Holiday Hazards for Your Pets: Downloadable Inside

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but did you know it can be the most hazardous time of the year for your pets?

Holidays always allow for fun classroom activities and give your students the chance to do something that matches their energy versus forcing them to sit and listen to a 30 minute lesson when they’re hyped up on chocolate and the excitement of the upcoming winter break.. 

I mean let’s face it - holidays as teachers can be challenging, but we must remember that it isn't our students' fault!

Kids are naturally excited 🤪 about holidays (regardless of their age and regardless if it’s Valentine’s Day, Christmas or Groundhogs Day 😂), so instead of wasting your time and energy on trying to correct their behavior, you can lean into it by planning for fun activities that relate to the holiday at hand!

This activity goes hand in hand with the holidays, so it creates the perfect opportunity for you to still teach something on this day while relating it back to what’s actually going on in their life!

For this Holiday Hazards activity, your students will research hazards that are common around the season. From the beautiful (and toxic) poinsettias to the tantalizing (and shocking) twinkling lights, students find those hazards that might cause our furry (and not so furry) friends stress on the holidays. 

To add an extra layer to this activity, you can assign one hazard per group, have them research in groups, present their findings to the whole class. Another extension activity is to have student create informational posters to hang around school!

Holiday Hazards is quick activity (approx. one 45 minute class) that will keep those students occupied despite their distractions on the holiday!

You can grab this activity for FREE by clicking HERE.

Happy Holidays!

The Green & Growing Fam 💚