First of all, a Merry Christmas to one and all!
Secondly, many apologies for not having uploaded much recently. This Christmas sees Matt-Erials based in sunny South Africa and, with this, a host of internet issues. So...
Thirdly, and to make up for the lack of activities, here is A Christmas Schmorgesborg for you all (I also know it's a little late, but better late than never, right?)
24th December
A powerpoint game where students help Santa to deliver a present.
Simply ask your students questions and, if they are correct they can press the spacebar and move the present that little bit further.
Click Here to Download 24th December
A Christmas Mad-Lib
We all know mad-libs, this one is a Christmas version!
Best used with teen or adult classes. Use the list at the top of the page to elicit various words and then slot them into the story, and see what your students have created.
Click Here to Download A Christmas Mad-Lib
Christmas Gift Craft
Kids love crafts and parents love something their children have made!
Christmas Gift craft requires your students to colour, cut and stick a Christmas themed item into a gift box, that they have also coloured, cut and stick, before writing a message to their parents as a Christmas gift.
Click Here to Download Christmas Gift Craft
Christmas Reindeer Dice
A simple, six sided dice to print (best on card) and build.
You can have your students make their own, or create one for your class. Each number is represented by a number of coloured reindeer.
Click Here to Download Christmas Reindeer Dice
Christmas-O-Matic
A Christmas pudding and powerpoint based version of heads or tails.
Great for teaching anything where there is a choice of 2 options i.e. Like/Don't Like, Yes/No, Eat/Drink. Assign a colour to each option, press the launch button and have the student produce the corresponding sentence. Once all the Christmas Puddings are used up, press the refill button and continue.
Click Here to Download Christmas-O-Matic
Fix Father Christmas
A powerpoint and dice based reward game of chance!
The aim of the game is to fix Father Christmas, but you can only do that if you answer the question correctly and then roll the number that corresponds to the correct body part. Students have to roll the dice so that the numbers appear in order, and can only use each body part once. The dice is also available,
Click Here to Download Fix Father Christmas Powerpoint
Click Here to Download Fix Father Christmas Dice
Santa Stroll
A powerpoint race game, for 4 teams.
Split your class into 4 teams and ask them questions. If they answer the question correctly, have them press their team button to make Santa stroll. 7 correct answers will win them the race.
Click Here to Download Santa Stroll
Snowball
A powerpoint based points game for individual players or teams.
Once a student, or team, has answered a question correctly or produce the language have them click the space bar or the screen to make Carlie Brown throw a snowball at the target and record the score!
Click Here to Download Snowball
Target Grinch
A powerpoint target game for sticky balls.
Have students throw a sticky ball at a smart board to try and hit the moving target. If they hit it they will here the grinch laughing. Remember you need a smart board AND a sticky, or soft ball (press the space bar to start the target swinging).
Click Here to Download Target Grinch