Download these free December resources to help you prep for a smooth December.
This is another collection of free resources for teachers and families from The Curriculum Corner.
This free collection of December resources will help you prepare your December lesson plans.
This post is newly updated to include resources that have recently been created.
Within our December collection you will find a wide variety of resources. Our hope is that this will allow you to go to one spot to pull together all of your centers for December.
If you are looking for something you can’t find, please let us know!
Each resource shown below is completely free.
Please feel free to copy and use in your classroom. You may not modify and sell. These are intended to be free for teachers!
We have also created a binder cover and spine that you can use to help organize all of your December resources.
You can download the cover and spine at the bottom of this post.
Along with the binder and spine inserts, you will find a card that can be used to label a tub or other container in your classroom.
Print all of your resources, laminate and store in your binder. Put each center in a zippered pencil pouch or page protector for easy storage year after year!
To access all of the free December resources, click on the images below. You will be directed to each post.
December Collection
Everything Gingerbread Stories
Gingerbread boy and girl stories are always a fun and engaging choice for your December or January. Find our collection of free resources to help you with your planning below.
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You can download our free December binder cover here:
December Cover
We hope you find everything you need for December in this December resources collection.
As with all of our resources, The Curriculum Corner creates these for free classroom use. Our products may not be sold. You may print and copy for your personal classroom use. These are also great for home school families!
You may not modify and resell in any form. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Karianne Brown says
My favorite read aloud in December is A Snowy Day.
Lee Davis says
My favorite read aloud in December is Stick and Stone
Colleen says
My favorite read aloud for December is A Snowy Day.
Diana Fennell says
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Roxanne says
My favorite December read aloud is The Polar Express!!
Olga Rosino says
December favorite read aloud: The Polar Express
Jamie Gardner says
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Pam says
Jan Brett’s The Mitten
Meg Lane says
We do a collection of read alouds surrounding gingerbread…The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, Gingerbread Baby, and Gingerbread Friends. But of course, the original Gingerbread Man is my favorite. With any good read aloud, you must have a snack, so we decorate gingerbread men cookies.
Anne says
My favorite December read aloud is Natasha Wing’s The Night Before Christmas.
Theresa Simpson says
My favorite December read aloud would be “The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy”.
Alice Cord says
The Crippled Lamb
Charrissa Young says
Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini
Eleanor Deer says
My favorite December read aloud is: The Polar Express.
Robbin O'Connell says
Misltoe Moose: Problem and Solution and we do compare and contrast with non-fiction
Teresa Caramanidis says
Your resources are amazing and have not only helped me to be a better teacher, but have helped my students to learn more so that they can lead better lives. Thank you for your hard work. My students and I appreciate it. Merry Christmas!
Candy Llewellyn says
I love reading Olive, the Other Reindeer.
Bianca Rodgers says
Favorite read aloud is Polar Express
Martha Brown says
My favorite read aloud for December is “The Polar Express”
Tracy St John says
Olive the other Reindeer for sure! Love it!!!
Barbara Edmondson says
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Tina says
My favorite winter read aloud is Wild Horse Winter by Tetsuya Honda.
Rachel McIver says
My favorite Christmas read aloud is Mooseltoe
Johanna says
I love reading Snowmen at night to my class.
Thank you for all the free resources, life savers!
Trish Decker says
My favorite read aloud is Olive the Other Reindeer
Pam Fitzpatrick says
My favorite read aloud for December is “The Gift of the Magi.”
Carol Stearns says
I like to share The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
Kirkland says
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
Kathryn Long says
My favorite December read aloud is The Polar Express.
Yesenia says
Polar Express is my favorite December read aloud.
Carol Villarreal says
I love ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and the Polar Express.
Laurel Clothier says
My favorite Christmas read aloud is Mortimer’s Christmas Manager.
Terri Allison says
I love reading aloud “The Legend of the Poinsettia”
Kimberly King says
My favorite read aloud is How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Alice C. says
I love reading “The Gingerbread Girl” by Lisa Campbell Ernst. Such a fun book!!!
Feleshia Killen says
My favorite December read is There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell
Monica Marcum says
My favorite read aloud is The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett. I give the kids jingle bells and every time they hear the word reindeer, they jingle the bell.
Linda Jacobs says
My favorite read aloud is “Snowmen at Night”.
Nina Lefler says
Thank you for the never ending supply of free resources! So grateful for this site!
