I absolutely love reading letters kids write to Santa. So Why not turn this fun idea into an opportunity to practice persuasive writing! Here’s a FREE printable you can give your kids during the holiday season that you’re SURE to enjoy grading! You can use this page as a rough draft or a final copy page. Click here for the PDF: Schmoozing Santa- persuasive
Yay for holiday crafts! Here are some good ones…
1. Paper Plate Santa
Cut out the center of a paper plate, attach cotton balls for a beard and construction paper for a hat. I love this Santa craft because your children get to be the face of Santa! (source)
2. Q-Tip Snowman Painting
I hate cleaning paint brushes, so this craft project totally speaks to me. Paint everything by dabbing paint-dipped Q-tips. it makes super cute snowflakes! And when you’re done, just throw away the “brushes!” (source)
3. Thumb print string of lights
Using your sharpie, draw a string for your lights on your paper. Then have kids stamp their thumb in different colors all along the light string and allow to dry. When it dries, draw a squiggly for the light bulb base with a permanent marker. (source)
So – I had so much fun making these parts-of-speech printable worksheets that I just had to make two more. Some kids may need a review of nouns, adjectives and verbs before completing this activity; but once they get going, they’ll forget they’re learning! So round up some crayons and a pencil, and get going on these winter/Christmas parts-of-speech pages for kids! Enjoy!
Click here for the free printable PDFs: page 7 page 8
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I love hearing my parents talk about their Christmas memories. What I love even more is reading about them in their journals from when they were kids. This is why I decided to make a “holiday memories page” to use as a fun holiday writing project for kids. There are two versions of this page- one with space to draw a picture, and one without. Here are the free printable PDFs: Holiday Memories – draw own picture and Holiday Memories – with picture. Merry Christmas!
For whatever reason, sometimes kids have a hard time realizing how simple it is to add with tens. Here’s a short (HALF SHEET) worksheet to help reinforce some basic number sense with tens. Run off copies for HALF the number of students in your class since there are two copies per page. Then cut the sheet in half and distribute. Merry Christmas!
Here’s the FREE worksheet: Adding with Tens- Winter – 2 copies per page
I saw these holiday craft and activity ideas recently and just HAD to share them with you!
1. Snowman Slam Bowling
To make our snowmen, decorate six white cups using black and orange craft foam. To make the snowballs, tightly ball up three white socks. Now, you’re all set up for some fun miniature bowling! (source)
2. Bird Food Ornament
To make these cute candy canes, first thread a red pipe cleaner through O-shaped cereal. Then hang it on your trees or bushes outside to spread the holiday cheer! Your kids will have fun making them and watching the birds snack on them!
3. Paper Bag Gingerbread House
My family makes gingerbread houses every year. So, I’m pretty much gingerbread-house obsessed. And, when I saw this idea, I went nuts! (I couldn’t find the original posting of this; so, if it’s yours, please tell me so I can give you credit!) Give each kid a brown paper bag. Then show them how to fold the top and glue some paper to the fold (making a roof) and let them go crazy with construction paper. Pretty easy, so many creative possibilities and best of all, it’s completely healthy (although it’s not as yummy)!
I do love holidays! And, any excuse to sneak holidays into school work is fine by me! Hence, I give you another fun graphing worksheet for kindergarten or first grade. Use the pictures to fill in the graph with data. Click here for the free worksheet (PDF): I Can Graph the Pictures- Winter 2
December is my favorite month. By far. If’s full of the best holidays of the entire year! And there are so many cute kids crafts for Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter. Here are some of my favorites:
1. Melted Snowman
Santa Barbara Snowman: This activity was easy-peasy and made a neat and funny craft. Living in sunny Southern California, we don’t really have opportunities to make snowmen, so using a simple pre-printed sheet with the outline of a puddle and an overturned paper bowl the kids made their own melty, sunshine snowmen. They put the usual accessories on, with the exception of the sunglasses, and then wrote a sentence about where their snowman should move to or what happened to him. A lot of bang for the buck. (source)
2. Paper Plate Wreaths
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