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Christmas Lessons and Teacher Resources
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Introduction:
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. … Modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, church celebrations, the exchange of cards, and the display of various decorations — including the Christmas tree, lights, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. Santa Claus/Father Christmas, although the two figures have different origins, is a popular mythological figure often associated with bringing gifts at Christmas for children. … Christmas is celebrated throughout the Christian population, but has also come to be celebrated by many non-Christians as a secular, cultural festival. Because gift-giving and several other aspects of the holiday involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, Christmas has become a major event for many retailers – Wikipedia
Art:
- Here’s a detailed Christmas mural idea the entire class will enjoy making (P)
- Students make marshmallow snowmen in this winter craft idea (P)
- This holiday craft idea is called “Little Angels” (P-K)
- This Christmas tree craft idea is edible! (P-2)
- Christmas bells are made in this art project (P-2)
- Making 3-D snowflake magnets is a fun winter/holiday project (P-5)
- These are lessons for making ornaments:
- This is a winter idea for creating “Marshmallow Snowmen” (K)
- In this craft project, students create a Christmas tree from hearts and buttons(K)
- Kids love to get their hands in the “green mess” of these Christmas wreath ornaments (K-2)
- This craft idea is for making a Christmas Wishing Tree (K-2)
- This idea combines making snowmen and rhyming (K-3)
- “Cooperative Snowmen” is another lesson for the winter months (K-3)
- Children will love making and giving this holiday gift craft – pinecone air fresheners (K-3)
- This is an idea for crafting Christmas puzzle picture frames (K-5)
- This idea is for making decorative Christmas ornaments out of light bulbs (K-8)
- This cardinal-inspired paper craft teaches children about circles and cutting on a curved line. (1)
- This is an interesting art idea for creating “Holiday Rugs” (1-2)
- This is a holiday gift bag craft idea (1-3)
- In this lesson on the joys of giving, kids make fragrant bath salts to give as gifts for Christmas and other occasions (3-6)
- Here is a Christmas lesson on the Advent Calendar (also a Religion lesson) (3-8)
- Here is an inexpensive way to make great advent wreaths (4-8)
Computers & Internet:
Language Arts:
- This 5-senses Christmas poem can add phonemic awareness and variety to your Christmas concert (P-K)
- Here students give the gift of their time in the form of a “Giving Tree” (K-3)
- “On the first day of Christmas, my parents gave to me ………..” involves spelling, ordinal numbers, and memory practice (K-5)
- In this holiday idea, students make sentences or stories with the nouns and adjectives they discover on a Christmas card (1-2)
- This lesson on comprehension and inferences uses a book called “The Snowy Day” (1-2)
- In this fun Christmas activity students “Write to the Grinch” describing why they love Christmas (to change the Grinch’s mind) (2-3)
- Here’s a Class Memories Christmas Ornament idea (2-3)
- This is a Christmas idea for writing letters to the Three Wise Men (2-4)
- This writing idea on how students celebrate Christmas encourages exploration of the traditions of different cultures (2-5)
- Students compare two specific Christmas-themed books in this idea (2-5)
- “Christmas Around the World” is an original classroom play (3)
- Here are two useful Christmas vocabulary worksheets (3)
- This is a collection of Christmas Journal Ideas (3-5)
- Here is a Christmas paragraph storybook idea (3-5)
- In this lesson, students compare and contrast “The Mouse Before Christmas” and “The Night Before Christmas” (3-6)
- This is a collection of fun Christmas activity ideas (3-8)
- This Christmastime writing assignment focuses on quotation marks and nouns (4)
- “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” is used in this idea to teach literary climax (4-5)
- Here is an UGLY gift thank you letter assignment (4-12)
- This idea gets students writing Christmas stories with partners (5-10)
