Dec. 15-19, 2025

Students will learn about the Christmas tradition of Iceland where people give their friends & family gifts of books on Christmas Eve.

            Google Map of Iceland                                                            Iceland's flag

Click the image below to open a map of Iceland in a new tab.

Show Iceland's location in relation to where we are.

The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis, which can be seen in Iceland

The first two pages of the story show and mention the Northern Lights.

                 K-6                                                          If students want to know more about the Northern Lights:          

Facts about Iceland 

Arkansas is bigger in land area than Iceland.

2024 population of Iceland:          383,726

2024 population of Arkansas:  3,088,354

Show both of these videos to all classes: first, the informative video on the left, then The Christmas Book Flood video on the right.

AFTER the lesson above, Ms. Carroll's kindergarten class should do the gift activity I have left.  On the left side, they should draw/write what gifts they would like to give someone.  On the right side, they should draw/write what gifts they would like to receive.  Students may take their completed (or partially completed, if they run out of time) paper with them when they leave the library.

If students finish early, you may show some/any of the videos below.  You may also give brain breaks as needed with the directed movement activities.

Brain Breaks/Movement Activities:

Lesson Plan: