Below, you will find a wide range of ideas and resources to help you
when you are teaching children at Christmas time. If you have any relevant
resources to share, please email
them and I will add them to
this page. Thank you!
All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
Thanks to Simon Haughton for suggesting many of the links below.
- Favourite Christmas Activities
- Share your ideas for Christmas lessons and activities to use throughout the festive season. - Advent Acrostic
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Use this poster as a starting point for getting children
to write their own acrostic poems. Contributed by Justin
Stretch. - Christmas Poems - Try this idea for poem-writing during the festive season.
- Christmas
Wordsearch
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Challenge your children to find the Christmas words
hidden in the wordsearch. Contributed by Gemma Harrison. - Christmas
Wordsearch
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A set of Christmas wordsearches differentiated for a
range of abilities.
Make a Christmas Wordsearch -
Instructions and ideas for getting children to make their
own Christmas wordsearches. Contributed by Sue Powell. - The Giving Calendar - Make a fantastic advent calendar, where children give rather than receiving!
- Write to Santa! - Send a letter to Santa at Christmas, and receive a reply too!
- Santa
Welcome Mat -
A festive mat to colour and complete. Contributed by The
Literacy Club.
- Christmas Gifts - What would nursery rhyme characters give up for Christmas, to make others happy? Find out in this thoughtful assembly.
- WaterAid Christmas Poster - A poster to encourage raising money for WaterAid at Christmas. Contributed by WaterAid.
- WaterAid Christmas Plans - Lesson plans and resources for WaterAid's Christmas appeal. Contributed by WaterAid.
- Holly Wreath Template - A template to help pupils make a holly wreath (to accompany the instructions below). Contributed by Rachel Simpson.
- Holly Wreath Instructions
- A Smart Notebook document giving instructions for making Christmas decorations. Contributed by Rachel Simpson. - Christmas
Activities -
A set of 6 Christmas worksheets, for younger children
to enjoy. Contributed by Tina Roworth.
- Christmas
Loop Cards -
A set of loop cards, based around a Christmas theme.
Contributed by Sue Baxter.
- Class Christmas Tree - Make a Christmas tree with your class using this simple technique.
- Following
Instructions -
A simple and quick activity for Christmas which motivates
the children but also helps them to learn how to follow
instructions carefully. Use the template and ask the children
to follow your instructions as to what presents to draw
and what colours to use etc. Contributed by Abby Manton.
- Christingle
Presentation
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A thoughtful Powerpoint presentation encouraging children
to think of others at this time of year. Contributed
by Lisa Daniels. - Nativity
Wordsearch -
A wordsearch with a range of words related to the nativity.
Contributed by Hassan Chowdhury.
- Journey
Through Time -
A useful PDF about Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem.
Originally created for use by Year 4 children. Contributed
by Janice Jenkins.
- Victorian
Christmas Comprehension -
A set of questions to review children's understanding of
the information here. Contributed by Russ Hyde.
- Night Before Christmas Assembly - An assembly based on a cast of 30 and about 10 minutes long. An adaptation of famous Clement C. Moore poem and suitable for all ages in Key Stage 2. Contributed by Sue Russell.
- Donkey's First Christmas - Foundation Lesson Plan - A lesson plan for children aged 4-5, based on the book Donkey's First Christmas (available here).
- Donkey's First Christmas - KS1 Lesson Plan - A lesson plan for children aged 5-7, based on the book Donkey's First Christmas (available here).
- Christmas Board Game - A fun reading game to play at Christmas time! Contributed by Margaret Thornton.
- Christmas Trail Game - Play this spelling game as part of your Christmas festivities. Contributed by Margaret Thornton.
- Christmas Wish Stocking - What will your pupils' Christmas wishes going to be? Contributed by Relax Kids.
- Christmas Card Template 1 - Use this template to ask your children to write their own Christmas cards. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Christmas Card Template 2 - A Christmas card template for your children to write on. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Christmas Card Template 3 - More Christmas card templates to use with your pupils. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Christmas Card Template 4 - Another Christmas card template. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Christmas Card Template 5 - Christmas card templates to use with your pupils. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Christmas Card Template 6 - Another Christmas card template. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- New Year's Card Template 1 - A card template to celebrate New Year. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- New Year's Card Template 2 - Another New Year's card template. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
- Winter Wordsearch - Find lots of winter-themed words in this wordsearch. Contributed by Sing Up!
 'Santa's Gift' Activity |
 'Design a Sleigh' Activity |
 Presents Activity |
 'Draw a Nativity Scene' Activity |
 Choir Writing Activity Use this template to write a report about a carol concert or create lyrics for a new song. |
 Snowman Adventure Activity Use this template to write a story about an adventurous snowman! |
 Christmas Writing Activity - Wide An A4 writing page with wide lines. |
 Christmas Writing Activity - Narrow An A4 writing page with narrow lines. |
All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
- Merry Christmas Banner - A long banner with the text 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'. Contributed by Jinky Dabon.
Use these images to provide ideas and inspiration for work at Christmas time! They could be used as a lesson starters or as part of main activities... or put them up on a classroom display!
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- Christmas Tree
- Decorate a Christmas tree with this interactive activity. - Snow Day - Describe a snowy day with this online Literacy task.
