The Christmas Around the World Super Bundle includes 9 resources and 896 pages that explore Christmas in 20 different countries! Introduce your kids to Christmas in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden with these fun resources that include Story of Christmas Around World Coloring Books, Volumes 1-4; Christmas Around the World Card Game; Christmas Foods Around the World Notebooking Journal; Draw & Explore Social Studies: Christmas Foods Around the World; Christmas Traditions Around the World Notebooking Journal; and Christmas Around the World Creative Writing Notebook. There are materials for every age from 5-18 in this bundle, so the whole family can learn together! Learn more and see a preview of each resource below.<\/p>\n
The Christmas Around the World Card Game is a fun card game that helps kids learn about how Christmas is celebrated in twenty different countries, and you can easily play shorter or longer games as you prefer. Both a color and black and white version are included.<\/p>\n
With the Christmas Foods Around the World Notebooking Journal and Christmas Traditions Around the World Notebooking Journal, students can explore the world as they learn about 75 Christmas foods and 64 Christmas traditions from around the world and record information about each one.<\/p>\n
In Draw & Explore Social Studies: Christmas Foods Around the World, you can combine art and history in one fun unit. Students learn from a short description of ten different foods or meals and then practice copying the examples on grids. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included.<\/p>\n
The Christmas Around the World Creative Writing Notebook is the perfect way to engage students in creative writing while having some holiday fun and learning about other cultures. They can use the research and brainstorming prompts to guide them in writing a short story or a five-paragraph essay about Christmas in twenty different countries.<\/p>\n
The story of Christmas around the world is shared in the Story of Christmas Around the World Coloring Books, Volumes 1-4. This HUGE set includes 480+ coloring pages with copywork about Christmas in twenty different countries. Kids can discover all sorts of interesting facts about the way families in these countries celebrate Christmas, what they enjoy eating for special Christmas meals, and much more. These units focus on faith, family, and food traditions and customs. There is no mention of Santa Claus or gift-giving traditions. Two levels are available, Levels B and C.<\/p>\n
Christmas Around the World Card Game<\/a><\/strong>: This fun card game helps kids learn about how Christmas is celebrated in twenty different countries. A set of six cards is included for each of the 20 countries, with each card in a set featuring an image of something that has a special meaning at Christmas for the people in a certain country. For example, to collect the Australia set, kids need to collect the cards showing Carols by Candlelight, barbecue, cold meats, Christmas crackers, a yacht race, and Pavlova. The object of the game is to get as many sets of cards as possible. Six wild cards are included, and blank cards are also included for adding to the game. The game can be played with as many or as few of the sets as you choose to create a longer or shorter game. All cards are provided in color and in black and white. 126 cards (color), 126 cards (black and white), and 34 pages total.<\/p>\n Christmas Foods Around the World Notebooking Journal<\/a><\/strong>: With this fun Christmas notebooking journal, students have a chance to discover 76 traditional Christmas foods from at least twenty different countries. They can research and record key information about each type of food and record what country\/countries include it in their Christmas celebrations, how it is a part of Christmas, how it is made and its main ingredients, and if it\u2019s served along with other traditional Christmas foods. An image of each type of food is also included. 79 pages total.<\/p>\n Christmas Traditions Around the World Notebooking Journal<\/a><\/strong>: With this notebooking journal, students have a chance to discover 64 Christmas traditions from at least twenty different countries including everything from Advent calendars and Dala horses to Froebel stars and Zwetschgenm\u00e4nnla. They can research and record key information about each tradition and record what it is, what country\/countries include it in their Christmas celebrations, what the history of the tradition is, and other interesting facts they discover. An image representing each tradition is also included. 67 pages total.<\/p>\n Draw and Explore Social Studies-Christmas Foods Around the World<\/a><\/strong>: The Draw and Explore Social Studies series is a great way to combine art and social studies. A short description of ten different foods associated with Christmas celebrations is given. Each is followed by an image of the food or meal on a grid. Next, students can do one or all of the assignments that follow. They can draw half of the image in a grid that shows the left half of the picture, half of the image in a grid that shows the right half of the picture, or the entire image on an empty grid. This makes the unit completely flexible for both left-handed and right-handed students. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included. Foods included are b\u00fbche de No\u00ebl, chapattis and nyama choma, Christmas cake, kahk, puto bumb\u00f3ng, kutya, rabanada, roast turkey and vegetables, stollen, and Three Kings Cake. 31 pages total.