Description
December Early Finishers Winter Activities Holidays Packet
Keep your students busy and learning this holiday season with this December Early Finishers with Winter Activities packet! This 17-page, no-prep resource is perfect for 2nd–5th graders who finish early, need independent work, or want fun morning activities. With a mix of winter-themed puzzles, holiday literacy tasks, and December math challenges, your students will stay motivated all month long.
What’s Inside this December Learning Packet:
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17 ready-to-go December Early Finishers Winter Activities pages
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Activity book covers that double as coloring pages
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Answer keys included
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Balanced mix of winter and December holiday worksheets
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Perfect for homeschooling, classroom centers, or independent practice
Winter Early Finisher Activities Include:
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“Hide & Seek” Holiday Word Search
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Santa’s Sleigh of Idiom Sayings
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Holiday Homophone Adventures
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Winter Cause and Effect
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“Snow Much to Say” Identify the Topic Sentence
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Festive Fix It Fun – Grammar Sentence Editing
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Frosty the Snowman Word Work Activity
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Winter I Spy
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Holiday Math Spending with Gingerbread Men
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December Math Wheels – Multiplication
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Winter Word Problems
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Holiday Treats Division Math
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Elf Word Problem Riddles
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Crack the Number Code
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Mrs. Claus’s Sweet Fractions
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December Math Maze
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Holiday Graphing Challenge
With so much variety, your students will stay busy and engaged all month!
How to Use These December Early Finishers:
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Morning or Bell-Ringer Work
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Transition Times
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No-Prep Sub Plans
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Independent or Partner Work
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Christmas Break Class Party Activities
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Fun December Busy Work
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Winter-Break Worksheets
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Brain Break Activities
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At-Home Learning Packets
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For your fast finishers
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Why Teachers Love These Activities:
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No prep required—just print and go
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Engaging, seasonal content that reinforces skills
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Flexible for mixed-ability classrooms
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Perfect for independent practice or centers
- Works for each day leading up to Christmas break
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Keeps students learning and motivated throughout December
Interested in more December or Christmas-themed resources? Here you go!
Frequently Asked Questions About These December and Christmas Activities
1. What are some no-prep classroom activities for the last week before Christmas break?
Keep students engaged during the busy days before winter break with these 17 printable December and Christmas activities for 2nd–5th grade. This packet includes holiday math puzzles, winter word work, grammar editing, multiplication challenges, and more. They’re perfect for independent work, early finishers, morning activities, or those unexpected gaps in your December classroom schedule.
2. What Christmas math worksheets are included for upper elementary students?
This packet includes several Christmas and winter math activities that reinforce multiplication, division, fractions, graphing, and problem-solving. Students can practice with Mrs. Claus’s Sweet Fractions, Holiday Treats Division Math, Elf Word Problem Riddles, and December Math Wheels. These worksheets provide seasonal math review without requiring extra lesson preparation.
3. Are there December grammar and ELA activities that students can complete independently?
Yes! These winter and Christmas ELA worksheets include homophones, idioms, cause and effect, identifying topic sentences, and grammar sentence editing. Students can practice important language arts skills with activities like Santa’s Sleigh of Idiom Sayings, Holiday Homophone Adventures, and Festive Fix It Fun. They’re great for literacy centers, independent practice, and December morning work.
4. Does this December packet include winter activities that aren’t Christmas-themed?
Yes! This packet combines winter-themed worksheets with Christmas and holiday activities, so teachers can choose pages that fit their classroom needs. Winter activities include cause and effect practice, topic sentence identification, seasonal math word problems, and winter I Spy. You can use the winter-themed pages independently of the Christmas activities.
5. How can I organize December early finisher activities for students who finish their work early?
Create a simple December early finisher activity booklet using the included cover pages and printable worksheets. Students can keep their booklets in desks or classroom folders and work on math puzzles, grammar activities, and word challenges whenever they finish assignments early. You can also place individual pages in a fast finisher bin or classroom learning station for students to choose from.
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SweetSkyRain –
Fun and educational early finisher packet. My students loved it!
Samantha Burch –
Great resource! Easy to use and implement in the classroom
Misty G. –
This December activity packet was exactly what I needed! The word searches and holiday-themed activities kept my students engaged and productive during early finisher time. It was easy to print and use, and the winter theme made it fun and relevant. A great low-prep resource I’ll definitely keep using!
Heather M. –
My kids love these kinds of things as a special treat. It was motivation for them to complete other work.
Brooke S. –
This was a great way to help keep kids engaged when needing to supplement or review skills! I love the themed packages and so do the students!
Katie B. –
Lots of variety for all my students and great that I don’t have to go search for options
kristin C. –
Students can do most pages independently or with each other as a fast finisher. Much easier than me trying to pull together all my content areas- and it is cute!