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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Who Is Clara Barton? – Shared Reading and Activity
Build reading fluency with a 15-slide teaching deck about Clara Barton to use as a shared reading activity this Women's History Month!
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Roll to Create a Thanksgiving Feast - Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
A fun, hands-on Thanksgiving activity using a die and a chart to create a narrative text.
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Day of the Dead Decor - Papel Picado Template
Promote cultural awareness and create your own Day of the Dead decorations with a printable Papel Picado template.
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Halloween Parts of Speech- Cut and Paste Worksheet
Have a bit of spooky fun identifying parts of speech by sorting Halloween nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a cut and paste worksheet.
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Halloween-Themed Division Word Problems - Task Cards
Use various strategies to solve division word problems with a set of Halloween Task Cards.
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Pumpkin Puzzles - Initial Sounds Match
Pick up letter-sound correspondence with pumpkin picture puzzles.
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Halloween Collaborative Coloring Sheet
Create a Halloween bulletin board with our collaborative Halloween coloring sheet.
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Write About It! I Am Thankful
Differentiate writing instruction this Thanksgiving with a group of “I Am Thankful” writing prompts for second grade and under.
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Halloween Division Mystery Picture - Multi-Digit
Have a bit of Halloween math fun with a division color by number worksheet.
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Hide the Turkey Template — Thanksgiving Activity
Save Tom the Turkey with a Disguise a Turkey project template for Thanksgiving time in the classroom.
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Halloween Division Worksheet - Riddles
Have a bit of spooky mathematical fun with our riddle-based Halloween sheets for intermediate division.
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Day of the Dead - Skeleton Craft Activity
Promote cultural awareness make a Dancing Calavera craft for Dia de Muertos.
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Thanksgiving Division Mystery Image - Worksheet
Toss in a heap of Thanksgiving Math practice with our multi-digit division mystery picture worksheet.
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Using Greater Than and Less Than Symbols - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols to compare two-digit numbers with a fun Halloween worksheet.
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Halloween Count and Compare Worksheet
Have a spooktacular time practicing number comparisons with a count and compare Halloween math worksheet.
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Halloween Comparing Numbers Worksheet - Ten Frames
Compare numbers to twenty using ten frames with a fun and engaging Halloween math worksheet.
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Printable Spider Book
Bring a bit of creepy into the classroom this Halloween with a printable leveled reader about spiders!
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How to Cook a Turkey Worksheet Pack
Use this How to Cook a Turkey Worksheet pack to encourage your early writers during Thanksgiving.
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All About Bats Mini Book
Go batty for informational text with a printable emerging reader mini book for first and second-grade readers.
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Santa Claus Coloring Page
Use a Santa Claus coloring page as a fun art activity with your students.
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Halloween 3D Objects
Build some spooky Halloween characters with this set of five 3-D net templates.
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Write a Spooky Story - Scaffolded Writing Project
Inspire your struggling writers to write spooky stories that contain all of the story elements with a set of scaffolded writing activities and final draft paper.
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Halloween Word Scramble
Have a bit of word-friendly fun with a Halloween Word Scramble worksheet.
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Write About It! Pumpkins - Differentiated Writing Prompts
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled fall writing prompts about pumpkins.
- Holidays Templates
- Holidays Worksheets
- Holidays Craft Activities
- Holidays Games
- Holidays Writing Templates
- Holidays Mini Book
- Holidays Puzzles
- Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Holidays Color by Code
- Holidays Coloring Pages
- Holidays Interactive Activities
- Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Holidays Task Cards
- Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Holidays Word Walls
- Holidays Dice Games
- Holidays Word Searches
- Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Holidays Escape Room Games
- Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Holidays Bookmarks
- Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Holidays Bingo
- Holidays Sorting Activities
- Holidays Projects
- Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Holidays Card Games
- Holidays Posters
- Holidays Mazes
- Holidays Flipbooks
- Holidays Active Games
- Holidays Flashcards
- Holidays Certificates and Awards
- Holidays Board Games
- Holidays Matchup Games
- Holidays Connect the Dots
- Holidays Brochure Templates
- Holidays Pennant Flags
- Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Holidays Tarsia Puzzles
- Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Holidays Graphic Organizers
- Holidays Fortune Teller Templates
- Holidays Tracing Worksheets
- Holidays Checklists
- Holidays Book Review Templates
- 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