1 day of Christmas - the reason for the season

Jesus is the real reason why we celebrate the Christmas season. Here are some website that celebrate the real reason of Christmas...Jesus.

• Christmas story - Here is the Christmas story which is adapted to be used with a switch or the keyboard. This interactive story read alongs and highlights the words and symbols throughout the story. There are also games, worksheets, and printables to use after you read the story. 
• Nativity Send a Nativity e-card this Christmas from kids heart
• Nativity memory match game - see how many matches you can make.
• Make your own Nativity scene - Design and display your own Nativity scene.
• Story it - The nativity story from Storyit.com
• Manger puzzle
• Angels sliding puzzle
• Wiseman jigsaw
• See how much you know about the Christmas story with this online quiz. 

Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a bright, safe, and healthy new year! - Sam

2 days of Christmas - Santa's apps

Let's take a look to see what's on Santa's ipad! Here are some cute Christmas apps to use your on your iphone, ipod, or ipad.

• Best Christmas apps for kids
• 9 holiday cheer apps
• 10 free holiday apps
• Top 9 holiday apps
• 21 festive apps

3 days of Christmas - random Christmas games

For this post I decided to post a link to all the other games I have tagged in my Diigo library that are related to Christmas. So here is the Christmas buffet..pick what you like!

• Email Santa - Email the big guy in red
• Cute Christmas ecards from Holiday Ecard - Here are some very cute ecards with a christmas theme
• Design your own Gingerbread house- Decorate a gingerbread house virtually.
• Snowflake workshop- Create a beautiful snowflake in the snowflake workshop
• Christmas themed switch games - switch games with a Christmas theme
• More Christmas switch games  - switch games with a Christmas theme 
• 12 days of Christmas game - Click on the ornaments to play 12 different Christmas games
• Norad track Santa - Track Santa around the world as he delivers packages to all the boys and girls.
• Cute ecard to learn about cause and effect while building an adorable snowman- Snowman e card
• Santa solitare - Play solitaire with cards that have a Santa theme
• Send a personalized call from Santa - Use gmail to send a call from Santa to your little one.

4 days of Christmas..See what Mrs. Claus is cooking

Let's see what Mrs. Claus is cooking up for Santa, the elves, and reindeer this year..

Northpole kitchen - The elves and I are baking some wonderful holiday treats. We have collected some of our favorite holiday recipes in my special cookbook. Just click on me or my cookbook below to take a look. Perfect for the little ones!

Claus' cookbook - Get a sneak peak at the Claus' cookbook!  Perfect for the little ones!

Kraft's holiday how to center - Want to know how to create a Christmas confection? Check out this Kraft site...we know Mrs. Claus does!

Family Fun - Has some cute Christmas cooking ideas from appetizers to main dishes. Also check out Christmas cookies for little hands from Family Fun. 

Kid's cooking corner on about - Great ideas for snowflake cupcakes and Christmas tree pizza!  

Christmas cooking for kids - Here is a great idea for a kid to cook up their favorite tasty Christmas confections and give them as gifts! 

Recommended Recipe sites:

• Kaboose Christmas recipes
• All recipes holiday corner
• Apples for the teacher Christmas recipes
• Kids in the kitchen  
  

"Christmas Cookies date back to medieval times as well as to various regions and countries. Some believe that the Gingerbread cookie, or the German Lubkuchen, was the first known traditional Christmas Cookie. Sugar type cookies descended from England. The original Animal Crackers were the first edible Christmas Tree Ornament's. The earliest American Christmas Cookies came to us compliments of the Dutch in the early 1600's." - Christmas cookie lore

 

5 days of Christmas - Here comes Santa Claus...

 Here are some fun Santa related games and activities to play.

• Run Santa! - Santa has gained too much weight this year, help him run it off and avoid those extra goodies with this fun keyboard game. 

• Send a personal call from Santa from Gmail! 
•  Santa filbrinks - Santa filbrinks clear the screen 
• Snowball shoot out Can you hit Santa with a snowball? Make sure that you don't hit Rudolph. 
• Santa's trip - Santa distributes gifts all around the world. Can you remember his route? 
• Stack the sleigh Help Santa stack the the presents into size order before delivering them down the correct chimneys. Start with the longest present

 

• Whose Present Listening activity, match the child with their present by listening to what Santa has to say. 
• kids songs - Listen to a song about Santa and the busy elf. There is a game you can play while the song is loading, or you can do it before you listen to the song. Here are 5 words you will hear in the song. Can you draw lines between the words and the pictures? 
• Happy Christmas - Help Santa deliver the packages on time! 
• Santa's story - It's Christmas Eve and Santa's getting ready to deliver presents to boys and girls all round the world. How can he deliver all the presents in time?
• Merry Message from Better Homes and Gardens. Have Santa Claus deliver an audio message either by recording your own voice or by using the text-to-speech feature. 
• Santa swing - dancing Santa! Make yourself Santa or santa's helper then bust a move!
  

  

6 days of Christmas - polar express..All aboard!

Here are some perfect polar express sites...

Storyline online- search through for polar express - its the 4th page of stories

Polar Express/ - count down to Christmas

Crossword - Polar express crossword puzzle

Theatre play - Polar Express readers theater play

Ticket chase - play the polar express ticket chase 

Similarities - check out the two pictures and find what is similar in both

 

7 days of Christmas - Oh Christmas tree...

Oh Christmas tree...

It's time to decorate the Christmas tree! Gather your students around an interactive whiteboard or computer and decorate some of these fun interactive online trees!

Decorate a tree - From apples for the teacher

Decorate a Christmas Tree: Decorate the tree with blinking lights and yummy sugar cookies

Decorate your tree

Jan Brett Christmas tree

Fun ranch Christmas tree

Light up the tree Can you turn on all the lights?

Decorate the Christmas Tree

Trim the tree with this interactive drag and drop activity

Jog the Web Christmas activities

virtual Christmas tree 

8 days of christmas - ornaments!

Let's make some beautiful ornaments online! 

Christmas Ornament Swap: Swap two ornaments so there are 3  ornaments that are the same in a row. Found on More holiday games

Ornaments Off the Edge Game: Make sure the Ornaments don't reach the edge!Found on More holiday games

5 Ornaments in a Line: Remove the Christmas ornaments by lining up five ornaments in a row! Found on More holiday games

Decorate a tree - Decorate a tree with the ornaments of your choice.

Ornament print out - Print out this ornament book and color a picture on each. Found on  Christmas theme printables

Make Christmas ornaments recipe Found on  Christmas theme printables

Christmas ornament- no bake Christmas ornaments

9 days of Christmas - write a letter to Santa

Write a letter to Santa...

 

It's never too late to write a letter to Santa...so check out these fun and interactive letter writing games. 

• Merry Message from Better Homes and Gardens. Have Santa Claus deliver an audio message either by recording your own voice or by using the text-to-speech feature.
• Northpole mailbox - send an animated postcard from the North Pole
• Letter to Santa - Can you put the letter back together?
• Northpole elf pal - The Elf Pal Academy offers activities that can easily be incorporated into lesson plans or a home schooling agenda. The activities combine learning with colorful artwork that will entertain children for hours
• Northpole letter  - Send a letter to Santa 
• Elf chat - Chat with one of Santa's special helpers 

Fun sites

To learn how to raise money for Make A Wish by writing a letter to Santa click  here

For more Christmas activities click here 

 

10 days of Christmas - music

Want to jam to some Christmas music or make your own Christmas melodies? Try out some of these music sites!

Jingle bells - animated jingle bells

kids songs - Listen to a song about Santa and the busy elf. There is a game you can play while the song is loading, or you can do it before you listen to the song.

3ws radio - jam out to Christmas music just click listen live and you can listen to 3ws on your computer! Great to have on as background noise during the holiday season!

Northpole radio- Listen to your holiday favorites all year round!

Christmas Song List - A list of songs and lyrics! Also here is a list of traditional songs and lyrics

Reindeer orchestra  - Play Santa's reindeer by pressing their noses. Learn to play a Christmas song or free play! 

Christmas Bells:  Make music with the Christmas bells. 

Christmas music resources:

Science or NASA related Twas the night before Christmas poem 

Christmas music power point presentations 

11 days of Christmas - The Grinch!

