I know I’m a bit late getting on the Christmas blog post train. You might even, like me, be on Christmas break already. Still, I have found some amazing free Christmas games, worksheets, and activities I want to share with you.
Combining Christmas games, worksheets, and activities
If you have been to my blog before, you’ll know that I made two separate posts for Thanksgiving worksheets and for games. I had every intention of doing the same for Christmas, but well, Christmas comes with a lot more busyness. Not only that, but Christmas themed printables are not difficult to find. Consequently, I have decided to combine my game and worksheet round-up into one post.
Christmas worksheets and activities
Sorry, for those of you that like more order. I recognize that I am not tackling the subjects in the order they are listed in my title. Oops.
As I said earlier, Christmas themed printables are in large supply. As I began to round some of them up for a post, I realized that I was going back to a few of the same sites. It seemed smarter then, to direct you to the same sites instead of trying to run all over the internet to gather materials for you to peruse. I’ll list them roughly by age order.
Tots and Preschool worksheets and activities
Fun with Mama has a Preschool Pack that is over 80 pages and includes the following activities:Number Cards, I Spy worksheet, Printable Christmas Puzzles, tracing pages and coloring pages.
This Reading Mama has lots of wonderful freebies, and her Christmas PreK-K pack is one of them. As the name of her blog suggests, there are reading related activities in her pack, but she also has some math printables as well. In addition, you can find a Nativity PreK-K pack on her site as well.
Confessions of a Homeschooler has two Christmas related packs as well for PreK-K. She has a Christmas pack that contains coloring pages, sequencing cards, puzzles and much more. The Jesus pack has similar activities.
Elementary (lower and upper) worksheets and activities
Beth Gorden of 123Homeschool4Me.com is the queen of free printables. If you search the word “Christmas” on her blog, you will find a gigantic assortment of printables and activities. Here are a few highlights:
She has over 60 pages of Christmas themed pages for Preschool through 2nd grade.
For K-4th grade, she has Christmas Writing Prompts. Beth has three different writing papers for each writing topic to accommodate different grade levels.
You can find impressive science experiments complete with pictures and instructions. My favorites are the Borax Crystals Christmas Tree Science experiment and the Magic Melting Peppermint Candy Christmas Science Experiment.
Jennifer Findley at Teaching with Jennifer Findley focuses on Upper Elementary kids. Not everything is free on her site, but she clearly marks the worksheets that are.
You can find a Candy Cane set of printables for free as well as a Decorate a Christmas tree decimal activity
Go to Teachers Pay Teachers to snag Jennifer Findley’s Christmas themed interactive notebook templates. Students glue templates, which have problems on them, into notebooks. They can color them in as well. They will work on skills such as: multiplying and dividing whole numbers, rounding numbers, and working on order of operations.
I’ll throw my hat into the ring. If you want this Christmas Roll-a-Story, you can download it for free in my resource library.
Middle/High school worksheets and activities
Teachers Pay Teachers is the place to go for high school Christmas themed worksheets and activities.
The age range for this Collaborative Math Mosaic bundle is 4th through 12th. This is such a cool concept. Students each work on their own pages on which the solve problems and color in squares according to the answers. Once complete, students will put their pages together to make one large mosaic. Impressively, 12 versions of the printable are available.
Also appropriate for upper elementary kids, you can find this fun Christmas tree word search.
The Christmas Character Shopping activity is a fun alternative to a book report. Students read a book and then “buy” three gifts for a character in the book. They have to justify their choices based on information given about the character in the book.
Another fun activity that can even be done with friends over ZOOM is the Holiday “Should” Questions students can ask someone else in an interview. One of the questions is “Should there be a limit on the number of inflatables people have in their yard?”
One more worksheet site suggestion
I try to keep any resources I post free to families. With that said, I want to recommend a paid site that I have been using a lot for worksheets. In fact, I downloaded most of my kids’ Christmas worksheets from Super Teacher Worksheets.
You can find some free downloads on this site, that’s how I first came across it. Over time, I found myself going back to it to the point that I decided to buy a membership. I am not affiliated with this site in any way, other than becoming a member. An individual membership is $24.95 and well worth it.
Christmas games
Good Housekeeping lists out 9 Christmas games you can play on ZOOM in an article on their website.
Back on 123Homeschool4me you can find Christmas Pictionary printables.
Spaceships and Laser Beams has 7 Free printable Christmas games you can play.
My Party Games goes even farther with their 33 Printable Free Christmas Party Games.
If you would like some more ZOOM game ideas, you can read my post on 10 Great Games to play on ZOOM.
Hopefully you will be able to use some ideas here to spice up your schooling or an in-person or virtual gathering. Have a very Merry Christmas!