Christmas and Winter Holidays Around the World Activity Unit

Many of us are teaching our kiddos about the many different traditions around the world during the Christmas Holiday. This product is perfect to supplement any existing unit you have on this topic or any about Winter Holidays. The following countries and celebrations are a focus of this unit supplement:
~China
~Japan
~Sweden
~Spain
~Mexico
~Netherlands
~Germany
~USA
~Australia
~England
~Hanukkah
~Kawaanza

The centers, activities and craftivities included relate directly to a tradition of one of those listed above. So even if you're not teaching about one of these countries, students will still learn something about them and practice an academic skill at the same time (Math and/or Literacy). The centers include:
~Letter Cakes (ABC Order)
~USA Kids (Sentence Composition)
~Winter Holiday ABC
~Sweet Feet (Inferring)
~Dear Father Christmas (Fact/Opinion)
~Chinese Paper Chains Craftivity (Sentence Editing)
~Compound Crackers (Compound Words)
~Oh Pickle Tree! (Number Recognition/Addition/Subtraction)
~Stocking Stuffers (Counting Money)
~Japanese Geometry (Shape Composition)
~Yummy Fact Families
~Hanukkah, Hanukkah (Time to half-hour/hour)
~Break the Pinata (Counting On)
~Candle Counting (Number Order)
~Sandman Sequence (10 More, 10 Less, 1 More, 1 Less)
~Light Bright (Greater Than/Less Than)
~Chinese New Year Lanterns Craftivity

Your students will love the bright colors of the activities and they'll have so much fun they won't even know they're learning math, literacy and social studies. You do not need to be studying World Holidays to enjoy this unit, as your students will still learn important skills built around a subject they love! All centers and activities are Common Core Aligned to meet K, 1, and 2 standards. Each center comes with a student direction card with an explanation of how it relates to somewhere in our world.