Teaching Calendar
Holiday & event resources for K‑5 classrooms
December38 events
December falls during the winter holiday season, and this page tracks every classroom-relevant date for it: 16 holidays, 8 awareness observances, 7 STEM events, 4 school milestones, 3 seasonal events. Every event links to a full teaching guide with history, activities, games, and grade-level tips for PreK through Grade 5, starting with World AIDS Day, National Cookie Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2026
National Cookie Day
December 4, 2026
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2026
Human Rights Day
December 10, 2026
Kwanzaa
December 26, 2026 – January 1, 2027
Christmas
December 14, 2026 – December 25, 2026
Hanukkah
December 14, 2026 – December 22, 2026
Winter Solstice
December 21, 2026
Winter Break & New Year
December 21, 2026
Rosa Parks and Emily Davison (Suffragettes)
December 1, 2026
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 2, 2026
Australia's States, Territories and First Nations Countries
December 3, 2026
International Volunteer Day
December 5, 2026
World Soil Day
December 5, 2026
Saint Nicholas Day
December 6, 2026
13th Amendment
December 6, 2026
Computer Science Education Week
December 7, 2026 – December 13, 2026
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7, 2026
Hour of Code
December 8, 2026
Adapting to New Environments
December 8, 2026
International Day of Commemoration for Victims of Genocide
December 9, 2026
International Anti-Corruption Day
December 9, 2026
Classroom Celebration Days
December 11, 2026
International Mountain Day
December 11, 2026
Lucia Day
December 13, 2026
Bill of Rights Day
December 15, 2026
Sitting Bull
December 15, 2026
Las Posadas
December 16, 2026 – December 24, 2026
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 2026
History of Flight and the Wright Brothers
December 17, 2026
Wright Brothers Day
December 17, 2026
First Day of Winter
December 21, 2026
Pilgrims
December 21, 2026
William Bradford
December 21, 2026
Christmas & Winter Holidays
December 25, 2026
Boxing Day
December 26, 2026
Louis Pasteur
December 27, 2026
New Year's Eve
December 31, 2026