Holidays Teaching Resources
If you're on the hunt for holiday-themed worksheets and printables to mark the big days and weeks throughout the school year, you know that the school year calendar is chock full of moments big and small to mark with your elementary students.
Whether you're the consummate planner who has all your classroom decorations set weeks in advance, or another classroom holiday just popped up and you realized you need a quick activity for your students, this collection of teaching resources has you covered.
This extensive collection of holiday activities for kids and event resources for the classroom is teacher-created and has been rigorously reviewed by the expert teacher team at Teach Starter to make sure every printable worksheet, holiday craft, digital resource, and classroom decoration is ready for you!
You'll find holiday crafts for kids and holiday cards from Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, Veterans Day to Presidents' Day, plus curriculum-aligned holiday teaching resources for math, science, reading, writing, and more for each American holiday (big and small).
Also included are resources to help you mark the major awareness weeks and celebrations throughout the school year such as Red Ribbon Week, Fire Prevention Week, and more.
Holiday Teaching Resources Included
Whatever the holiday you're looking to celebrate in the classroom, this collection has you covered with interactive activities, bulletin board kits and classroom door decorations, printable word searches, coloring pages, and more.
Celebrations within this teacher-created resource collection include:
- Halloween
- Presidents' Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Valentine's Day
- September 11th/Patriot Day
- Constitution Day
- International Dot Day
- Grandparents Day
- Christmas
- Easter
- Labor Day
- Dia de Los Muertos
- New Year's Eve
- Lunar New Year
- Election Day
- St Patrick's Day
- Eid al-Adha
- And more!
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Printable Dog Tag Veterans Day Card
Spend time writing letters to veterans and gift them a heartfelt Veterans Day dog tag thank you card.
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Christmas Calendar - Advent Coloring Pages
Count down the days until Christmas in your classroom with printable advent coloring pages.
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Veterans Day - 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Explore this 4th Grade Reading Comprehension pack and learn about the Veterans Day holiday.
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Veterans Day Acrostic Poem Template
Show appreciation to military service members by writing Veterans Day Acrostic Poems with this printable soldier poem template.
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Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Kit - Thankful For My Little Turkeys
Put up a cute Turkey Bulletin Board to show off you thankful you are for all the little turkeys in your classroom.
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Haunted House for Sale - Creative Writing for 5th Grade
Use persuasive language and description writing to sell a haunted house with this exciting Halloween Haunted House Project!
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Veterans Day Craft - Poppy & Flag Agamograph
Create an amazing optical illusion with this printable Veterans day craft activity.
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Veterans Day for Kids - Instructional Slide Deck
Guide your students to discover the origin of Veterans Day and how it is celebrated in the United States with a teaching slide deck.
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Parts of Speech Worksheet - Halloween Nouns and Verbs
Identify nouns and verbs and put them in the correct pumpkin patch with this cut and paste Halloween Parts of Speech worksheet.
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Rounding to 10, 100, and 1,000 Worksheet - Halloween Color-By-Number
Round each number to the place of the underlined digit with a fun Halloween color-by-number worksheet.
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Halloween Grammar Practice Worksheets - Apostrophe Practice
Practice using apostrophes of possession and in contractions with a set of spooktacular Halloween Apostrophe worksheets.
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The Day of the Dead for Kids - Reading Prose Comprehension Test
Read and learn about the Mexican holiday, Dia De Los Muertos, with printable 4th grade reading prose comprehension worksheets.
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How to Draw a Firefighter — Directed Drawing for Kids
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a pair of "How to Draw a Firefighter" worksheets.
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Funky Gingerbread Man Template
Craft a batch of cute cookies with a funky gingerbread man template.
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Counting Clip Cards - Fire Safety
Practice counting objects with a set of 18 fire-themed counting clip cards.
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Halloween Multiplication Color By Number Worksheet
Practice multiplying single-digit numbers with a Halloween color-by-number worksheet.
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Halloween A to Z - Vocabulary Activity
Build. a spooktacular vocabulary and boost knowledge of parts of speech with a printable Halloween A to Z worksheet.
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Halloween Addition Worksheet
Count on to solve spooky addition problems in this 2-page Halloween Addition Worksheet.
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Frankly, I Think Drugs Are Frightful Writing Template - Red Ribbon Week
Celebrate Red Ribbon Week and Halloween with a printable Red Ribbon Week Frankenstein craft.
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Halloween Would You Rather? - Interactive Game
Engage your students in spooky, fun and thought-provoking discussions in an engaging interactive game of Halloween Would You Rather?
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What Should My Teacher Be For Halloween? Writing Activity Pack
Have your students decide and write about what costume the teacher should wear on Halloween with a differentiated Halloween writing activity.
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Pumpkin Count and Color - Halloween Math Worksheet
Use these Halloween math worksheets to practice counting sets of objects up to ten.
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Spooky Halloween Math Centers for Kindergarten
Save time writing your October Math Lesson plans with a Digital Halloween math activity for kindergarten.
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Grandparents' Day Song — Printable
Surprise grandma and grandpa on Grandparents’ Day with a special performance of our Grandparents’ Day Song!
- Holidays Templates
- Holidays Worksheets
- Holidays Craft Activities
- Holidays Games
- Holidays Writing Templates
- Holidays Puzzles
- Holidays Mini Book
- Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Holidays Coloring Pages
- Holidays Task Cards
- Holidays Interactive Activities
- Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Holidays Color by Code
- Holidays Word Walls
- Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Holidays Word Searches
- Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Holidays Escape Room Games
- Holidays Bookmarks
- Holidays Dice Games
- Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Holidays Sorting Activities
- Holidays Bingo
- Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Holidays Projects
- Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Holidays Posters
- Holidays Flipbooks
- Holidays Mazes
- Holidays Active Games
- Holidays Flashcards
- Holidays Board Games
- Holidays Matchup Games
- Holidays Connect the Dots
- Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Holidays Brochure Templates
- Holidays Certificates and Awards
- Holidays Card Games
- Holidays Graphic Organizers
- Holidays Pennant Flags
- Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Holidays Book Review Templates
- Holidays Fortune Teller Templates
- Holidays Tracing Worksheets
- Holidays Checklists
- Holidays Tarsia Puzzles
- Holidays for Pre-K
- Holidays for Kindergarten
- Holidays for 1st Grade
- Holidays for 2nd Grade
- Holidays for 3rd Grade
- Holidays for 4th Grade
- Holidays for 5th Grade
- Holidays for 6th Grade
- Holidays for 7th Grade