St. Lucia Day Mini Book

Read the book together over a few days, or let children read a page with a partner. Ask them to find one new word on each page, such as procession, sash or pepparkakor.

Eight pages after the cover. A title page, A Festival of Light, has a name line. Seven short chapters follow: Who Was Lucia?, Where Is It Celebrated?, The Procession, The Costume, The Food, The Song and A Festival of Light. They explain that Lucia lived in Syracuse about 1,700 years ago, that the day is December 13 and best known in Sweden, and that the name Lucia comes from lux, the Latin word for light. A map marks Stockholm.

Yes. We made it for 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

1 printable resource, free to preview. There are 30 St. Lucia Day resources in all, from Preschool to 5th Grade, gathered on our St. Lucia Day activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade students, roughly ages 7-9. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.