Welcome to our seasonal activities blog index page, where you can find all our blog posts for upper elementary teachers on various seasonal topics. Teaching can be challenging, especially when you must keep your students interested and motivated throughout the year. That’s why we’ve created a range of blog posts to help you celebrate holidays, special days, and days of celebration with your students.
Whether you are looking for ideas to celebrate holidays such as Christmas and Halloween, special days such as Groundhog Day and April Fool’s Day, or national and worldwide days of celebration such as World Smile Day and King Tut Day, we have some seasonal activities for you. You can find fun and educational activities, games, crafts, books, videos, and more to make these days memorable and meaningful for your students.
You can also browse our blog posts on seasonal activities that enhance your curriculum, such as The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Book Study, which teachers might add to their study of 9/11, and Teaching Students about Kindness, which works well for Valentine’s Day or World Kindness Day. These activities will help your students develop essential skills such as reading comprehension, critical thinking, empathy, and social responsibility.
Our blog posts are designed to provide engaging, creative, and educational resources you can use in your classroom. We hope you enjoy reading them and find them helpful. Happy teaching!
Dec 03
Animated Christmas shorts are the perfect antidote to December distractions. Between class parties, candy canes, and winter break countdowns, it’s not always easy to keep students focused on reading skills, but a short, heartwarming film can work wonders. These films make Christmas figurative language activities fun and meaningful while keeping the class engaged. Between their …
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Oct 11
September is Hispanic Heritage Month. It’s a time to honor the contributions, culture, and courage of Hispanic Americans. One powerful way to do that in the classroom is by sharing the picture book Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh. This beautifully illustrated biography tells the story of Sylvia Mendez. Her family helped end school …
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