Christmas Language Arts Activities

There are so many fun ways to add a holiday spin to language arts learning, particularly sight words. These Christmas language arts activities make classroom time a little more fun as we head into the break, or give you something fur to do for learning at home.

123 Homeschool 4 Me adds a little holiday magic to learning spelling words with a printable of holiday lights. Write a sight word or spelling word in the bulb, then have kids paint over with watercolors to reveal the word. There are also festive printables for your spelling test if you want them.

These Christmas tree spelling worksheets from Teach Beside Me are so cute and a fun way to work with three to six letter words. You start with a single letter at the top of the tree then add a letter to the word on each level (different trees have different numbers of letters).

Miss Decarbo on Teachers Pay Teachers has a free printable word work project for first and second graders. They unscramble a holiday themed word (like reindeer or workshop) then come up with words that are made up of the letters in that word.

Another freebie on Teachers Pay Teachers is from My Fabulous Class, which has a sight word package that includes word list printables, sight word candy canes, and another take on the watercolor ornament sight word activity.

Play a little sight word bingo with these printable cards from ABCs of Literacy. I love the idea of using little holiday themed pompoms as your counters.

As a knitter I love anything with a Christmas sweater theme, and this reading activity has kids use observation and problem solving skills to determine which sweater is the secret sweater. This activity is from The Measured Mom and has a sweater printable as well as the clues kids can use to solve the puzzle.

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Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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