- Winter Clothes - Decorate a set of winter clothing to keep yourself warm.
- Rudolph is Missing - It's Christmas Eve and Rudolph is missing. Can you find him?
- Advent Calendar - Try these games and activities each day during Advent.
- Build a Snowman - An interactive tool which allows you to design a snowman.
- Christmas Word Drop - Rearrange the letters to make Christmas-themed words.
- Holiday Presents Catch - Use your mouse to catch the holiday presents and put them into the basket.
- Christmas Tree Light Up - Light up the Christmas tree by connecting the wires and light bulbs.
- Santa's Quiz - Can your pupils follow the instructions to complete this challenge?
- Disco Dancing Santa - Turn your speakers up and dance along with Santa!
- Where's Rudolph? - Find where Rudolph is hidden in this Christmas picture.
- Put Rudolph Back Together - Use your mouse skills to recreate the picture of Rudolph.
- DLTK Christmas Games - A large collection of Christmas games.
- The Kidz Page - Another set of Christmas games and activities.
- Night Before Christmas - Match Christmas pictures to help Santa unwrap the presents.
- Make a Flake - Design your own paper snowflakes online!
- Text Snowflake Generator - Use a small number of words to create snowflakes.
- Sleigh Away - Help Santa rescue the presents from the naughty elves who have stolen them.
- Christmas Games - A large collection of Christmas games from NorthPole.com.
- Christmas Tree Maze Maker - Generate your own Christmas tree mazes.
- Merry Christmas Games - Lots of games from Merry-Christmas.com.
- Santa Games - Visit Santa's House and play games.
- Nuremberg Christmas Market - The Christmas market in Nuremberg is famous. Every year it attracts visitors from all the world.
- Baltimore Christmas Street - Look at the decorations in this street in Baltimore!
- Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting - Christmas festivities in New York.
- The Copenhagen Bicycle Christmas Tree - Can your pupils see how the Christmas tree lights are powered?
- Casa del Pomba - Hundreds of laughing children and smiling adults come through here each night in December to view the display.
- Manchester Christmas Market - How many Christmas trees are available for sale here?
- Hong Kong Christmas Lights - Christmas lights in one of the largest shopping areas in Hong Kong.
- White Christmas in Denmark - Could these snowy scene be used as the starting point for a Christmas adventure story?
- Christmas Scene in Pittsburgh - Explore this scene at the Carnegie Museum.
- Christmas Eve in Ecuador - A busy Christmas service at a church in Ecuador.
- Kuehtai Ski Resort at Christmas Eve - Austria's highest winter sport village at Christmas.
- Amundsen Scott South Pole Station - A snowy landscape on New Year's Eve 2008.
- Track Santa - Follow Santa as he travels around the world on Christmas Eve.
- Why does Father Christmas like to work in the garden? Because he likes to hoe, hoe, hoe!
- Who is never hungry at Christmas? The turkey - he's always stuffed!
- Where do snowmen go to dance? A snow ball!
- What is Santa's dog called? Santa Paws!
- What's the best thing to put into a Christmas cake? Your teeth!
- What's white and goes up? A confused snowflake!
- What do monkeys sing at Christmas? Jungle Bells, Jungle bells.. !
- What Christmas carol is a favorite of parents? Silent Night!
- What do you get if you cross Father Christmas with a detective? Santa Clues!
- What goes "oh, oh, oh"? Santa walking backwards!
- Why are Christmas trees like bad knitters? They both drop needles!
- How do sheep greet each other at Christmas? A merry Christmas to ewe!
- Whats happens if you eat the Christmas decorations? You get tinsel-itus!
- What often falls at the North Pole but never gets hurt? Snow!
- What do reindeer have that no other animals have? Baby reindeer!
- Why is it always cold at Christmas? Because it's in Decemberrrr!
Thanks to Simon Haughton for suggesting many of the links below.
- Christmas Around the World - Find out how people in different countries celebrate Christmas.
- Introduction to a British Christmas - Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Britain.
- Christian Festivals - Reference information and resources for teachers at Christmas.
- Mrs. Pancake - Christmas resources for teachers from Mrs. Pancake.
- Paperless Christmas - A modern video retelling of the Nativity.
- The Nativity Story - Read the Nativity Story with your class using this online book.
- Free Christmas Songs - Lots of Christmas MP3s to download.
- Royalty Free Music - Download holiday songs to play in your classroom.
- BGfL Christmas Activities - A number of Art / DT activities to try at Christmas.
- Christmas Crafts for Kids - A huge set of Christmas crafts and printable activities.
- Twinkl - Printable classroom resources from Twinkl.
- Tony Poulter's Christmas Zone - A large number of resources and links for teachers.
- Kent ICT Links - Lots of links to Christmas sites and activities.
- Teacher's Pet - Christmas resources from Teacher's Pet.
- The Mouse Club - Try these games and activities at The Mouse Club.
- Christmas Mathsticks - Lots of Christmas resources from Mathsticks.
- Christmas Cookbook - Some recipes to help you make delicious Christmas treats.
- Primary Resources - Download a huge collection of resources from Primary Resources.
- Christmas Colouring - Print these colouring pages from DLTK.
- Christmas Colouring - More Christmas colouring pages.
