1st Grade Christmas Around the World ☆ First Grade Christmas Center Bundle

1st Grade Christmas Around the World Bundle

Activities/Components Included: 5

See the preview to get a closer view of all that is included within this bundle.

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Included in this grade 1 bundle are the following components:

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1 • Christmas Around the World Animated Video [HD Video]

Learn about Christmas tradition around the world in this fun video. Santa and his reindeer are flying around the world to drop off presents to the far reaches of the globe and teaching us about the traditions of boys and girls across 9 nations: The USA, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, England, France, Germany, Italy, and over the Asia to visit Vietnam.

2 • Colorful Bulletin Board

High-Resolution bulletin board to post on a wall in your classroom. This beautifully ornamented bulletin board display will be the envy of the other teachers walking by your classroom. The bulletin board is composed of poetic verses that describe the holiday traditions of countries around the world on one side and a high resolution, hand-drawn illustration representing the verse on the other side.

3 • Christmas Coloring Pages

When the Christmas Video is finished, hand out the coloring pages for a fun activity. Color in between the beautiful black and white line art with a Christmas-Around-the-World-Themed coloring page set that is like no other. Each coloring page has been designed from some of our world-class illustrations that were animated into our Christmas Around the World Musical Animation

4 • Lyric sheet for singing along

Any part of the Christmas video confusing to you? No problem, all the lyrics have been printed on an illustrated pdf which can be printed out for individual use or shared with the class via your smartboard/projector device.

5 • First Grade Dot to Dots (Connect-The-Dots)
The activity is ideal for those in 1st grade as a fun standards-aligned Christmas math activity. The dot to dots contained in this set don't just count up by 1 starting from 1, but rather they count from a given number like 27 in order to align with the 1.NBT.1 common core standard. Other dot to dots included will require your students to have a grasp on skip counting by 2 in order to complete the activity.

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Lyrics For the Video/Song

Intro:

Let’s take a ride in Santa's sleigh,

flying across the world this holiday!

We’ll visit some countries around the world

and learn the traditions of other boys and girls.

Chorus:

It’s Christmas time around the world

for many boys and many girls.

Come on, let's celebrate!

Christmas time comes but once a year;

it's time to smile and spread that holiday cheer.

Come on, let's celebrate!

Verse 1:

In Italy, on the night of Epiphany,

an old woman named Befana fills the stockings with toys and candy.

They say, "Buon Natale!"

Las Posadas is the festival in Mexico.

It lasts nine nights, and they dress up and parade with candles.

They say, "Feliz Navidad!"

In Canada, it's like the U.S. of A.

They decorate their trees and open gifts on Christmas Day.

They say, “Merry Christmas!"

(Chorus)

Verse 2

In England, they feast and wear paper hats.

They celebrate with tubes that make a very loud crack! (fire cracker noises)

They say, "Happy Christmas!"

In Sweden, they have the Tomte or Christmas Gnome.

They leave him a bowl of porridge, like we leave Santa cookies in our homes.

They say, "God Jul!"

In Germany, the children leave notes on their windows

for a child named Christkind, who is a Christmas angel.

They say, "Frohliche Weihnachten!"

(Chorus)

Verse 3:

In France, the children leave shoes out by the fireplace

that are filled with toys, which leave a smile on each face.

They say, "Joyeux Noel!"

In Vietnam, it's not an official holiday,

but on Christmas Eve the streets are filled with lights and confetti.

They say, "Giang Sinh Vui Ve!"

Now it's time to fly home to the U.S.A.

We’ve learned about the world and how they celebrate the Christmas Holiday.

Merry Christmas!

About Me

I’m Mr. Hehn, and I’ve developed some excellent materials for my classroom throughout my 7 years as an elementary public school teacher that I’d love to share with you. I like to incorporate dancing, singing, and listening to music into my lessons. My project, NUMBEROCK, is a collection of music videos that teach/reinforce mathematical concepts that include posters and lesson plans to make learning math fun in a whole new way.