A Theme Page about mostly secular Christmas celebrations for beginner and elementary-level students, A1.
Related topics: Winter Wonderland 1-9, Best of Christmas, 4-6
Warm-up
Santa’s Elves – Dogs and Cats with Human Hands Making Toys – Freshpet – YouTube (2:09)https://youtu.be/y6NS77HLjEEAdorable dogs and cats dressed as Santa’s elves with human hands making toys: just another thing to love about the holidays.
Vocabulary
Christmas Guessing Game | Christmas Vocabulary Game – YouTube (6:28) https://youtu.be/YYAxTzD-N0In this Christmas Guessing Game, you must guess the Christmas word before the time runs out. There are 10 Christmas Words. (Yr 2-3)
Christmas Flashcards – Free Printable Flashcards to Download – Speak and Play Englishhttps://speak-and-play-english.com/christmas-flashcards-free-download-esl-printableThis flashcards collection can be used to teach Christmas vocabulary. I(Yr 2-3)
Christmas – English Picture Vocabularyhttp://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/beginner-christmas-vocabulary.htmlAn easy English vocabulary lesson about Christmas, with audio and practice tests. (Yr 2-4) Christmas Shopping Vocabulary
Christmas | Learning Chocolatehttp://www.learningchocolate.com/content/christmas?st_lang=enChristmas vocabulary with matching activities fro Learning Chocolate (Yr 3-4)
Christmas ESL Printable Vocabulary Worksheetshttp://www.englishwsheets.com/christmas.htmlChristmas ESL Printable Vocabulary Worksheets, Exercises, Picture Dictionaries, Puzzles, Matching Activities, Flashcards, Games, and Vocabulary Cards For Kids (Yr 3-4)
Worksheets
Christmas Worksheets for ESL Studentshttp://bogglesworldesl.com/christmas_worksheets.htmThis is a collection of free, printable worksheets for teaching EAL students language and traditions related to the theme of Christmas. – Requires time to explore but includes many gems (Yr 2-4)
Reading
How the Grinch Stole Christmas #readalong | Brightly Storytime – YouTube (15:07)https://youtu.be/YOpKuQO1FkAFollow along as Ms. Linda reads the ultimate Dr. Seuss Christmas classic — no holiday season is complete without the Grinch, Max, Cindy-Lou, and all the residents of Who-ville! (Yr 3-4)
Listening
Christmas Vocabulary in English – ESL Words associated with Christmas – YouTube (5:03)https://youtu.be/r33MVi39A2gEnglish Vocabulary about Christmas – ESL Words associated with Xmas, The Christmas vocabulary (Yr 3-4)
Viewing
The Snowman 1982 HD – YouTube (25:38)https://youtu.be/baaxRJzq4zw
An animated adventure about a young boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure
Freshpet Holiday Feast – 13 Dogs and 1 Cat Eating with Human Hands – YouTube (1:53)https://youtu.be/vhg7Xm4FXAY13 Dogs and 1 Cat Eating with Human Hands Watch the Behind the Scenes video here to see how we did it!
This is Britain Christmas – YouTube (8:10)https://youtu.be/HSbN2W04sxUTwo children show what they do in the month of December
Writing
Santa is saying hello 👋https://www.synthesia.io/santa-share?videoId=58e7ec7c-84b8-4a4c-a663-49dc47582f36Watch your Santa video. Or create your own Santa AI video for free on Synthesia and send it to friends and family.
Interactive
Christmas Words – SuperEnglishhttps://www.superenglish.com/project/vocabulary-memory-game-christmas-esl/Christmas words under memory games to learn English and remember English words. This game will help you to build Christmas vocabulary.
Christmas lesson 3 worksheethttps://www.liveworksheets.com/as2719915hzWat can you see in the christmas? online worksheet for 1. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
7 Free Interactive Christmas Games for Online Lessons – BINGOBONGOhttps://www.bingobongokids.com/7-interactive-christmas-games-online-lessons/Download our 7 interactive Christmas Games and Activities for free to have the best Christmas lessons online or in class.
Santa’s Den – Christmas Stories and Christmas Activities with Santa Claushttp://www.northpole.com/Den/PersonalizedStories/If you would like to have one of Santa’s stories personalized for you, select one of them and enter your personal information. Then click “Read the Story” or “Print a Personalized Story Book” to create your very own book!
Inside the North Polehttps://www.santasnorthpole.com/Welcome to Santa’s North Pole! A magical and fun-filled place with lots of Christmas games, holiday activities, interesting facts and more.
Christmas fun – crossword – Interactive worksheethttps://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Christmas/Christmas_fun_-_crossword_se13082jsChristmas interactive and downloadable worksheet. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. (Yr 3-4)
Santa 2021 & Christmas Fun. E-mail Santa!https://www.emailsanta.com/Santa Claus magic & fun: Christmas Day & Every Day! Nice List, games & tracker! Letters, jokes & laughter! Santa’s watching you; Webcam, tweets, emails too!
Quizzes
Christmas Trivia | Holiday Trivia | ESL Games – YouTube (3:28)https://youtu.be/9ndG3bR0-uQA super fun trivia game to get students into the holiday season. A great resource to get students relaxed and warmed up for the holiday season. (yr 3-4)
More Materials
Holiday Gratitude activities for Grades K-2 | Wide Open Schoolhttps://wideopenschool.org/student-activities/holiday-gratitude/grades-k-2/#all/The holidays will be different this year. Wide Open School can help make sure they still feel special. See the Holiday Gratitude library.
Christmas Activity Packhttps://oupeltglobal.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/oxfordchristmasactivities2013.pdfIn this 11-page pdf-document there are activities on various levels, one for each.
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