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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Label a Turkey Worksheet
Bring Tom Turkey and animal studies into your Thanksgiving lesson plans with a turkey labeling worksheet.
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How to Decorate a Christmas Tree - Kindergarten Writing Worksheet
Practice kindergarten writing skills with a Christmas procedural writing prompt.
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Christmas Stocking - Collaborative Art Project
Bring a bit of Christmas cheer into the classroom with this whole-class collaborative Christmas coloring sheet.
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Funky Christmas Tree Craft Template
Make your Christmas crafts a bit more funky with our Funky Christmas tree coloring page and craft template.
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3-D Christmas Tree - Printable Craft Template
Try combining geometry and Christmas with this fun holiday craft!
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Kids' Christmas Craft and Holiday Writing Prompts
Build an eye-catching Christmas bulletin board with holiday writing templates for your elementary students.
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Christmas Math Worksheets - Addition and Subtraction Mazes
Navigate these Christmas math mazes with addition and subtraction facts to keep those minds active!
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Giant Coloring Sheet - Christmas
Create a one-of-a-kind Christmas art display with this class collaboration coloring activity.
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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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Recycling Craftivity - We Recycle Because...
Write about why we recycle and create this recycling craft to display in the classroom.
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Thanksgiving Build-a-Sentence Worksheet
Build and write sentences about Thanksgiving with a cut-and-paste Thanksgiving worksheet for kindergarten and first grade.
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Identifying Community Helpers Worksheets
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in identifying community helpers with a pair of worksheets.
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School, Home, and Community Jobs Worksheet
Introduce preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students to jobs performed at school, home, and in the community with a cut and paste worksheet.
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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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Thank You for Teaching Us - Greeting Card and Letter Template
A greeting card and a letter template to thank teachers, parents, and guardians.
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Christmas Word Search
Help spread holiday cheer with our Christmas word search.
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Christmas Activity Printables - Holiday Puzzles
Have some word-friendly Christmas fun with a pack of printable Christmas word games for kids.
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Christmas in France - Yule Log Craft Activity
Introduce your students to the Yule Log Craft, a common tradition for Christmas in France.
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Color by Number Christmas - Geometry Worksheet
Use a Color by Number Christmas Geometry worksheet to practice classifying 2D and 3D shapes.
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Christmas in Switzerland Activity Book
Introduce your students to Christmas in Switzerland with a printable Christmas Around the World mini-book.
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Christmas Math Puzzle - Counting to 10
Count groups up to 10 with a printable Christmas math puzzle.
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Printable Christmas Game - Journey to The North Pole
Inspire silly holiday fun with a printable Christmas Board Game for Kids!
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Kwanzaa Vocabulary Word Wall
Celebrate Kwanzaa with holiday-related vocabulary cards for your word wall.
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Diwali Word Wall Vocabulary
Use these twenty-seven Diwali related vocabulary cards for a word wall display when learning about the Festival of Lights.
- 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 Classroom Door Decorations
- Holidays Sorting Activities
- Holidays Bingo
- Holidays Projects
- Holidays Posters
- Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Holidays Flipbooks
- Holidays Mazes
- Holidays Active Games
- Holidays Flashcards
- Holidays Matchup Games
- Holidays Card Games
- Holidays Board Games
- Holidays Certificates and Awards
- Holidays Graphic Organizers
- Holidays Pennant Flags
- Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Holidays Brochure Templates
- Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Holidays Connect the Dots
- Holidays Book Review Templates
- Holidays Fortune Teller Templates
- Holidays Checklists
- Holidays Tarsia Puzzles
- Holidays Tracing Worksheets
- 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