This tree cut outs activity is a tree-shaped book for kindergarten to 2nd grade. Children color the cover, draw a tree, write about it, and cut out the pages on the bold line.
Play this snowman contractions activity as a memory game: 1st to 3rd grade students match two-word Mitten Cards to Snowman contraction cards and record each pair. Answer key included.
This common and proper nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade students sort snowflake word cards on a winter mat, with a practice page and answer key included for easy checking.
This do you want to build a snowman contractions activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match two-word body cards to contraction head cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.
Using Santa's Compound Cookies Activity, studentsput together his cookies to form compound words to figure out what Santa wants for Christmas.
This Winter Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of sight words with repeating letters in alphabetical order.
Using Number Word Lights Activity, students match the number with the number word in order to build their math fluency.
This Christmas Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of words about Christmas in alphabetical order.
This ordering numbers 0-100 Christmas activity has 1st to 2nd Grade students sort 24 holiday number cards and order each set from least to greatest. Answer key included.
UsingPolar Express Activities, students write and color Polar Express related materials during their reading of the book.
This even or odd Christmas activity has 2nd-3rd Grade children sort 24 ornament number cards onto an EVEN and ODD mat. A recording sheet, practice page and answer key are included.
Jingle all the way to learning
December energy is real, so we put it to work! Christmas themes give 2nd graders fresh practice with the skills they're already learning: two-digit addition and subtraction like 47 + 28 = 75, contractions, capital letters, ABC order and reading comprehension. Kids write friendly letters, read holiday stories and graph favorite treats. The skills are the same, but the festive wrapping keeps everyone focused right up to winter break.
Holiday themes work best when they carry real skills. These are our go-to December moves.
Hand out lyric sheets for a familiar carol and sing it twice. Then kids hunt for rhyming words, circle the nouns or count syllables. Reading words they already know by heart builds fluency fast.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withJingle Bells LyricsWorksheetsOpen it →Turn December into a countdown: one short addition or subtraction page each morning. Daily regrouping practice in small doses keeps skills sharp through the busiest month of the year.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withChristmas Double Digit Addition WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Teach the five parts of a friendly letter: date, greeting, body, closing, signature. Kids write to a family member or a pen pal and actually mail it. A real reader makes them proofread like pros.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withWriting a Christmas Letter WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Festive and focused: our favorites for the weeks before break.
ActivitiesBuild a snowman by matching "do not" to "don't" and "it is" to "it's."
Open Snowman Contractions Activity →
Flash CardsQuick flash card rounds with Christmas vocabulary. Read it, spell it, use it in a sentence.
Open Christmas Flash Cards →
WorksheetsSurvey the class on favorite holiday treats and turn the tally into a bar graph.
Open Christmas Bar Graph Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Tree Cut Outs, Snowman Contractions Activity and Common and Proper Nouns Activity.
Holiday math with two-digit addition and subtraction, friendly letter writing, Christmas reading passages, contraction games and bar graphs. Pick ones that practice skills you're already teaching.
Keep the routine and change the theme. Short, hands-on tasks with a festive twist hold attention better than free time, and a daily countdown page adds structure.
Many schools focus on winter and cultural traditions rather than religious content. Carols, letters and holiday math are common, but check your school's guidelines and include other winter celebrations where you can.
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