 
The Grinch stole Christmas!

Stop the Grinch From Stealing Mouse clicking game to save Christmas! There are 13 gifts under the tree and the Grinch wants them all! Save Christmas by clicking on Grinch before he grabs the presents. You have to move fast - he's quick! 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Online Coloring Book Interactive coloring book with scenes from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Three images from the book can be colored. Interactive drawing tools included: draw circles, squares or add your own freehand drawing!

Grinch memory game - Play this memory game themed with the Grinch!  

Coloring fun - a fun interactive click and drag game

Grinch quiz - Get your Grinch on with this interactive quiz all about the big green guy!  

Grinch printables  

Grinch in suessville  

Can you find the Grinch printable?

12 Days of christmas - perfect presents!

Here are some fun perfectly pleasant present games to play on your own computer or on an interactive whiteboard:

Letter to Santa Tell Santa what presents you would like. 

Present sorting Choose to sort the presents in different ways as they come off the conveyor belt. You can sort my size, color, or shape! Best of luck!

Stack the sleigh Help Santa stack the the presents into size order before delivering them down the correct chimneys. Start with the longest present.

Stop the Grinch From Stealing Mouse clicking game to save Christmas! There are 13 gifts under the tree and the Grinch wants them all! Save Christmas by clicking on Grinch before he grabs the presents. You have to move fast - he's quick!  

 

Christmas Presents Guess what is hiding inside the present, click on it to find out!

Gift stack - see if you can stack the presents high!

13 days of christmas - elf!

Here are some excellent games and interactive pieces all about Santa's little helpers!

Northpole elf pal - The Elf Pal Academy offers activities that can easily be incorporated into lesson plans or a home schooling agenda. The activities combine learning with colorful artwork that will entertain children for hours.

kids songs - Listen to a song about Santa and the busy elf. There is a game you can play while the song is loading.Santa swing - dancing Santa! Make yourself Santa or santa's helper then bust a move!

Elf yourself- elf yourself! Create an elf inspired ecard that you star in!  

Elf snowball battle - Snowball fight!

Dress Up Elves:  Two little elves to dress up for Christmas

 

14 days of Christmas - gingerbread

Mmm...nothing says Christmas more than the smell of Gingerbread coming from the oven! Here are some great gingerbread based games and stories to use in your class or  home!

gingerbread man - decorate a gingerbread man 

Gingerbread house - Gingerbread house recipe

Gingerbread Cookie Card - send a gingerbread man that you created as a christmas e card.

The Gingerbread Man With Everything lets you create your own virtual…gingerbread man and send or post the link.
  

Gingerbread man story - An interactive gingerbread man story. 

Gingerbread man on Starfall - Here is a fun gingerbread man story and activity from Star fall!  

Gingerbread house - Design and print your own Gingerbread house 

Gingerbread house 2.0 - Click and drag to create your own gingerbread house!  

Gingerbread house 2.2 - Create a cute and  interactive gingerbread house, found this on my Diigo list!

Great Gingerbread resources: 

Gingerbread man themed activities  Web Resources for Educators by Midge Frazel

Gingerbread websites

More gingerbread man fun

15 days of Christmas - frosty the snowman!

Frosty the snowman...here are some fun games with a fun Frosty theme! If it is too cold outsie, have a good time playing inside with these super fun snowman games!


Dress up these funny snowmen - match the items on the two snowmen.

Build a Snowman - click and drag the items to build and dress the snowman

Make a snowman - Create a fun snowman by adding in buttons, scarves, hats, mittens, and a face!

Snowman Drag the pieces to build a snowman in this fun kindergarten and preschool game.   

Snowy Fun! Whether you live near snow or not, everyone can join in the fun of decorating their own snowman in Snowy Fun. Come work on your math facts and earn decorations to customize your snowman. Hurry! Don't delay for soon the snow may melt away. 

Coloring Pages - Use your interactive crayon to paint these fun coloring pages of New Year symbols - father time, baby father time, happy New Year snowman, clock set at midnight, noisemakers, and a party man waiting for the New Year.


