Christmas Homeschool Resources & Printables

You and your students will enjoy the variety of these Christmas resources, printables and activities. Study Christmas customs, the Nativity, the Grinch, Reindeer, St. Nicholas, and more!

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Free Christmas Lapbooks and Unit Studies

Christmas Nativity Story Lapbook – Use this lapbook to study the birth of Jesus.

Christmas Unit based on The Velveteen Rabbit – Literature unit includes language, science, social studies, and many extras.

Christmas Symbols Lapbook – Includes 9 Christmas symbols.

Christmas Customs Lapbook – Learn about different Christmas customs from around the world.

Cookies!! – We did this unit a couple of weeks before Christmas, to get all the baking done and prepare some gift jars while keeping the children busy, at the rate of a book a day.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas – This unit is based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It includes copywork, language arts, social studies, science, character study, and art.

Generosity Character Study – Includes a Bible story, memory verse, discussion questions, and reinforcement activity.

Kirsten – An American Girl Unit Study – In this unit, Kirsten’s Surprise is a Christmas story.

Discover the real St. Nicholas in this Unit Study perfect for December homeschooling with printables, hands-on activities & more! Lessons for preschool to high school

Learn the folklore and history behind the classic hymn, Silent Night, in this Unit Study for Families Homeschooling at Christmas.

Reindeer Unit Study: your kids will explore the folktales and fables of reindeer, make a pickle glow, learn about the Saami who live with and depend on the reindeer for food, clothing, and transportation, and much more!

Christmas Library List

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson – The story of six unruly children who teach a whole church about the true meaning of the birth of Christ.

Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lankford – Looks at Christmas traditions in 12 different cultures.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – The story of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Father and Son: A Nativity Story by Geraldine McCaughrean

Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury by Jan Brett

The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paola – A Mexican Christmas legend

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore – “Twas the night before Christmas…” the original poem set with pictures

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg – When a young boy jumps on a train bound for the Norton Pole, he learns the true meaning of Christmas.

A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Golden Books Christmas Stories collection