write sentences about patriotic holidays in the United States with a group of six holiday sentence-building worksheets.
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Chinese New Year for Kids - Zodiac Animal Craft Templates
Get crafty and teach your students about the Lunar New year with printable zodiac animal New Year's hat templates.
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Funky Reindeer Craft Template
Download the famous Teach Starter funky reindeer template! This Christmas craft activity is perfect for practicing Zentangle patterns.
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Find and Color - Verb Tense Worksheet
Differentiate between different verb tenses through this 1-page coloring worksheet.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
Have some Christmas fun without the mess with a Roll-to-Create Gingerbread House Art activity.
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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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Holiday Flip Book - Christmas Printable Activities
Get busy with this engaging printable Christmas activity flip book.
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"I Have a Dream" Writing Prompt Page
Observe MLK Day by encouraging students to think about their “dream” for the future by writing it as a speech.
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Random Acts of Kindness - Holiday Edition
Inspire Random Acts of Kindness this holiday season with a printable Christmas Kindness Calendar.
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Editable Classroom Elf Letter Template
Customise a classroom elf letter to introduce your magical classroom elf!
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Ugly Christmas Sweater Design Project
Design an ugly Christmas sweater to earn your way into Santa’s Workshop with a printable Christmas STEM Project!
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Comparing Numbers Christmas Game
Have some Christmas math fun with an interactive, self-checking comparing numbers game.
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Christmas Trivia Advent Calendar Interactive
Host a Christmas trivia game show with an interactive advent calendar trivia game.
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Groundhog Day Word Scramble
Have some word-friendly fun with a Groundhog Day Word Scramble worksheet.
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Brazilian Tinsel Tail Bird Ornament Craft
Introduce students to Christmas in Brazil with a printable tinsel-tailed bird Christmas ornament template.
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Christmas - Making Inferences Task Cards and Visual Display
Skip the inferencing worksheet and have some fun with a Christmas-themed investigation activity.
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Funky Uncle Sam Craft Activity
A fun holiday craft to use for Presidents' Day and Independence Day.
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Christmas Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Celebrate Christmas time and practice those writing skills with your young sentence writers.
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Persuasive Writing Activity - Dear Mr Groundhog
Write a letter to Mr. Groundhog about the weather using this persuasive writing worksheet.
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Digital Learning Background - Happy Holidays
A special virtual background teachers and students can use around the winter holidays.
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Digital Learning Background – New Year
Celebrate the new year with a special virtual background for teachers and students.
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Digital Learning Background – Holiday Lights
A special virtual background teachers and students can use around the winter holidays.
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New Year's Pop-Up Card
Ring in the new year in your classroom with this engaging 3-D cityscape craft activity for students.
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New Year's Flip Book Template
Celebrate the coming of a new year by creating this flipbook with your students.
- Winter Holidays Templates
- Winter Holidays Worksheets
- Winter Holidays Craft Activities
- Winter Holidays Games
- Winter Holidays Coloring Pages
- Winter Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Winter Holidays Mini Book
- Winter Holidays Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Writing Templates
- Winter Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Winter Holidays Escape Room Games
- Winter Holidays Task Cards
- Winter Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Winter Holidays Color by Code
- Winter Holidays Word Walls
- Winter Holidays Interactive Activities
- Winter Holidays Dice Games
- Winter Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Active Games
- Winter Holidays Bingo
- Winter Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Projects
- Winter Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Winter Holidays Word Searches
- Winter Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Winter Holidays Mazes
- Winter Holidays Card Games
- Winter Holidays Flipbooks
- Winter Holidays Dominoes
- Winter Holidays Bookmarks
- Winter Holidays Matchup Games
- Winter Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Winter Holidays Posters
- Winter Holidays Connect the Dots
- Winter Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Winter Holidays Pennant Flags
- Winter Holidays Sorting Activities
- Winter Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Winter Holidays for Pre-K
- Winter Holidays for Kindergarten
- Winter Holidays for 1st Grade
- Winter Holidays for 2nd Grade
- Winter Holidays for 3rd Grade
- Winter Holidays for 4th Grade
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- Winter Holidays for 7th Grade