As you may know, our family takes a long break between Thanksgiving & Christmas. We didn’t work on formal academics. Instead, I tied our Advent & Christmas activities into our homeschool to inspire a love of learning. Today, I’m sharing super-fun Christmas activities for middle school and elementary school.
If you’re still doing those workbooks, take a BREAK! Your kids deserve it and so do you. Use a few of these Christmas activities next week.
Christmas Writing Activities
- Helping write our annual Christmas letter
- Writing thank you notes for your gifts
- Copywork – Copy Christmas carols, Luke 2 or Matthew 1, 12 Days of Christmas
You can find this information in our Christmas Celebrations package.
Christmas Math Activities
- Baking cookies, bread, candies – measuring
- Selling pumpkin bread & chocolate chip cookies – business / profits
- Buying gifts for missionary families – budgeting
- Buying gifts for other family members – budgeting / making choices
Christmas History for Kids
- German Christmas – St. Nicholas, Boniface
- Swedish Christmas – St Lucia
- Mexican Christmas – Las Posadas
- Colonial Christmas – American Christmas, Revolutionary War at Winter
Christmas Science Activities
- Chemistry – Baking Christmas cookies, bread, candies
- Biology – Study trees
- Physical or Chemical Changes – Baking, cooking, cardmaking
Christmas Art Activities
- Handmade Christmas Cards – color theory, patterns, design
- Family Photos – photography, design, color
Christmas Reading Activities
- Reading Christmas books independently – Variety of reading levels below
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
A Christmas Carol
American Girl Christmas books
Kirsten’s Surprise (St. Lucia)
Molly’s Surprise (World War 2 Christmas)
Addy’s Surprise (Civil War Christmas)
Felicity’s Surprise (Colonial Christmas)
Samantha’s Surprise (Victorian Christmas) - Reading aloud Christmas books – Books that are good discussion starters:
Jotham’s Journey
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
A Christmas Carol
The Gift of the Magi - Narrate &/or journal about books being read
- Copy sections of books being read
Christmas Music Activities
- Practicing Christmas carols on the piano
- Christmas caroling as a family
Which one of these Christmas activities for middle school will you use with your students?
To get more ideas as you integrate Christmas into your homeschool…to encourage a love of learning during the holidays, I’m offering for a limited time, my Christmas Unit Study. You’ll get practical and easy ideas in Writing, Reading, History, Science and much more.
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