The winter holidays give teachers the opportunity to present the history of the celebrations and traditions their students participate in every year while introducing them to ones they may not be as familiar with but are just as beloved. They also give teachers and students alike the chance to have a little fun in the classroom. Infobase helps educators on both fronts, with engaging streaming video and classroom activities and printables that will teach students something new while putting smiles on their faces and a little cheer in their hearts. 

Streaming Holiday Videos from the Best Educational Producers

Looking for fun, educational holiday videos to brighten a school day just before the holidays? Learn360 offers K–12 schools and districts access to more than 170,000 resources, including thousands of videos from PBS, Wonderscape Entertainment®, BBC, Baby Einstein, and hundreds of other top producers. Here are just a few you’ll find:

• A Big Lego Christmas (Item #295258; available in the U.S. and Canada)
• Happy New Year, Lyla!/Un-Boxing Match (Lyla in the Loop series; Item #294991; available in the U.S.)
• From the Global Celebration series (available worldwide except for the U.K. and Australia/New Zealand): Global Celebration: Hanukkah (Item #203243), Global Celebrations: Chinese New Year (Item #203244), and Global Celebrations: Christmas Day (Item #203245)
• From the Lingokids series: ABC Holiday Chant (Item #274947) and Elves Go Marching Song (Item #274959)
• White Christmas (YaYa and Zouk series; Item #194199; available in the U.S., Canada, and Australia/New Zealand)
• Christmas Tree (Mickey’s Farm series; Item #60071)
• Franklin’s Magic Christmas (Franklin the Turtle series; Item #79923; available in the U.S. and Canada)
• Alma’s Nochebuena/Three Kings Day Do-Over (Alma’s Way series; Item #283535; available in the U.S.) 
• Storytime Videos – Christmas series (Item #282267; available in the U.S. and Canada; in Spanish)
• Where Did the Tradition of Decorating Christmas Trees Come From? (I Wonder: History series; Item #291066)
• Episode 6: Baby Santa’s Music Box (Baby Einstein Classics, Season 4 series; Item #282970; available worldwide except Asia)
• Santa’s Bunny Elves (Mike, Meela, and the Magic Rhyme series; Item #294641; includes accompanying eBook)
• Dougie’s Essex Yule Log (Xmas)—My World Kitchen (Series 4) (Item #276774)
• Santa’s Wild Home (Nature) (Item #280790; available in the U.S.)
• Holiday Cookies (Item #168886; available in the U.S. and Canada)
• A Mexican Christmas (Item #146109; available in the U.S. and Canada)
• Go Jetters: Christmas Special (Item #141147)
• From the Holiday Kids series: All About Christmas (Item #204760) and All About Hanukkah (Item #204762)
• New Year’s Eve (Human Nature (Season 2) series; Item #289736) 
• Fin de Año (New Year’s Eve) (Naturaleza Humana (Serie 2) series; Item #289219; in Spanish)
• Miaomiao: Chinese New Year Part I (Item #192476)
• The Catrina Mystery/The Lucky Dragon Dance (Rosie’s Rules, Season 1) (Item #291832; available in the U.S.)
• From the Children’s Picture Books series (available in the U.S. and Canada): The Night Before Christmas (Item #83441), Max’s Christmas (Item #83355), and Seven Candles for Kwanzaa (Item #83482)
• From the It’s My Party series (available in the U.S., Canada, and Australia/New Zealand): Chinese New Year (Item #193925), Hanukkah (Item #193923), and Kwanzaa (Item #193922)

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Need Holiday Activities? Check The Mailbox®

Whether you’re a teacher who plans each lesson meticulously months in advance or one who waits until the last minute, you will find The Mailbox Plus a useful tool throughout the year. The Mailbox Plus brings together more than 54,000 ideas and worksheets for prekindergarten through grade 6, including thousands that are perfect for holiday classroom fun and learning. Here are just some of the ones you’ll find:

• Prekindergarten: Perfect Plans: Gingerbread Treats—Encourage students to get creative while improving their math and fine-motor skills with these adorable gingerbread man activities.
• Kindergarten and Grade 1: Fun and Frosty Card—This cute card is easy to make and perfect for a holiday greeting or winter wishes.
• Grades 2–3: Holiday Traditions—Make the most of Christmastime excitement and inspire students to plan orderly paragraphs with this writing activity.
• Grades 4–6: Capping It All Off!—Build vocabulary skills with this winter-themed word-of-the-week activity. Make it part of your reading instruction, or use it as a free-time extension or homework assignment.

Plus, here’s something that should make your spirit bright: If your school or district subscribes to both Learn360 and The Mailbox Plus, you’ll get unlimited access within your Learn360 to all the teacher-created content from The Mailbox—everything you need on just one platform!

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See also:

• 5 Creative Ideas for the Elementary School Classroom
• 4 Reasons Your Classroom Needs Learn360
• FREE webinar: What’s New in Learn360: Content Ideas to Use in Your Classroom
• Make December Bright with Holiday Printables from The Mailbox Plus
• Start the Year Off Right with Printables from The Mailbox Plus
• The 12 Days of Learn360