❄️December brings three winter holidays into one kindergarten month, and this packet gives each of them room without adding to your prep pile. Children practice reading, writing and math through Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa activities, all in black and white and ready to print.
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This 65-page Kindergarten Winter Holidays packet is a no-prep, black and white PDF for kindergarten, first grade review and homeschool. It covers Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa alongside winter themes, in an age-appropriate and inclusive way, and many activities come in two differentiated levels.
Literacy work runs through sight words, reading and phonics. The six sight words and, is, it, in, look and said each follow the same steps: read, color, trace, write, find and read a sentence. Children also read a mini book, work through two levels of I Can Read pages, sequence a snowman story, and answer questions on a winter holidays reading passage.
Math pages build number sense in small steps. Children practice one more and one less, skip counting and hopping along a number line, then work on ways to make 5 and ways to make 10. Snowy number charts run to 50 and to 100, and holiday pages add counting gelt pennies, ordering candles, spotting 3D shapes, using positional words and solving holiday story problems.
Writing and vocabulary give children a way to talk about their own families and the season. They write about a favorite winter holiday and about winter with their family, set December goals and practice writing the date. A word wall, a label-the-snowman page and a cut-and-glue holiday sort build holiday vocabulary, while drawing, a mitten garland and a holiday card keep hands busy.
For planning, the packet includes a four-week winter holidays study plan, a daily literacy and math schedule, teacher notes, a two-level differentiation guide, holiday background information, printing tips and a contents page. Answer keys are included, and the Winter Holiday Star certificate gives you a simple way to close the unit.
📖 Teaching guide · 13 min readTeaching Winter Holidays in Kindergarten: Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Without the December RushRead the guide →Featured in: December Activities for Kindergarten, Week by Week: A Four-Week Plan
Two levels on many activities mean the same December theme can fit children who are still learning letters and numbers and children ready for a harder version. A four-week plan, a daily schedule and holiday background information take the planning out of a busy month, while the mix of reading, writing, math, drawing and crafts keeps the work varied.
It covers Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, plus winter themes, in an age-appropriate and inclusive way. Holiday background information is included for the teacher.
The sight words are and, is, it, in, look and said. Each sight word page follows the same steps: read, color, trace, write, find and read a sentence.
Many activities come in Level 1 and Level 2, including the reading pages, sequencing, one more and one less, skip counting, the number line, count on with latkes and the two main writing prompts.
It is written for kindergarten and for first grade review, and it also suits homeschool use. It works for December centers, morning work, small groups and independent practice.
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