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 Calendar - Advent Coloring Pages
Count down the days until Christmas in your classroom with printable advent coloring pages.
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Christmas Trivia Advent Calendar Interactive
Host a Christmas trivia game show with an interactive advent calendar trivia game.
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Funky Gingerbread Man Template
Craft a batch of cute cookies with a funky gingerbread man template.
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Christmas Color By Number - Hundreds Chart Mystery Pictures
Print the perfect color-by-number math activity for Christmas: a set of 12 Christmas-inspired mystery hundreds charts.
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Scissor Skills Worksheets — Printable Snowflake Templates
Build scissor skills and create wintry classroom decorations with a pack of easy snowflake templates.
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Lunar New Year Coloring Pages
Celebrate Lunar New Year with these mindfulness Lunar New Year coloring pages.
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Groundhog Day Writing Craftivity
Celebrate Groundhog Day in the classroom and show off your predictions with a printable Groundhog Day Craft.
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Groundhog Day Word Scramble
Have some word-friendly fun with a Groundhog Day Word Scramble worksheet.
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Hanukkah Word Wall Vocabulary
Celebrate the festival of lights with 28 Hanukkah-related vocabulary cards for your word wall.
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Christmas Carol Lyrics - Printable Christmas Songs
Teach your students to sing the holiday hits with a set of Christmas song lyrics printable sheets.
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Winter and Christmas Break Activity Grids — Choice Boards
Give your students a variety of fun activities to do during the Christmas season with a printable Christmas Choice Board.
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Printable Christmas Cards for Kids - Foldable Postcard
Encourage your students to write letters to loved ones with a foldable Christmas postcard.
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Chinese New Year for Kids - Zodiac Animal Craft Templates
Get crafty and teach your students about the Lunar New year with printable zodiac animal New Year's hat templates.
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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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Christmas in Italy — La Befana Christmas Craft
Introduce your students to the traditions and figures associated with Christmas in Italy by crafting a La Befana tree topper!
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Groundhog Day Word Wall Vocabulary
Print a set of 48 Groundhog day vocabulary cards to use on your February Bulletin Board display.
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Snowman Slapjack Card Game
Try to find the Snowman in this set of 54 Slapjack game cards.
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Christmas Code Breaker Puzzle - Breakout Game
Crack the Christmas Code to win a Classroom Breakout game to encourage collaboration and Christmas fun!
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Printable Christmas Border Paper
Encourage writing during the Christmas season with a set of printable Christmas Stationery.
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Happy New Year - Printable Bookmarks
Make reading a priority in the New Year with these printable bookmarks.
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New Years - Word Wall Cards
Welcome the New Year with this set of 36 vocabulary cards to cut and post on your classroom word wall.
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Christmas Plural Nouns Worksheet
Practice identifying singular and plural nouns with this Christmas worksheet.
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Christmas - Simple, Complex, and Compound Sentence Sort
Practice reading, identifying, and writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with a Christmas cut and paste worksheet.
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Christmas Activity Printable - Common and Proper Nouns Task Cards
Practice identifying common and proper nouns with Christmas Noun Task Cards!
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- Winter Holidays Craft Activities
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- Winter Holidays Coloring Pages
- Winter Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Winter Holidays Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Mini Book
- Winter Holidays Writing Templates
- Winter Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Winter Holidays Task Cards
- Winter Holidays Escape Room Games
- Winter Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Winter Holidays Color by Code
- Winter Holidays Dice Games
- Winter Holidays Word Walls
- Winter Holidays Interactive Activities
- Winter Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Active Games
- Winter Holidays Word Searches
- Winter Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Winter Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Winter Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Winter Holidays Bingo
- Winter Holidays Projects
- Winter Holidays Matchup Games
- Winter Holidays Bookmarks
- Winter Holidays Card Games
- Winter Holidays Dominoes
- Winter Holidays Mazes
- Winter Holidays Flipbooks
- Winter Holidays Sorting Activities
- Winter Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Winter Holidays Posters
- Winter Holidays Pennant Flags
- Winter Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Winter Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Winter Holidays Connect the Dots
- Winter Holidays for Pre-K
- Winter Holidays for Kindergarten
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