For Any Grade Winter Cultural Activities

Looking for a fun way to spruce up your classroom for Christmas?! Look no further!

This resource will guide you in creating a balloon-popping advent adventure for your students in middle school. Featuring 21 activities to choose from, including explanations, materials, time frames and step-by-step instructions for set-up of the calendar and activities, your students will get jazzed every day for what they "pop!"

A mixture of "free" activities (i.e. paper, pencils, scissors and glue - at most!) and other options which involve purchasing (i.e. graham cracker gingerbread houses and marshmallow snowmen) will allow you the flexibility to choose the duration of this advent calendar, the frequency of the "popping" and will allow you to choose options within your budget and time constraints.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hope you have fun!

Kaitlyn.

December Days are here. The days are chock-full of special events and holidays. Communities are full of helping hands. Students will enjoy learning about many holiday traditions and how neighbors are helping neighbors. Celebrate all the festivities, traditions and community cheer with this double-the-fun puzzle set (two activity sets and more) that's sure to engage the children.

Follow us to learn about monthly freebies and deals!

This puzzle pack includes:

Set 1:

• December Days Activity Set: Hidden-message crossword, mini-calendar, famous people's birthdays match-up, December true-and-false quiz
• Vocabulary-Rich Word Search: Reinforces key vocabulary words from the Activity Set
• Matching Reading Log and Certificate Set

Set 2:

• Spreading Cheer Activity Set: Giant word search focusing on community involvement, mystery color-in, dot-to-dot puzzle, and Morse Code hidden holiday message puzzle

FREE BONUS

• Helping Hands in Our Community – crossword puzzle

Winter is a season that's rich with meaning and full of potential for exciting activities with family and friends.

In this puzzle set you'll find:

• "Winter" Two-Page Activity Set (choice of color or toner-saver grayscale) – includes a fun maze plus three crossword puzzles:

1. Facts about the season, myths related to winter (such as Morozko), and safety points (hypothermia, wind chill)
2. Outdoor activities, ranging from ice skating to friendly snowball fights
3. Indoor activities, ranging from dancing to balloon volleyball

• "Winter Is Here" Word Search Puzzle, which reinforces key vocabulary words from the Activity Set

Topics explored: winter, old man winter, Morozko, Snow Queen, Father Frost, hypothermia, frostbite, snowboarding, sledding, exercise