A Theme Page about mostly secular Christmas celebrations for elementary-level students, A1.2.-A.2.1, year 4-6 in Sweden
Related topics: Christmas Around the World, Best of Christmas, 1-3, Winter Wonderland 1-9, Best of Christmas, 1-4,Best of Christmas, 8-B1, A Christmas Carol
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.
Songs and Carols
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Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs [P1] – YouTube (14:09)https://youtu.be/-4I3492PjDQTA narrator without subtitles and Christmas songs with sing-a-long lyrics. Part 2
Top 33 Christmas Songs and Carols with Lyrics Playlist 2019 🎅 – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/0Z0wz_8DXP8Top 33 Christmas songs and carols with lyrics is a popular Xmas playlist! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! – Searchable List of songs below
Vocabulary
Christmas | Learning Chocolatehttp://www.learningchocolate.com/content/christmas?st_lang=enChristmas vocabulary with matching activities fro Learning Chocolate
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
Christmas Words: Useful Christmas Vocabulary Words List – 7 E S Lhttps://7esl.com/christmas-vocabulary/Christmas Words! List of useful Christmas vocabulary words with pictures and examples.
Christmas Traditions – YouTube (3:18)https://youtu.be/sToPX-bsBmkA Christmas vocabulary presentation for ESL students. More Christmas learning resources
Christmas idioms – Teacher Julietahttps://teacherjulieta.com/2021/12/10/christmas-idioms/Christmas came earlier this year Meaning: When someone gets an unexpected surprise. Example: John got a promotion last week. Indeed, Christmas has come earlier for him this year.
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
Read and Complete – Creative Santa Questions – English ESL Worksheetshttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/read_and_complete_-_creative_santa_questions/read-and-complete/63268Students answer the question, either individually or in group, either written or spoken (or both). Make sure to tell them there are no single correct answers. Creativity and imagination is needed to answer these sometimes – Free registration required
Lesson Plans
Teaching With Songs: Merry Christmas, Ed Sheeran & Elton John together! – Song Activity Factoryhttps://songactivityfactory.com/2021/12/04/teaching-with-songs-merry-christmas-ed-sheeran-elton-john-together/Ed Sheeran & Elton John!! a great collaboration with an amazing song: Merry Christmas!
ESL Christmas Lessonhttp://www.elcivics.com/esl-christmas.htmlChristmas is celebrated on December 25. It is a Christian holiday, but it is also observed by many non-religious people who participate in its secular traditions. Three pages with short simple sentences and links to Worksheets and Activities
A Funny Christmas Storyhttps://busyteacher.org/26015-a-funny-christmas-story.htmlThis is a vocabulary gap-fill worksheet to help young learners retell a short animation film about Three Little Pigs and Santa.
Mrs Claus explains Christmas traditions | LearnEnglish Kids | British Councilhttps://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/video-zone/mrs-claus-explains-christmas-traditionsWhat do you know about Christmas traditions? Watch the video to find out about some of them! (Yr 6)
Reading
Gingerbread Man Story – Topmarkshttp://www.topmarks.co.uk/stories/GingerbreadMan.aspxA very well-known, traditional story in the English-speaking world – and a game
Pig the Elf : Read Aloud Story Book – YouTube (3:44)https://youtu.be/h34wovw33WQThis read-aloud narrated book is a fun read for the kids with page after page of enjoyment. No one likes Christmas more than Pig
How the Grinch Stole Christmas #readalong | Brightly Storytime – YouTube (15:07)https://youtu.be/YOpKuQO1FkA
Follow 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!
IT’S CHRISTMAS, DAVID! READ ALOUD | 🎄 CHRISTMAS STORY | BY DAVID SHANNON – YouTube (10:53)https://youtu.be/HLCmTh5FB2sToday we’re going to read It’s Christmas, David by David Shannon.At Christmastime, everyone always said… No David!No Peeking…
Listening
ESL Easy Listening Comprehension 18: It’s Christmas! – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/1Wb0dRAcSEsAn easy story for ESL listening comprehension. The story is repeated three times: 1st time, normal reading speed; 2nd time, slower, with pauses for dictation followed by repetition and captions; and 3rd time, normal reading speed, with captions.
Christmas Season and Gifts — DailyESL.comhttps://www.dailyesl.com/holidays/christmas-gifts/English Learners – Improve your English listening skills on Christmas and the Christmas season with Randall Davis, at dailyesl.com. (yr 6)
An Audio version of The Christmas Story – WhyChristmas.comhttps://www.whychristmas.com/story/audio_christmas_story.shtmlListen to an Audio dramatised version of The Christmas Story.
Viewing
The Christmas Story – YouTube (3:52)https://youtu.be/kWq60oyrHVQThe story of Christmas as told by the children of St Paul’s Church, Auckland, New Zealand. Anyone is welcome to show this film publicly
FATHER CHRISTMAS | Animated Special | Exclusive Version – YouTube (25:37)https://youtu.be/Jc-FI2zGsAsFather Christmas is an award-winning animated special based on two books written by Raymond Briggs: Father Christmas and Father Christmas Goes on Holiday – Choose English subtitles
The Snowman 1982 HD – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/baaxRJzq4zw
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!
Christmas in Britain – YouTube (8:10)https://youtu.be/YzSGEeaYvJcWhat is Christmas like in Britain? Watch the video and you will know all there is to it!
Charlie Browns Christmas Tales Part 1 – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIrktX5Xs8&list=PLheWX7SvSW8WNMhj4rvsPlXYm-RbopzhyPEANUTS: Part 1 starts a viewing list of 5 parts.
Merry Christmas Mr Bean | Full Episode | Mr. Bean Official – YouTube (25:22) https://youtu.be/L2UCRNldC3sNot much language but a lot of British Christmas traditions
Writing
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!
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
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.
Game
Would you rather | CHRISTMAS EDITION | ESL English – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/OSQ_mXe86XcWould you rather is a great game to have some fun and get moving. For easier understanding, I read the questions aloud. Give your English class a brain break…
Quiz
Easy Online Christmas Quiz (10 Interactive Questions) – BINGOBONGOhttps://www.bingobongokids.com/easy-online-christmas-quiz/Test your knowledge of Christmas with our Easy Online Christmas Quiz. Just click the 10 questions to see the answers. – Scroll down for the quiz
More Materials
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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