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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Roll, Add, and Color Christmas Math Worksheet
Roll into Christmas break with this addition coloring activity.
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Holiday Decoration Coloring Sheets
Decorate your classroom with a set of fun coloring holiday decoration templates.
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Christmas Tree Printable Template
Decorate your classroom or use this Christmas tree template as a Christmas brain break for your students.
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Christmas Code Breaker Puzzle - Worksheet
Crack the secret Christmas code to reveal a Christmas message.
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Gingerbread Phonics - Beginning Sounds Sort
Supplement your Christmas literacy centers with a fun gingerbread-themed beginning sound sorting activity.
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Christmas Crossword Puzzle
Have a bit of holiday fun with a set of three Christmas Crossword Puzzles.
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Veterans Day Crafts - Soldier Bear Template
Create the perfect Veteran’s Day bulletin board with our Veteran’s Day Soldier Bear Craft activity.
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Veterans Day Thank You Card and Craft
Show military veterans your appreciation with a Veterans Day Card amd Banner Craft activity.
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Grid Drawing Worksheets- Easy Christmas Drawings
Bring a bit of art into the classroom this holiday season with easy Christmas drawing activities.
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Word Search - Memorial Day Words for Upper Grades
Build vocabulary skills with this Memorial Day word search for upper grades.
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Thanksgiving Picture Puzzles - Multiplication
Practice 1-digit multiplication facts with a fun set of Thanksgiving picture puzzles
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Thanksgiving CVC Word Matching Activity
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words with a fun Thanksgiving-themed matching game for kindergarten students.
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Christmas Printables - Parts of Speech Worksheets
Bring a bit of Christmas fun into your language arts lessons with printable Christmas parts of speech worksheets.
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Printable Christmas Card Templates for Kids
Bring the season of giving into your classroom with this set of 8 printable greeting cards.
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Reindeer Craft - Ornament Template
Print a paper ornament template to make a fun reindeer ornament.
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Santa Claus Printables - Christmas Cards to Color
Bring the season of giving into your classroom with a set of Santa Claus Christmas cards to color.
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Santa Coloring Page - Printable Christmas Worksheet
Have your students color this fun Santa Claus for Christmas.
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Election Day Writing Craftivity
Learn about Election Day, the voting process, and procedural text with an election-themed writing and craft activity.
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New Year's Resolution and Goal Setting Workbook - Upper Grades
Learn about celebrations and make New Year’s resolutions with this 15-page activity booklet.
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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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Government Types – Fact Cards and Sorting Activity
Review the different forms of government and sort them into different categories with this sorting activity.
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Veterans Day Google Interactive
Click, drag, and drop to learn about Veterans Day and the branches of the U.S. military with a Google Interactive activity.
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DIY Pop-Up Christmas Cards - Summer Santa
Make your own Christmas pop-up cards with your students with a printable Summer Santa Pop Up Card Template.
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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!
- 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