Christmas Themed Math Activities

December 16, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

If we can do Christmas themed language arts activities, we can do Christmas math, too.

Kindergarten Worksheets and Games has a bunch of printable math worksheets for younger kids, including skip counting, greater than/less than, I-spy with counting and more, all with a winter/holiday theme.

Mashup Math has some Christmas-themed math riddles for kids to try. Think logic puzzles where kids have to figure out how many there are of something or how much something costs based on the clues in the word problem.

Little Bins for Little Hands has a great collection of free printable Christmas related math activities. You’ll find Grinch themed graphic, a Santa dice rolling game, playdough mats with counting activities, secret word math puzzles and more.

Older kids can use these ideas from Make Sense of Math for some holiday-themed math learning. Solve problems with a snowball fight, plan a holiday meal or use problem solving on holiday themed puzzles. Some of these ideas involved paid products you can find here.

Speaking of paid resources, this holidays around the world math pack from Amanda Stitt at Teachers Pay Teachers looks like a lot of fun for middle schoolers. It includes information about different winter holidays (such as Christmas, Kwanzaa, Diwali and Los Posadas) and how they are celebrated around the world, with math skills integrated into the lessons. For example kids can determine the average temperature around Christmas in Australia, which country has the most people who celebrate Kwanzaa, or solve a word problem to discover how much money the children were gifted for Lunar New Year.

Teaching with Kaylee B has more paid printable math activities good for elementary school kids. I love the “Don’t Eat Pete” game, which is a way to practice math facts (and eat a little candy) you can do throughout the year, but this one has holiday themed clip art to make it a fun Christmas math game.

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Celebrating Mexican Independence Day

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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