Decor Themes: Free printable Winter Solstice pagan activities, worksheets, snowflake crafts

Among the high profile holidays--Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa--there is the lesser known, sometimes forgotten winter solstice. The winter holiday is an ancient pagan rite, celebrated around December 20-23, in connection with the shortest day of the year. Here are free printable winter solstice activities, snowflake crafts, holiday games, winter science and solstice social studies lesson plans. Pagan Druids and Wiccans commemorated winter solstice. This winter holiday also marks the first day of winter so it's a great time to teach calendar skills, marking time, changing seasons, the solar system, astronomy and constellations. