Christmas excitement is HIGH. Teacher prep energy? We're working with what we've got.
The
Christmas Calm Play Survival Guide was created for those very specific December classroom moments when you suddenly need something simple, engaging and actually doable.
The children finished earlier than expected.
The room is getting LOUD.
You mysteriously have 20 minutes to fill.
Half the class has mentally left for Christmas.
You need them happily occupied while you finish approximately 847 end-of-term jobs.
Or absolutely nothing is going according to plan.
Instead of scrolling through another enormous list of Christmas activities wondering
"which one can I actually use right now?", simply find the classroom moment you're in and choose from the low-prep play ideas designed for it.
Inside you'll find:
- Quick early-finisher invitations
- Repetitive activities for those everyone-needs-the-same-thing-right-now moments.
- Longer play invitations for unexpected gaps in your day.
- Familiar classroom play with an easy festive twist.
- Independent-ish invitations with a clear entry point and obvious action
- Emergency print-and-go activities for days that have gone completely rogue.
- Christmas playdough prompt cards
- Christmas Would You rather slides/cards
- Simple drawing, making and play invitatinos
- Quick reference tools to help you choose an activity based on the classroom moment you're actually experiencing.
The focus is simple. familiar and usable.
No elaborate Christmas productions.
No activity requiring 14 obscure craft supplies.
No spending longer preparing the activity than the children spend doing it.
Use the materials already living in your classroom, choose what fits the moment and get straight into play.
Perfect for: preschool, kindergarten, foundation and early years classrooms looking for simple festive play during the final weeks of term.
Digital product: Download, print and use throughout the Christmas season.