 Holiday Fun Preschool Activity Center Play all day at the Holiday Fun Preschool Center! Build a snowman, print a snowflake or play the holiday coloring game - it's a barrel of fun!
  

16 days of christmas - reindeer games

You know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, Comet, and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen but do you recall...the most famous reindeer of all???

...It's that time of year, time for the reindeer games to begin! Check out these fun games all starring Rudolph and his friends! 

• Tootin' Reindeer - Cause and effect - click on the reindeer and hear them...toot
• Reindeer orchestra - Click on the reindeer to play a song.
• Santa's Gift Sling:  Have Santa use the sling on the reindeer to shoot the Christmas gifts into the chimney.
• Reindeer Coloring Page (color online) - An online coloring page all about reindeer.
• Where's Raymond the Reindeer? - Find an interactive reindeer barn and learn about Raymond and his reindeer friends.
• Rooney Reindeer's Match up - Match the pictures in this fun concentration game.  
•   Rooney says Follow Me! – A fun Simon says interactive game.
•  Reindeer Team e-card - Send this cute reindeer e card to a friend.

17 days of Christmas - let it snow!

A few days ago we got a bit of snow, and so I wanted to share some super snowy resources with you. Cuddle up with a cup of hot chocolate and play some of these fun games on your computer!  

Stickers for all seasons Choose the winter season and have fun placing stickers on the winter scene

Snowflake workshop - Create a cute snowflake in the snowflake workshop!

Make a flake - Make your own snowflake with the scissors and paper.

Build your own snowman Dress up the snowman

Winter resources - many great winter resources

Winter madlibs - printable witner mad libs 

100 snowballs - 100 snowballs count the snowballs to 100

Make a snowman - Create a fun snowman by adding in buttons, scarves, hats, mittens, and a face!

Alfy’s Snow Day.Here’s a “talking book” about Alfy during the winter months.  

Snowman Drag the pieces to build a snowman in this fun kindergarten and preschool game.  

Text snowflake creator - Just like wordle, puts your text, words, and phrases into a snowflake design!

For more Christmas fun please visit here

 

18 days of Christmas - audio books and ebooks

For this post we are going to discuss some Christmas audio books to enjoy with your class! Below I have listed some fun audio books or ebooks with a Christmas theme! Enjoy!

• Christmas carol audio book - Charles Dickens audio book from Story home 
• Christmas stories - Christmas stories from story-nory 
• Holidays are here - The holidays are here is a great holiday e book
• Christmas bear - Read this story about a Christmas bear. 

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19 days of Chrismas - ecards

This is the time of year where we send out oodles of cards and notes full of warm thoughts to our family and friends. This year, why not have your class send an e-card to a loved one or friend. This is a great way to spread holiday cheer! These e cards are also very cute, interactive, and motivating for students to create! I highly recommend the elf yourself!

Here are some cheery Christmas e-card creation sites:

• Elf yourself- Create an elf inspired e card that you star in!  
• Gingerbread Cookie Card - send a gingerbread man that you created as a Christmas e card.  
• Northpole mailbox - send an animated postcard from the North Pole  
• Holiday sweater - create your own holiday sweater! Take tacky to a new level!  
• Christmas Activity Center - Play Christmas games, get gift ideas, and send e-cards to friends and family at the Christmas Activity Center! Plus, laugh it up with Christmas riddles and solve holiday Sudoku puzzles!
• jib jab- who can forget jib jab! Make a Christmas e-card starring yourself! **some adult content** Hallmark - Hallmark has some free e cards to send a family member of friend.  
• Blue Mountain - A great place to find cute Christmas e-cards 
• Ecardia - Found this one on my diigo finds! Great ecard maker.
• Christmas card maker - Just as it says - very interactive card maker.

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20 days of Christmas - switch games

For this post I am going to show you some great Christmas themed switch games to play on the computer. 

• Switchabilities - Here is a list of eight great Christmas games to play on the computer.  
• Christmas presents - Guess what is hiding inside the present, click on it to find out!
• Card Maker Card types - presently include Birthdays, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
• Christmas singing sheep - click on the sheep to hear them sing  
• Press to Reveal! - Christmas - Press the switch the reveal the Christmas character