Welcome to Kerri's Christmas Page for teachers
Welcome to Kerri's Christmas Page for teachers
For more Christmas related sites visit my other Christmas page, l'm sure you'll find loads for both you and your students.
Christmas links for teacher's | Teacher resource materials | Christmas around the World| Suggested reading list
Just to get you started, have some fun with this 25 question
Christmas trivia quiz,
designed by Peter Macinnis, there's some really tough ones!
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A webquest designed for STAGE ONE years 1-2
Curriculum resources, an extensive list of links related to the Christmas theme, from the Western Australian Department of Education.
Christmas: a multicultural festival
The Cultural and Recreation Portal contains a number of useful articles on cultural topics and events. Their Christmas page provides an excellent starting point for teachers and students researching the background to Christmas in Australia. Topics covered include the religious story, pagan traditions that have become part of the Christmas celebration, and more recent Australian themes.
The sites have been arranged in categories. Users will find that many sites are very comprehensive, often going beyond the category headings. The page includes a category "Australian School's Christmas pages".
Ten little snowmen
This interactive reading book at Starfall is designed for the very young reader. The reader drags objects onto the snowman to dress it in response to written instructions on the screen, and then is rewarded with a song and a printable certificate.
Welcome to festive season activities for kids
This site was designed to provide on and off-line activities for Junior-Middle primary school students relating to Christmas and the Holiday season. It includes printable art/craft activities, music and words to sing along to, games to play, stories to read, recipes to try and a celebration of the season around the world.
Find out about Christmas around the world in 30 different countries. Short descriptive articles are provided on each country.The page is provided by itoronto.net and gives a link back to their main Christmas page which provides links to other Christmas activities.
K-3 Themes at Enchanted Learning: Christmas crafts
These themes have links to simple crafts, nursery rhymes, coloring book printouts, information, and/or quizzes based on the topic. They include theme pages about animals, language, and special events.
Created by an Australian teacher, this page links to websites, webquests and sites with printable worksheets. Resources are categorised as P-3 and 4-7. There are some online Christmas activities she has developed including Christmas Treasure Hunt (Years 1 - 3) and How is Christmas Celebrated Around the World? (Years 4 - 7).
Christmas around the world: Scavenger Hunts
An internet scavenger hunt for primary school students using a question and answer format. There are 4 scavenger hunts where students explore customs around the world, answering questions by visiting designated sites.
Christmas links Prep-3
For grade levels Prep-3 this page contains webquests, links to activities, crafts, games and heaps more.Teachers notes and printable sheets are provided for online webquests.
For grade levels 4-7 this page contains webquests, links to activities, crafts, games and heaps more.Teachers notes and printable sheets are provided for online webquests.
Christmas treasure hunt
For grade levels P-3 this page contains a webquest, by clicking on the Joey after reading the question, links to related sites are provided. Teachers notes and printable sheets are included.
How is Christmas celebrated around the world
This WebQuest is designed for 6 graders at elementary schools to increase their knowledge and understanding about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. This project also encourages their foreign language learning and collaborative work.
Christmas around the world
In this Christmas unit, students explore how children in at least three countries, other than their own, celebrate Christmas or a similar festival. Research guidelines and processes are provided as students learn about other cultures' customs, practices and traditions.
When we think of Christmas in America we may visualize decorated trees, brightly wrapped presents and stockings hanging on the mantle. What many don't realize is that this picture of Christmas is very different to people from other countries. Get ready to explore what Christmas is like in other places around the globe. (American based)
The purpose of this Web page is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects of Christmas Worldwide. Good luck and have fun! The following links come from all over the World Wide Web and represent a variety of viewpoints. You may complete the following Internet activities alone or by working with a partner.
You and a team of learners are presented with the task of looking for Christmas Symbols on the Internet and find out each symbols' true meaning or why it is a legend. But instead of looking to an encyclopaedia, each of you will have certain tasks to accomplish.
Christmas In Australia
From Lake Munmorah Public School this page provides a Cloze activity for Stage 2 - Grades 3 & 4 (N.S.W.) about Christmas in Australia
Santa's activity page
The images below are activities
for you to print and do.
To see the large image,
click on the image,
then print on your printer. 16 printables are provided.
Christmas printable worksheets
A number of printable worksheets including: Anagrams; Crossword puzzles; Cryptograms; Mazes; Math pages; Tracer pages; Word ladders and more.
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Click around this map to learn about traditions from different regions and, along the way, learn about the history of this most cherished of holidays.
Irish Christmas traditions are similar to those found in many western countries but Ireland does have its unique Christmas rituals.
Learn about La Befana, the Christmas witch and other Italian Christmas Traditions.
Although we usually take today's Christmas celebration customs for granted, most of the so-called "traditional" Christmas practices only date back to the 19th century.
Christmas celebrated Norwegian style means that it is celebrated a little differently from the way other people do it.
Learn about Mexico's Christmas traditions and customs.
The festive season is a long one in Sweden and there are many traditions to learn about.
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Page created by © Kerri Cicolani
Students are asked to print out the worksheet and then using the links on this page are asked to answer questions about the traditions, weather; food; etc. associated with the 11 countries listed.
They are then asked to plan their own Christmas celebration, a planning sheet for students is also provided.
