December Events
December Events
December 1st: Rosa Parks Day
December 5th: International Ninja Day
December 9th-15th: Hour of Code
December 10th: Dewey Decimal Day
December 13th: National Cocoa Day
December 14th International Monkey Day and Videos about Monkeys
December 21st: Winter Solstice and Time Lapse Video in Alaska
All Month: December Calendar Random Acts of Kindness
Lesson Ideas
Lesson Ideas
Storyline Online
Read The Nutcracker
Read a book about a character trait your school is focusing on. Offer a prize to students who can find an example of that trait in a book they are reading. For example, for integrity, read Empty Pot.
For K-1: Read or watch The Mitten
Read Wolf in the Snow
Watch: How Wolves Change Rivers
Books For December
Books For December
Bedtime for BearBrett Helquist
Bear and WolfDaniel Salmieri
Bear has a Story to Tell
by Philip C SteadBook Trailer
by Philip C SteadBook Trailer
Bear Stays up for ChristmasKarma Wilson
Charlotte and the NutcrackerCharlotte Nebres
The Elves and the ShoemakerJim La MarcheStoryline Online
The Great Santa StakeoutBetsy Bird
If it's Snowy and You Know it, Clap Your Paws!Kim Norman
Over and Under the SnowKate Messner
Samson in the SnowPhillip Christian Stead
Santa BruceRyan T Higgins
Santa in the CityTiffany D Jackson
Sneezy the SnowmanMaureen Wright
The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats
The Snowy NapJan Brett
Tacky the Penguinby Helen Lester
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
by Cathy Camper
by Cathy Camper
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!Lucille Colandro
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Clement C Moore
Clement C Moore
Waiting for WinterSebastian Meschenmoser
Winter Is Here Kevin Henkes
Winter DanceMarion Dane Bauer
Wolf in the SnowMatthew Cordell
The Golden Dreidel
by Ellen Kushner
by Ellen Kushner
The Snowman and the Sun
by Susan Taghdis
by Susan Taghdis
Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of Christmas
by Mark Lee
by Mark Lee
The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Storyby Poppy Harlow