- In this writing exercise, students create a Memory-A-Day box as a gift for parents, grandparents or anyone special (6-12)
- Be popular! Assign this Christmas song parody idea! (7-12)
Math:
- Students match cutout shapes to outlines in this holiday idea (P)
- Christmas tree ornaments are counted in this lesson (P)
- Here’s an idea for a holiday calendar to countdown to Christmas (or other events) (K-2)
- Here’s a good money idea – Christmas “ornament” shopping in class (1-2)
- “The Twelve Days of Math” Christmas song is the basis for this lesson idea (2)
- Holiday or comic book stories are rewritten here to include illustrated numerical content to be turned into word problems for peers to solve (3-12)
- “Christmas Shopping at Harrods” is a problem-solving lesson involving monetary conversions (4)
- “The Longest and Weirdest Candy Cane” is a yardstick measurement activity (4-5)
Multidisciplinary:
- This is a holiday idea for teaching ABC’s and 123′s (P)
- “Cowboys at Christmas” is a unique multi-activity lesson teaching us to appreciate the “big gifts” we often take for granted (2-3)
- This big multidisciplinary lesson called “Night Before Christmas” is on writing and much more (3-6)
Music:
- This is a short Christmas activity for the song “Up On The Housetop” (K-1)
- “The Ebeneezer Scrooge Music Experience” is a delightfully clever idea for presenting Christmas music past, present, and future (K-5)
- This music lesson teaches accents using “The Russian Dance” from “The Nutcracker” (1-2)
- This is a “Jin – Gle – Bells” Musical Hot Potato game (1-3)
- This idea invoves caroling to the other classes (2-5)
- Here’s a Christmas lesson plan that “S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S” the song “Silent Night” (3-6)
- Students decorate a tree and create a song in this holiday idea adaptable to an age or subject (Multiple-Other)
PE:
- “Santa’s Workshop” is a PE strategy game with red and green cones (2-3)
- “Jingle Bell Basketball” and “Get the Candy Cane” are just two of these holiday PE ideas (3-5)
Science:
- This snowflake lesson can be used around the winter holidays (2)
- This science lesson on crystals can be used to make Christmas Ornaments (4-6)
Social Studies:
- Here is a lesson on Christmas around the world (K-1)
- This lesson idea is on the history of Santa Claus (1-3)
- This one is on the origin of the candy cane (1-4)
- Here students draw an imaginary map of Santa’s “North Pole” community (2-6)
- This idea called “Holidaymakers” teaches planning (4-7)
- In this holiday idea, students present a family report and collage to their family (10)
Other:
- This holiday Sock and Mitten Tree idea teaches the value of helping others (1-4)
- In this Secret Santa idea, acts of kindness are given instead of presents (5-8)
- This “fun holiday ideas for children” lesson plan is for high school students in child development/care classes (9-12)
- Here are some Holiday Stories of Teacher Inspiration:
- If you have any Christmas lesson plans to share, please add them to our site!
- See our Hanukkah and Kwanzaa lesson plan collections
- Go to EdHelper.com for Christmas Math and Vocabulary Worksheets
- Search for more Christmas activities, videos, audio files, and lesson plan resources at Hotchalk.com
- Here is large collection of Christmas SMARTboard resources
- Find free PowerPoints and interactive games at Pppst.com
- Download colorful PK-3 worksheets from Santa’s classroom at NorthPole.com
- This is your ticket to all the educational stops on the Polar Express
- Learn about colonial Christmas customs and activities with these lesson plans for elementary and middle school
- RealTrees4Kids offers really good K-12 curriculum material on all aspects of Christmas tree farming
- HolidaySpotPlus lists Christmas multimedia resources including online games and music download resources
- Here are different levels of Christmas trivia quizzes
- Say Merry Christmas in every language and learn how Christmas is celebrated around the world at Santa’s Net.
- These are Christmas lesson plans and worksheets for ESL/EFL classooms
- Relate Pascal’s Triangle to the Twelve Days of Christmas with this discrete mathematics lesson plan
- Learn the true history of all things Christmas at History.com, and don’t forget to build a toy in the workshop!
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