K-4 Winter Holiday Resources
Student Edition
♫ IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR ♫
No matter which holidays you celebrate, December is a wonderful time of year. The Winter holiday season also allows for a unique cultural learning opportunity. I hope the resources below will help make sure that you are in the holiday spirit! Happy Holidays!
Learn about the Holidays
Learn about these Holidays:
Find lots of different Hanukkah activities, games, stories, videos, and more at this website from JewishKids.org.
Get Creative
Make-a-Flake (K-4)
Make-A-Flake allows you to virtually cut folded paper and preview the snowflake. Whether you have students create a flake and then write a story of the flake's travels or whether you have them incorporate specific mathematical features (rhombus, triangle, etc.), this site will be the start of holiday fun.
Crayola Snowman Builder (PreK - 1st)
The Crayola Snowman Builder offers a cute activity that lets young students build their own snowman from an existing set of costumes. Kids can select a hat, face, and more to create their perfect snowman. When it is complete, the students can then (with permission), print a coloring page of their snowman!
Inspirograph (K-4)
Inspirograph harkens back to the old Spirograph drawing days. Use various sized gears and different colored pens to create beautiful designs. Tie this into a winter theme by having the students make snowflakes. Use this tool in math to discuss ratios. Or just have fun making pretty circles! Finished products can be saved.
On this EXCELLENT website, you can learn about different Holiday Traditions around the world! Just click on a flag, and you'll zoom in to see pictures and information about each of the listed countries. Also, be sure to check out the other tabs on NoradSanta.org!
Explore new activities for every day of December in the new Santa Tracker (by Google)! You can learn about Holiday Traditions around the World , learn basic coding in the Elves' Code Lab, break down some slick dance moves with the Elves in Code Boogie, and play a variety of themed games!
Also, you can code your way through Riley's world Disney Pixar's "Inside Out"! Kids of all ages are sure to love this one!
Educational Games
Holiday Lights, Math Fact Fun (1-4)
In Holiday Lights Math Fact Fun, students must correctly answer math questions to earn lights. They can then decorate their house, and light it up, set to music!
Christmas Word Search (K-4)
Christmas Word Search from ABCya.com lets students solve a word search online, with the choice of two difficulty levels.
Ball Ornaments (3rd & 4th)
This challenging game, Ball Ornaments, has students look for patterns, that they must match by placing the ornament in the correct spot. They earn bonus points for speed, but once the ornament is dropped, the game is over. GREAT for mouse control and pattern recognition!
Many, Many More Educational Holiday Games for:
Christmas
Hanukkah
Winter
Just for Fun!
Norad - Santa Tracker
Norad offers a tracking system for Santa Claus and is presented in a high-tech animated program and Google Earth. It includes a Kids' Countdown Village with a new holiday game every day until December 24. It is also available on your mobile device with apps for both Android and iOS.
Reindeer Cam
See what two of Santa's reindeer are doing with their 24-hour Reindeer Cam. You can even see Santa feed the reindeer several times a day (10AM, 5PM, and 8PM Central), and the kids can watch Santa take off on Christmas Eve at 7PM Central.
Grow the Grinch's Heart
In the Grow the Grinch's Heart game, players click to have the Grinch drop a present. If it goes into a chimney, his heart grows bigger (it starts at two sizes too small).