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Ideas & Activities for Surviving the Winter Season & Holidays (Without Losing Your Sanity)

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Do you need ideas for surviving the holidays as a teacher? Read on for a huge post full of ideas, tips, resources, books, and more for all of winter!

The winter months….as in December, January, and even February are full-fledged madness. It’s no wonder you probably worry you won’t survive the holidays as a teacher. With so many holidays that can be covered, a classroom full of antsy kids itching for a break, and the holiday treats with enough sugar to fuel a jet engine, it’s a wonder how teachers survive these winter months.

Just in the span of 3 months, these are just SOME of the holidays celebrated.

  • Kwanzaa
  • Hanukkah
  • Christmas
  • New Year’s Eve
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • 100th Day of School
  • Groundhog’s Day
  • Super Bowl
  • Lunar New Year
  • Valentine’s Day
  • President’s Day

What began as a HUGE blog post years ago is now broken into smaller posts for the winter months. Read on to get ideas, tips, activities, and more for the month of December and the winter season! This will hopefully help you survive the holidays as a teacher. There is a separate compilation post for all the February holidays you can see here!

Posts for Surviving the Holidays As A Teacher

Are you a teacher who is looking for fun and easy ways to celebrate Christmas in the classroom? If your school allows, read on for engaging ideas!
Are you a teacher wondering how on earth you will survive the crazy month of December? Read on for tips and ideas to survive this entire month!
The month of December is always crazy! One way to engage your antsy students is with centers! Check out 7 math and ELA centers for the month!
Surviving the winter months can be exhausting especially with indoor recess due to snow! Get 10 math and ELA activities to use during winter.
Ideas for Celebrating the Winter Season
Centers are a fun way to get through the long winter months! Get 10 winter themed hands on centers perfect for smalls groups or independent work.
Writing does not have to be avoided or hard to fit in during the winter months, With this activity students will write a winter themed cinquain!
With this fun snowman writing craft, students will practice their writing skills during the winter months and bonus, you will have an adorable display!
Are you looking for ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day in the classroom? Read on for ideas and resources to celebrate without the stressful mess!
Are you in need of fun activities for President's Day that don't get political? With a word search, word scrambles, math codes, and more you'll be set!

Now, if you have come here in full panic mode and need activities RIGHT NOW, you can skip the blog posts and check out my Winter Holidays MEGA Bundle! It is full of NO PREP and digital math and ELA activities for December, January, February, and winter! You will be able to have activities that cover many second grade standards such as main idea, elapsed time, parts of speech, 2 and 3-digit addition and subtraction, sentences fragments, word problems, creative writing, and so much more. Plus this bundle includes 22 centers for winter and December and 2 writing crafts! It’s the ultimate winter bundle that will save your sanity during the winter months!

 

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