Winter Holidays Teaching Resources
Getting your classroom ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the rest of the winter holidays on the horizon? You're in luck!
Our team of teachers from around the US has created winter holiday worksheets, activities, games, and more to make the holidays bright and merry — even if the temperatures outside are bitter cold! Celebrate the major calendar events in an inclusive manner with options for engaging students in multicultural ways.
What Holidays Are Celebrated in Winter?
If you want to get technical, winter begins in December on the Winter Solstice, also know as the shortest day of the year. And yet because the thermometer drops in much of the country well before the solstice, some consider Thanksgiving to be the start of the winter holidays.
Other holidays that fall during the winter season include:
- Christmas
- Hanukkah
- Kwanzaa
- New Year's Eve
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Lunar New Year
- Valentine's Day
- Read Across America Day
Celebrating Winter Holidays in the Classroom
Looking for the best ways to celebrate any (or all!) of the winter holidays? The Teach Starter team of teachers has created printable and digital options — many of which align to the curriculum — to bring the holiday spirit into your classroom. These themed resources can also display the students’ information in new ways around the classroom. This collection contains a variety of resources for all classrooms.
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Christmas Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Celebrate Christmas time and practice those writing skills with your young sentence writers.
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Twelve Days of Kindness – Christmas Challenge Worksheet
Challenge your students to commit 12 random acts of Christmas kindness with a printable kindness activity for elementary school students.
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Santa Ornament Template
Create a fun Santa ornament with a printable ornament template.
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Funky Elf Craft Template
Make your Christmas crafts a bit more funky with our Funky Elf coloring page and craft template.
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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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Christmas Code Cracker - Primary Escape Game
Work together to crack the Christmas Code with an exciting escape game for primary grade students.
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Pop-Up Christmas Card Template - Santa Stuck in Chimney
Learn how to make pop-up cards with your students with a printable pop-up Christmas Card Template.
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Same or Different? Initial, Medial, Ending Sounds Interactive
Practice isolating beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words with a Google Slides interactive game.
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Penguin Booklet - 1st Grade Reader
Chill out with a good book and build reading skills with a printable penguin book for kids.
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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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New Year, New Fun! Activity Sheet
Keep students' minds and hands busy during your mid-school-year lull with four fun activities on one handy worksheet!
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Winter Match-Up! - Picture Cards
Improve concentration and memory skills with this set of 18 winter picture match-up cards.
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Find and Color - Verb Tense Worksheet
Differentiate between different verb tenses through this 1-page coloring worksheet.
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Holiday Mini-Mystery – Whose Present Is the One with Plain Brown Paper?
A fun, logic-based holiday activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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New Year's Goals Worksheet
Use this goal-setting worksheet to get your students excited for the new year.
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"I Have a Dream" Writing Prompt Page
Observe MLK Day by encouraging students to think about their “dream” for the future by writing it as a speech.
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Valentine's Day Hundreds Chart Mystery Pictures
Follow the color-coded number guides to fill in the hundreds chart square and reveal 9 special Valentine’s Day images.
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Readers' Theater Script - Santa Needs to Share
A script that can be used in reading or theater class around the holidays.
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Readers' Theater Script - Santa's Big Blunder
A script that can be used in reading or theater class.
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Santa's Reindeer - Christmas Word Search
Help Santa find his reindeer in time for the holidays with our Christmas word search.
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Christmas Tree Coloring Page - Mindful Coloring
Celebrate the Christmas Season with a fun Christmas tree coloring page.
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Mindfulness Christmas Coloring Sheet - Stocking
Practice mindfulness and spark cheer with this Christmas coloring page.
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Christmas Reindeer Coloring Page
Add to your collection of Christmas at school coloring pages with a printable reindeer coloring sheet for kids.
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Santa Coloring Sheet
A Santa coloring sheet.
- Winter Holidays Templates
- Winter Holidays Worksheets
- Winter Holidays Craft Activities
- Winter Holidays Games
- Winter Holidays Coloring Pages
- Winter Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Winter Holidays Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Mini Book
- Winter Holidays Writing Templates
- Winter Holidays Task Cards
- Winter Holidays Escape Room Games
- Winter Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Winter Holidays Color by Code
- Winter Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Winter Holidays Word Walls
- Winter Holidays Dice Games
- Winter Holidays Interactive Activities
- Winter Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Winter Holidays Active Games
- Winter Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Word Searches
- Winter Holidays Card Games
- Winter Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Winter Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Bingo
- Winter Holidays Matchup Games
- Winter Holidays Bookmarks
- Winter Holidays Dominoes
- Winter Holidays Flipbooks
- Winter Holidays Mazes
- Winter Holidays Projects
- Winter Holidays Pennant Flags
- Winter Holidays Posters
- Winter Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Winter Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Winter Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Winter Holidays Connect the Dots
- Winter Holidays Sorting Activities
- Winter Holidays for Pre-K
- Winter Holidays for Kindergarten
- Winter Holidays for 1st Grade
- Winter Holidays for 2nd Grade
- Winter Holidays for 3rd Grade
- Winter Holidays for 4th Grade
- Winter Holidays for 5th Grade
- Winter Holidays for 6th Grade
- Winter Holidays for 7th Grade