Winter holidays π β English games for kids (online + printable)
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
The winter holidays topic gives you 10 concrete, drawable, act-out-able words β ideal game material for young learners. Below: the full word list, five ways to play it (each opens a game with this topic already loaded), and the printables for offline lessons.
A word becomes the child's own after roughly seven meetings. One topic, several different games β that's how the meetings happen without a single drill.
The words (10)
- π Santa β ΠΠ΅Π΄ ΠΠΎΡΠΎΠ·
- π Christmas tree β ΡΠ»ΠΊΠ°
- β snowman β ΡΠ½Π΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠΊ
- π· sled β ΡΠ°Π½ΠΊΠΈ
- π¦ reindeer β ΡΠ΅Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π½Ρ
- π fireworks β ΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ
- π sparkler β Π±Π΅Π½Π³Π°Π»ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ½Ρ
- 𧦠stocking β ΠΏΡΠ°Π·Π΄Π½ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π½ΠΎΡΠΎΠΊ
- π bell β ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΊ
- π gift β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠΎΠΊ
Five ways to play them
- Memory Match β pictureβword pairs from the winter holidays set; every flip is said aloud. Two-player mode for student vs teacher.
- Bingo β you call the words, kids hunt their cards: listening practice with a winner's shout at the end.
- Flip Cards β the deck on screen: picture first, the child names it, flip to check. Great for the first meeting with the words.
- Word Scramble β the shorter winter holidays words letter by letter: spelling dressed as a puzzle.
- Balloon Words β save the word before the balloons fly away: the alphabet drill children ask to repeat.
Print & go
For offline lessons (or online students with a printer), the same winter holidays words come as A4 printables: cut-out flashcards with three label options, a one-page poster for the wall, unique bingo sheets with a caller's list, and a matching worksheet with an upside-down answer key.
β Take this with you
One topic, 10 words, five games and four printables: enough material for two or three lessons plus the review that makes it stick. Pick six words to master per lesson β the rest will follow.
π Put it into play
Everything here pairs with our free classroom games β no prep, no accounts.
About the author
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
Aylara is a kids' teacher who spent years hand-making every classroom game β cutting cards and drawing boards on paper sheets. She created AylaraTalks so no teacher has to start from a blank page again.