Winter Holidays Around the World Website for Kids
Winter Holidays around the world is always such an interesting topic for the classroom. It's a great way to “travel the world” with students and be mindful of ways other people celebrate. Sometimes finding meaningful resources to use can take up a lot of time. I totally understand!
Luckily, I enjoy the challenge of finding digital resources. I've put together some websites to check out when teaching this topic that will save you searching time!
Winter Holidays Around the World | National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids is one of my top 5 favorite websites for kids research. This is a resource I've been using since my first year of teaching and it's constantly being updated. It's bright, engaging, and easy to understand.
They've put together an article that gives a nice summary of major winter holidays around the world. This would be a great starting place for a lesson.
Click here to grab the website link.
Winter Holidays Around the World | Epic Books
Epic! Books is again in my top 5 favorite websites. I love it so much, that I am an Ambassador for them. (I don't get paid to say this, this is a resource that I absolutely adore). This is a free for teacher's website, once they sign up using their school email account.
If you are teaching your own children at home, you can still grab an account for a small monthly fee. Really, it adds up to about two fancy coffees, which is definitely worth the cost. If I had to pay for Epic!, I would!
This online library has eBooks, audio books, read-to-me and kid-safe videos not connected to YouTube. I became obsessed when I was a 3rd grade teacher, and the obsession hasn't stopped!
They have a large selection of winter holidays around the world. Their collection changes quite often, so check out what they currently have to offer.
Click here to grab the website link and create an account.
Winter Holidays Around the World | Scholastic Website
Scholastic also has a great starting place website where there is an overview of most major holidays. There are a few free printables as well that might be helpful for some lessons as well. Again, this is another good trusted website that can be useful when planning this lesson.
Click here to grab the website link.
Winter Holidays Around the World | How To Keep Track Of Learning
If this is a unit you want to try with your students? How can students compare each of the holidays?
I've put together a digital and printable graphic organizer that specific relates to Winter Holidays. This can be used in conjunction with the above listed websites.
The types of files included are:
- PDF (non-editable, various sizes)
- Google Slides pair perfectly with Google Classroom. Once you click the button, it will automatically make a copy for each student
- PowerPoint works well with Microsoft OneDrive users. Share with students within Microsoft Teams
- Seesaw Activities can be assigned to students with the pre-created activity link and automatically make a copy for each student
Click here to grab this resource for your class!
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What questions do you have about these activities? Have any other ideas to share? Feel free to direct message me on Instagram, @naomimeredith_ and I would love to chat with you!
