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Picture Prompt: Elf at the North Pole Village
Great during the Christmas season, this prompt gives students a picture of an elf in the North Pole Village to inspire students to begin and end the story. A word box provides teachers the opportunity to add words from a spelling or...
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Holiday Wreath Ornament
Young scholars make a holiday wreath ornament. In this holiday wreath ornament lesson, students follow directions to make a holiday ornament using glue and cereal. They glue a picture of themselves in the center and add a bow.
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Who is Dr. Seuss?
Learn more about Dr. Seuss in an author study activity. After young readers create a KWL chart on information they know about Dr. Seuss, they take on group roles, such as the researcher or recorder, to find out more about Dr....
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Welcome to Seuss Squares
This PowerPoint reviews works by Dr. Seuss. The interactive game requires players to answer plot questions about Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
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The Gingerbread Man
Students complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...
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Feast For 10
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book "Feast For 10" by Cathryn Falwell. They read the book and follow the recipe for pumpkin pie from the story. Students then write about their cooking experience,...
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Sunset Silhouettes
Learners create "SUNSET SILHOUETTES" using primary colors, black construction paper, and glue in this elementary-level Art lesson. The lesson extension included with this lesson involves creating a nativity scene and might be...
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Clay Pot Snowmen
Students create "clay pot" snowmen using clay pots, glue, mitten scraps, paints, and markers in this early-elementary Art lesson. The lesson may take 1-2 days depending on the amount of time it takes for the undercoat of each snowman to...
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Light Bulb Santa
Students create light bulb Santa's using old light bulbs, acrylic paints, ribbon, and cords in this art lesson for the second through eighth grade classroom. This is a great activity to do before winter break. A picture of the final...
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When is a Block, not a Block?
Learners use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. For this stamped art lesson, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Hand And Foot Print Reindeer
Students create reindeer out of paper cut-outs of their own hands and feet in this fun and quick Art activity for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson may be accomplished as an individual or small group (partner) project.
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Holiday Activities for Everyone
There are ways to include all students, even those who don't celebrate holidays, in activities during the holiday season.
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Animoto Video Slideshow Maker
Turn the pictures on your phone into a great looking movies that will blow the hair back of whoever watches it. It is easy to make people laugh, cry, or just inform them about something interesting by using the creative tools available....
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Complete the Story
In this story instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to a story about Christmas with words from a word bank. Students fill in 13 blanks total.
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Drawing an Angel
In this Christmas vocabulary worksheet, students read each sentence that begins with "This is.." Students draw a picture that illustrates each sentence. The sentences are each on a separate page, written inside a Christmas ornament...
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All About Santa: Alphabetical Order
In this alphabetical order activity, students read 16 words in a box. All words pertain to Santa Claus. Students put the words in alphabetical order.
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Polar Express Lesson Plan
Pupils write and illustrate a wish for the first gift of Christmas. In this Christmas lesson plan, students read the book The Polar Express and then write what they wish could be the first gift of Christmas.
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Whoville's Holiday Whobilation Word Hunt
In this word search using words from Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" worksheet, students hunt Dr. Seuss's wontubulous words horizontally frontwards and backwards, and vertically correctly and upside-down. Students find 8 words.
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Winter Wonderland
Students complete activities to learn about the winter season. In this seasonal activities lesson, students listen to 'The Waltz of the Snowflakes' and discuss winter scenes. Students then use materials to construct a winter scene.
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Unscramble the Winter Holiday Words
In this language arts worksheet, students observe 10 words which are scrambled. All pertain to winter holidays; the word Christmas is not mentioned and there are no graphics on the page. Students unscramble the words.
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Dr. Seuss’s Who’s Whoses
In this Dr. Seuss activity worksheet, students examine 8 illustrations and match them with the appropriate textual descriptions on the right.
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Patience and Self Discipline
Students think about the importance of patience and self discipline in obtaining the things in life that will make us happy. Students complete various activities that get them thinking to themself, working in small groups about keeping...
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Months of the Year
For this months of the year worksheet, students add missing letters to months, watch a video, fill in the blanks, unscramble words, and more. Students complete 6 activities.