Classroom Advent Calendar for December

The same 24 doors as our advent calendar for kids, set up for the class screen. Each door has a printable activity and an idea for doing it together. Weekend doors can open on Friday, and from your last day of term every door is open.

The calendar

The doors need JavaScript to open. You can still print the advent calendar poster (A4) or (US Letter) and colour a door each day.

Print the poster for the classroom wall

Put the poster up on 1 December and let a different child colour each door. It comes in A4 and US Letter; print it at 100% or enlarge it to A3 on the copier.

Poster (A4 PDF) Poster (US Letter PDF)

For quiet colouring time: The free advent colouring book has 24 numbered Christmas colouring pages, one for each day, in one PDF (A4 or US Letter). Print one copy per child and let them colour a page a day.

Questions

What happens at the weekend?

With “Open the weekend doors on Friday” ticked, Friday opens that day’s door and the Saturday and Sunday doors too, so no activity is missed. Untick it to open one door a day.

Our term ends before 24 December. What then?

Choose your last day of term in the teacher settings. From that day every door is open, so the class can do the rest together or take the poster home.

How do I use it on the class screen?

Open the page on the interactive whiteboard or projector, press “Open today’s door” and read the activity and the class idea aloud. Print one copy of the sheet per child, or colour the picture together on the board.

Is it suitable for every family?

Yes. The doors are secular: winter, a family Christmas and being kind, with no nativity scenes. Door 16 is about a summer Christmas in New Zealand and Australia.

For teachers: how the calendar works and the printable Advent activity calendar · Christmas classroom activities by age · Christmas printables planner