<\/p>\n Christmas Around the World Creative Writing Notebook<\/a><\/strong>: This unit is the perfect way to engage students in creative writing while having some holiday fun and learning about other cultures. Research questions about Christmas traditions in twenty different countries around the world are given that explore different aspects of faith, family, and food. Students can use these questions as prompts to guide them in independent research and record what they learn.<\/p>\n Next, they can fill out a brainstorming sheet for writing either a short story or a five-paragraph essay (or both if desired). Finally, they can write their short story and\/or their essay. They can complete as many of the writing assignments as desired. Christmas traditions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden are explored. 134 pages.<\/p>\n Story of Christmas Around the World Coloring Books, Volumes 1-4<\/strong><\/a>: The story of Christmas around the world is shared in this HUGE bundle that includes 480+ coloring pages with copywork about Christmas in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. Kids can discover all sorts of interesting facts about the way families in these countries celebrate Christmas, what they enjoy eating for special Christmas meals, and much more.<\/p>\n These units focus on faith, family, and food traditions and customs. There is no mention of Santa Claus or gift-giving traditions. A short introduction in each book highlights what the Christmas celebrations in the book have in common, and the end of each book focuses on thanking community helpers who don\u2019t always get to take Christmas off to be with their families. It\u2019s a great way to work some social studies, holiday fun, and handwriting practice into your day. You can even display the pages around the room when you\u2019re finished. Two levels are available, Levels B and C. Ages 5-10.<\/p>\n *Please note that the Introduction and Community Thank You pages repeat in each volume, but each volume includes 100+ coloring pages about Christmas in five different countries with no repeated images or countries between volumes. The Story of Christmas Around the World Bundle includes 481 unique coloring pages with copywork.<\/p>\n Story of Christmas Around the World, Volume 1<\/a><\/strong>: The story of Christmas around the world is shared in this HUGE resource that includes coloring pages and copywork about Christmas in France, Sweden, Kenya, Brazil, and Spain. Students can discover what is often added to French Nativity scenes, what Swedish town builds a huge straw goat each year, which country enjoys nyama choma for Christmas, which country\u2019s employees sometimes earn a 13th salary, and which country has a special Christmas character named Ti\u00f3 de Nadal, as well as what Le R\u00e9veillon, Les Treize, F\u00eate des Rois (Epiphany), and St. Lucia\u2019s Day are all about, plus so much more.<\/p>\n Coloring pages are broken down as follows: Introduction (6 pages), Christmas in France (27 pages), Christmas in Sweden (30 pages), Christmas in Kenya (14 pages), Christmas in Brazil (20 pages), Christmas in Spain (20 pages), and Community Thank You (15 pages). There are 132 coloring pages with large print or cursive, traceable copywork. 135 pages total.<\/p>\n Story of Christmas Around the World, Volume 2<\/a><\/strong>: The story of Christmas around the world is shared in this HUGE resource that includes coloring pages and copywork about Christmas in Germany, Egypt, Australia, China, and South Africa. Students can discover how German Christmas markets began and caught on all around the world, the history of popular German Christmas decorations, popular Christmas carols that began in Germany, why people in Egypt celebrate Christmas at two different times, how Carols by Candlelight got started in Australia, what Boxing Day is all about, what Christmas decorations are popular in China, why one Chinese city is sometimes called the \u201cChristmas capital of the world,\u201d what a Bring-and-Braai is, and much more.<\/p>\n Coloring pages are broken down as follows: Introduction (6 pages), Christmas in Germany (53 pages), Christmas in Egypt (8 pages), Christmas in Australia (24 pages), Christmas in China (15 pages), Christmas in South Africa (17 pages), and Community Thank You (15 pages). There are 138 coloring pages with large print or cursive, traceable copywork. 141 pages total.<\/p>\n Story of Christmas Around the World, Volume 3<\/a><\/strong>: The story of Christmas around the world is shared in this HUGE resource that includes coloring pages and copywork about Christmas in Mexico, Ethiopia, Italy, the Philippines, and Ireland. Students can discover what is often added to Mexican Nativity scenes, what a luminaria is, what game families play on Christmas in Ethiopia, what the most important part of Christmas decorations in Italy is, who the zampognari and pifferai are and what they do, how the Philippine tradition of parols began, and what \u201cLittle Christmas\u201d is in Ireland, as well as what Las Posadas, Noche de R\u00e1banos, D\u00eda de los Reyes, Candlemas, Timkat, and Simbang Gabi are all about, plus so much more.<\/p>\n Coloring pages are broken down as follows: Introduction (6 pages), Christmas in Mexico (33 pages), Christmas in Ethiopia (12 pages), Christmas in Italy (28 pages), Christmas in the Philippines (22 pages), Christmas in Ireland (21 pages), and Community Thank You (15 pages). There are 137 coloring pages with large print or cursive, traceable copywork. 140 pages total.<\/p>\n