Christmas & Winter Themes in Kindergarten

Look no further for some great Christmas and Winter Thematic units. All of these units are cross-curricular and strategically linked to the common core standards. Here as some of our store offerings.

Also check out our companion sight word readers with some Christmas or Winter flair.

And Also, enjoy a couple Winter, Christmas Themed freebies!

Also remember to become a follower at one your favorite online teacher store so you will be notified when our new christmas freebie will be posted next week!

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Christmas Around The World: Common Core Thematic Essentials

Check out our new 258 page strategically linked thematic unit Christmas Around the World is stuffed with learning! 

20 countries of study are included and may easily be used in a mix and match fashion, or you may choose to visit all 20 countries for a comprehensive world-wide tour.

 A Scrapbook/Passport Book is included for each student to make to keep as a world traveler memento. The unit culminates with a tribute to “Peace on Earth” and will leave each child with a feeling of love for their fellowmen. Do not miss out on this great unit!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Scripted Literacy Activities

Australia: Surfing Santa: Segmenting Words

USA: Decorate Away: Blending Phonemes

Russia: Land of the Sweets: Comprehension 

Bahamas: Junkanoo: Using Common Nouns in Complete Sentences

France: Le Reveillon: Rhyming

Greece: St. Nicholas’ Boats: Naming Sounds

Israel: The Star of Bethlehem: Naming Letters (or Reading Words)

Italy: Befana’s Toys: Changing Initial Sounds to Make New Words

Mexico: Poinsettia Race: Naming Letters Quickly

Independent Literacy Activities

China: Christmas Lanterns: Writing Alphabet Letters 

Scripted Math Activities:

German Advent Calendar: Solving Problems Using Mental Math Strategies.

India: Diwali Day: Identifying and Comparing Numbers

Sweden: St. Lucia Day Deliveries: Composing Teen Numbers.

Denmark: Nisse The Elf: Subtraction

Peru: Fiesta de Navidad: Classifying and Sorting Objects

Africa: Candle, Candle: Decomposing Numbers

Canada: Tree Delivery: Making Combinations for 10

Scotland: The Mischievous Elves: Identifying Numbers

Independent Math Activities

Spain: Spanish Shoes: Writing Numbers

England: Stocking Stuffing: Counting Objects For a Given Number

Songs/Fingerplays

Germany: O Tannenbaum

India: Little Clay Lamp

Australia: Six White Boomers

Sweden: Lucia Day

USA: Ring Your Bells

Denmark: Ten Little Gnomes

Spain: Navidad

Peru: Fiestas de Navidad

ALL: Let There Be Peace on Earth

Art Projects

Germany: Star Christmas Countdown

India: Clay Lamp

Sweden: Star Hats, St. Lucia Wreaths

USA: A Gift for Mom & Dad

Russia: Nesting Dolls/Nutcracker

Bahamas: Starfish Santa

Denmark: Danish Christmas Heart

Spain: Balthazar & the Wise Men

Africa: Candle Art

Canada: Strip Christmas Tree

China: Mini-Christmas Lanterns

England: Christmas Cards

France: Christmas Santons 

Greece: Christmas Fishing Boat

Israel: My Star

Italy: My Ceppo

Mexico: Poinsettia Construct

Scotland: Shape Elf

Guided Books

Around the World: Sight Word Reader

Christmas Around the World: Class Made Book

Around the World Scrapbook: Passport Scrapbook Pages, Cover, Final Pages, and Around the World Friend Art

Kitchen

Australia: Pavlova

Peru: Panettone

Writing

Country Scrapbook Pages: All Countries

Country Word Walls: All Countries

Unit Word Wall

Writing Prompt: My Favorite Country

Writing Prompt: My Christmas Tradition

Thanksgiving

Today we did one of my favorite activities from our Thanksgiving Unit, the Tangram Indian.

Also take a peek at a few other Thanksgiving Activities.

Benefits of Mother Goose Rhymes

"Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight." -Fox, M. (2001). Reading Magic. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
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I love to use Nursery Rhymes and Traditional songs as a staple in my Kindergarten curriculum. One program I love to use is Singlish! I found this great resource many years ago at a conference in Texas. I can't say enough to advertise their products. I have found that it truly builds oral language development.
Also, you might want to check out our Nursery Rhymes Thematic Unit. I love using this unit in my kindergarten classroom. My students have always enjoyed acting out the rhymes in our annual performances. This year my class performed a Spring program, "An Adventure in Nursery Rhyme Land." Kids do love these rhymes all year long!
My grandchildren (ages 2-6) love to play the games and activities in this thematic packet, kids of all ages love Mother Goose. It is a great tool to use at home as well as school.

You might also want to head over to Fairy Dust Teaching. She is always full of great ideas when it comes to the arts and traditional tales. She has some great ideas posted