Brandy N Davis says
So many choices for December read alouds, but my favorite is Welcome Comfort! I look the message and connections.
Beth Urban says
My favorites are Snowmen at Christmas and Mooseltoe.
sus says
Olive, the Other Reindeer is a favorite.
Jeanette says
I like to read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Kathy says
Who is Coming to Our House?
Mr. Bright says
Aww man. So many good ones, but I am partial to The Polar Express
Kimberly A Torres says
My favorite read aloud is “Moosletoe”..
Marilyn says
My favorite book to read is The Night Before Christmas. A close second would be A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
Zora S. says
Definitely The Mitten!
Jeanette Scott says
There are so many amazing books to read in December, but my favorite December read aloud is a tie between The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer and Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve by Jan Brett. I like them for different reasons. For the first book mentioned, because I love puppies, dogs, and kids and it combines all that along with the hope of the Christmas season. The last one because those trolls are just plain mischeivous, and I love to crack the kids up when I read in a troll voice to them.
Pye Cornejo says
MY favorite December read-aloud is A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan 🙂
lisa Dietrich says
My favorite read aloud is the gingerbread man and all the fun activities connected with it, including gingerbread tasting.
Donna Biglin says
Favorite read aloud for December, “Santa’s Stuck” by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Lisa says
My favorite read aloud is the Polar Express. We make hot chocolate and wear our pajamas to school!
Jodi Specht says
The Great Reindeer Rebellion by LIsa Trumbauer
Elizabeth Mason says
Snowmen at Night
Stephanie says
Mooseltoe
Charissa Moore says
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson is always a favorite!
lisa says
I just love “The Polar Express”!
Lisa Sage says
My favorite read-aloud in December is Santa’s Book of Names by David McPhail!
Valerie M Welday says
I am really enjoying these awesome resources! Great ideas for the crazy month of December!! My favorite read aloud in December is the Grinch, and we have an entire Grinch day, where we read/watch and compare!
Amy Moses says
The Polar Express
Kimberly J Williams says
My favorite December read aloud is My Penguin Osbert.
Amy Kloth says
I love all the wonderful books for the Season! Too Many Tamales and Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins are two of my favorite must reads that share some diversity during this time of year. The Angel Tree is my favorite chapter book for Read Aloud this month.
Linda Berthiaume says
Polar Express
Andrea Thompson says
I teach ESOL so I try to always have culturally relevant texts. My favorite December read aloud is Too Many Tamales. My students LOVE this story!
Sheri Joyce says
Our favorite read aloud for December is Merry Christmas Curious George.
Edna Iannaco says
My favorite read aloud is Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco.
Candice Keenan says
My favorite read aloud for December is “The Carpenter’s Gift” by David Rubel.
Mary Douberley says
The Polar Express!
Rebecca Elkins says
My favorite read aloud for December is The Night Before the Night Before Christmas!
Nancy says
At my school, we don’t do Christmas unless you include other holidays around the world. So, I like to read Dear Polar Bear… by Barry Ablet (Scholastic books) and The Snow Tree by Caroline Repchuk. The first has letters you pull out of pockets to read and the second has raised images on each page.
Christine Ross says
I love reading Mary’s Treasure Box
Katy Fox says
My favorite read aloud for December is The Jolly Christmas Postman.
Becky says
My favorite December story, read aloud, is the grinch and ‘‘twas the night before Xmas , but I really love the older Christmas cartoon/animation shows on tv, frosty, Santa Claus, Rudolph, and Charlie Brown.
Karen Felder says
Olive the Other Reindeer
Jon Spexarth says
My favorite read aloud is Moostletoe!
Kimberly Tremper says
Favorite December read aloud is the Wish Tree by Kyo Maclear. I love it and all the activities centered around it. Creating a wish and decorate a tree as well as making their very own wish trees! Super cute!
Veronica Ramirez says
My favorite read aloud is The Night Before Christmas.
Crystal Averett says
Santa’s Stuck
Mary Bangert says
My favorite holiday read aloud is Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree. I remember reading it when I was a kid.
Cindy Hodgins says
I love to read How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Betty says
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Nichole White says
My favorite December read aloud is: Where Did They Hide My Presents?: Silly Dilly Christmas Songs by Alan Katz, David Catrow (illustrator)
Lisa Manore says
My favorite read aloud is Snowmen at Night. It’s fun to read with the lights off, and use a flashlight to read the story and show the pictures.
Brenda Lance says
One of my favorite December read-alouds is Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.