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Issue 171 | December 03, 2024

Festive Learning

Find inspiration in the many different holidays, celebrations, and year-end festivities that fill this month! Your child can embrace new mini-books and playlets, wintery math activities, and curated thematic packs. We’ll help you bring the warmth and joy of learning into this December.

Here are our top resources for a dazzling December:

Compare and contrast winter holiday celebrations from around the world.

Help your child embrace a growth mindset with learning activities and writing prompts.

Discover the wonders of winter with themed mini-lessons, printables, and craftivities.

Check out our newest resources!

Snowy Winter Scene: Social Studies & Art Activity

Bridge social studies, science, and art with this seasonal sponge-painting craftivity.

More Craftivities

Winter Holidays Pack

Learn all about a variety of winter holidays from around the world with this giant pack of mini-lessons, activities, mini-books, crafts, and more.

More Thematic Packs

The Red Sled (Vowel E): Decodable Book 29

Chill out with this bite-sized winter mini-book–perfect for your early reader to use to practice independently.

More Decoding Printables

Writing Story Problems (writing word problems)

Help your child learn strategies for problem solving by analyzing characters’ work and apply what they’ve learned with this mini-book and skills sheet.

More Math Printables

Writing Story Problems (writing word problems)

Story Trees: Better Than Book Reports

Your young writer can “branch out” with this reading response organizer that highlights story elements and the use of precise language.

More Descriptive Writing Printables

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

For more great content and Editors' Picks, visit our December page.

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