Christmas-themed worksheets are popular educational resources for teachers and homeschoolers, and often used to tie the Christmas holiday in to various curriculum areas. Fun and interesting worksheets can also keep children busy amidst all the excitement of the Christmas holiday season.
Christmas worksheets are great educational tools for a wide range of ages. Beginning with toddlers and preschoolers, who can learn about basic shapes, colors, and spelling. Even high school-aged students can learn about religion, history, and world customs through worksheets.
Worksheets can be as simple as coloring sheets, or can take the form of puzzles, quizzes, poetry, song lyrics, and word games. To make the holiday spirit more festive, a lot of teachers and parents choose to make a game of completing them, and offer holiday-themed prizes and treats as rewards for excellent work.
Christmas-themed worksheets don't even have to be limited to use in December. Parents and teachers can use them any time of year to highlight an over-arching holiday theme, world cultures, or as a novelty to celebrate "Christmas in July".
Whatever teaching units and times of year you would like to use Christmas worksheets, Mahalo's page offers links to some wonderful free Christmas worksheets for all ages!
First Amendment Considerations
Public school classrooms may use Christmas-themed worksheets and activities without violating the First Amendment if a few conditions are met. First, the information must not endorse or promote a particular religion. For example, baby Jesus would not be appropriate, but Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman would be. Second, the information must be presented objectively. Third, traditions of other religions should also be presented in equal measure.Missouri NEA
Best After Christmas Sales
This features advice on how to find the best after Christmas sales. At this busy time of year it is always good to receive help and this video will provide plenty of tips on the best sources of deals.
How to Make a Christmas Wreath
Learn how to make fun and easy arts & crafts for Christmas. Keltie Colleen guides you through the steps of making a Christmas wreath. This video is part of a wider series of Christmas related videos available for free at the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Gift Wrap a Christmas Present
Keltie Colleen provides all the support and guidance you will need to learn how to gift wrap a Christmas present. Full step by step instructions are provided by Colleen in this 6:47 video. This is part of a much wider range of craft and Christmas related instructional videos available for free on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Make Christmas Tree Ornaments
Learn to make Christmas ornaments in this Mahalo tutorial led by Keltie Colleen. Ms Colleen demonstrates making globe ornaments for the Christmas tree using Styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners, stickers, and rhinestones. To secure the stickers on the ornament, use a glue gun. The pipe cleaners form the ornament hanger. This is part of a wider series of Christmas related videos, which are published on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Play We Wish You A Merry Christmas on Guitar
Guitarist, Thomas Gilbert returns on Mahalo.com to play another Christmas classic on Guitar. This time the focus is how to play we wish you a merry Christmas on Guitar. Thomas guides viewers through all the required chords as well as providing an assortment of tips and advice on how to master playing this song. This video is part of a much wider series of learn how to play Christmas songs on the Guitar, which are published on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Make a Christmas Bow
Learn how to make fun and easy Christmas arts & crafts. This video will guide you through the steps of making a Christmas bow. This is part of a wider series of Christmas related videos published on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Make a Christmas Card
Crafter Keltie Colleen presents a tutorial on how to make a Christmas card. She discusses the supplies needed and the simple steps needed to create a homemade card. This crafting guide is part of a larger series of Christmas tutorials offered on the Mahalo.com YouTube channel.
Christmas Gifts Under $25
If you are struggling to afford to pay for all your Christmas presents this year then why not shop for some Christmas gifts under $25. This video shows that with careful research and planning you can buy affordable gifts, which look a lot more expensive than they actually cost.
How to Play Frosty The Snowman on Guitar
Frosty the Snowman is a well known Christmas songs and in this Mahalo.com video, Guitarist and Vocalist Jen Trani teachers viewers how to play the song. This video is part of a series of learn how to play Christmas songs on Guitar published on the Mahalo channel of YouTube.
How to Play White Christmas on Guitar
Jen Trani returns for another Mahalo.com video, this time she teaches viewers how to play the Christmas classic, "White Christmas". Watch the video to learn all the Guitar chords and everything you will need to master this song. This video is part of a series of learn how to play Christmas songs on Guitar published on the Mahalo channel of YouTube.
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Christmas Day
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Christmas was designated as an official U.S. holiday on June 26, 1870America.gov: An Overview of U.S. Holidays
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Worksheets are an easy way for educators to incorporate the Christmas holiday into daily lesson plans
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Printables, handouts, activity sheets and dittos
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Common activities include
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Generally for Grades K-8
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Can cover many subjects, including mathematics, reading, grammar, social studies, history and art
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Most worksheets contain traditional symbols of the Christmas holiday, including Christmas trees, Santa Claus and gingerbread men
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Homemade worksheets can be created using word searches
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Consider creating a trivia game worksheet using facts about the history of Christmas
