Holidays Lesson Plans

Without natural resources, our world would be a very different place. Help your class understand the importance of water, plants, and soil with this exploratory science lesson.

Use this lesson to give your students an opportunity to share about their family traditions. Prior to the lesson, they'll complete a worksheet to gather information about the way their family honors their culture and beliefs with traditions. They'll bring their information back to the classroom to share with their peers.

Finding reasons to be grateful is a big part of the Thanksgiving season. Students won’t forget these reasons once they write them down!

What is recycling all about? What can and can't be recycled? What can I do to help others understand the importance of recycling? This activity helps students answer all of these questions as they learn about saving planet Earth.

Your students will learn all about the water cycle with a simple video, lively song and cut and paste activity!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner is as American as the apple pie students may sort in this lesson! From red cranberry sauce to orange sweet potatoes, your child will have a blast sorting and categorizing foods.

It’s time to take a trip around the world and experience Christmas in different countries. Students will explore how their Christmas traditions compare and contrast with kids across the world and chart their findings on a Venn diagram.

Festive fall decorations will fill your classroom after students complete these pattern-filled turkeys!

In this lesson, students will explore the life cycle of a pumpkin plant. Then they will have the chance to grow their own!

Use hands-on activities involving play dough to show your students the layers of the Earth!

Use this lesson to show your students that dreams can become reality with dedication and determination. This lesson will teach them about a man who made his dream come true by standing firm in front of the most challenging obstacles.

What adventures can a reindeer, candy cane, and a snowman embark on? Let’s find out! In this writing lesson, students will write a Christmas-themed narrative incorporating characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Patriotism will abound as students learn more about the United States. After learning about its history, students will soon be seeing American flags everywhere with this lesson!

Who knew math and reading could create Thanksgiving turkeys? Your students will "read" directions to draw shapely turkeys in this independent art activity.

This lesson will allow students to explore the backgrounds and contributions of the Founding Fathers by completing an online scavenger hunt and writing a basic biography.

Young students like order and categorization. They’ll get both along with reading skills practice in this Thanksgiving-themed alphabetizing lesson!

Cakes, candles, and concepts! Celebrate one-to-one correspondence with this number and quantity party.

In this fun, enticing, and educational lesson students will have the chance to explore Halloween through a variety of different centers.

“Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Bao Na Lai!” This means "Happy New Year, Give me my red envelope!" Students will count coins and write the value all while learning about the Chinese New Year tradition of handing out red envelopes filled with money.

This engaging math lesson combines all of your kid's fall favorites as they learn to represent data using a bar graph.

Are you similar to your Chinese zodiac animal? In this lesson, your students will learn about their zodiac animal and write about an example from their life that captures a time when they displayed traits similar to their zodiac animal.

Sugar skulls and fancy dress aren't all there is to the Day of the Dead. In this lesson students will learn about several societies that celebrate their dead, as well as some of the history behind the traditions of the Día de los Muertos.

Writing letters and creating intricate drawings requires being able to draw straight and curved lines. Thanksgiving can be a great time to practice making these lines in fun and decorative ways!

In this lesson, Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech, students will be able to understand the allusion Martin Luther King, Jr. makes to the song "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Have students discuss allusions in this speech.

The ability to recall information builds through repetition. Give students the chance to build their counting memory (and potentially learn a few new numbers) in this festive fall counting lesson.