Did you know that during breaks from school, kids can forget a lot of the information and skills they’ve learned in the last few weeks or months? It’s important to work with them at home during school breaks to keep them from losing all of that knowledge. You can keep your kids reading and learning skills sharp during their Christmas vacation if you choose the right online Christmas activities for them.

NorthPole.com has a complete listing of educational activities for children in pre-kindergarten through third grade, ranging from activities that build motor skills to others that build mental skills, like letters, sound recognition, vocabulary games, math and number recognition, and much more. They break the activities down by the skills gained, making their site also an excellent resource for teachers looking for classroom activities to hold kids’ interests when their minds are so focused on Santa Claus.

Other Christmas web sites also offer some educational games, like the matching game, maze, and crossword puzzles you’ll find at SantaClaus.net. DLTK’s Christmas Games for Kids features virtual jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, mazes, cryptograms, anagrams, and word finds, to help kids build their vocabularies and problem solving skills.

Christmas break doesn’t have to be a break from all learning – and your kids will probably love these games and activities because they’re fun and they have to do with Christmas, a holiday they’re already so excited about. It’s the perfect time to turn some of that excitement about the holiday into an excitement about learning new skills.