A reader's theater script for What, No Santa? A Christmas Play is provided on these pages. Thirteen character roles are needed in this activity.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Peace Egg and, A Christmas Mumming Play by Juliana H. Ewing (1887), children's stories and a Christmas play.

Check out this awesome secular Christmas resource. This site offers songs, customs, themes and more.

Find out how the history of various Christmas traditions and customs started, how they are celebrated, and what they represent and mean. Included are facts about Boxing Day, Advent, holly & ivy, Christmas cards, mince pies, and lots...

This interesting essay highlights ways in which Charles Dickens's "Christmas books" re-introduced Christmas traditions to Victorian England. The essay explains changes in Victorian society as well as the importance that Christmas...

A reader's theater script for a scene from Jean Shepherd's children's story, A Christmas Story: Shoot Your Eye Out, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for Marc Brown's children's book, Arthur's Christmas, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for Phillip Brooks' children's book, Christmas Everywhere, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss' young adult book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, is provided on these pages. An entire class is needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for Bill Luttrel's children's book, Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.

This site provides links and ideas for lesson plans about Christmas. Also provides basic information about the history of Christmas traditions in America.

Short play about the holiday season that students can perform. Click the teacher page for discussion and extension activities.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Baldwin Library: A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties by Robert B. Brough (1861). This is a collection of short witty plays, poetry, and character sketches.

"Mama's Happy Christmas" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children creating a play for their sick mother on Christmas day. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...

"Mama's Happy Christmas" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children creating a play for their sick mother on Christmas day. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...

ABCya's Christmas Crossword Puzzle is a fun and interactive way for kids to test their knowledge of Christmas vocabulary words and facts. The crossword puzzle can be played on the computer or by printing on paper. The interactive version...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...

Read the short story "Christmas Injunction" by O Henry about a wealthy prospector who decides to play Santa Claus for the entire town of Yellowhammer. The only problem is that there are no children in town.

Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing in this simple activity. Includes a video of Gemini astronauts playing Jingle Bells while in space in 1965. [1:22]

A reader's theater script for Chris Van Allsburg's illustrated children's book, The Polar Express, is provided on these pages. Eight narrators are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for The Gingerbread Boy is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint game provides a review of the life and works of Charles Dickens. Students will enjoy playing Connect 4 as they answer questions correctly.