Teaching through Christmas worksheets and activities can be so much fun! There is something magical about that time of year, and I love being able to share it with my students. The 12 Activities of Christmas are a collection of Christmas worksheets and activities for upper elementary students. This resource is geared toward critical thinking and divergent thinking skills. These activities are great for early finishers and extension activities during the holiday season.
Logic Puzzles
Logic puzzles are always a challenge for students, but they’re a great thinking tool. We typically complete the first logic puzzle together and students work with a partner for the second logic puzzle. This Christmas worksheet incorporates a bit of reading and math.
Christmas Worksheets-Cookie Recipe
In this activity, students help Mrs. Claus triple a cookie recipe. This is a fairly challenging activity, but it’s perfect for fourth graders because of all the fractions. This might be a little too challenging for third grade, so I included an alternative version where I removed all of the fractions and replaced them with whole numbers.
Longitude and Latitude
In these Christmas worksheets, students can practice longitude and latitude in a fun way. In this activity, students use longitude and latitude to track Santa Claus’s route. They even find the exact latitude and longitude of their hometown. This lesson could be a great springboard into a holidays around the world unit!
Christmas Worksheets & Activities – Graphing
It can be difficult to find challenging graphing activities. They’re often fun but require little critical thinking. In this activity, students will apply addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problem solving to answer the questions. There is different Christmas data, such as the age of the reindeer, number of Christmas gifts, and types of cookies. Students can use that data and graph paper to create their own graphs.
Christmas Worksheets – Sudoku
Christmas Tree Farm
Christmas Worksheets – Word Ladders
Word ladders are lots of fun for students and adults! The objective of a Word Ladder is to transform the Start word into the Stop word, one step or “rung” at a time. Students can only change one letter of the word each time they move to a different “rung” of the ladder. Since this is a challenging activity, I have included one clue for each of the four word ladders, so students will know if they’re on track.
Christmas Worksheets – Present Balances
Candy Cane Measurement
Number Christmas Tree
Christmas Carols
Santa’s Workshop
Christmas Fractions Freebie
Christmas Worksheets – Creative Writing
I also wanted to share my December Creative Writing Freebie! It’s fun of fun, creative prompts that your students will love! There are 15 different writing prompts that require students to think and write creatively! You can download it here!
You can find even more ideas for incorporating Christmas worksheets and activities into your classroom at this blog post!
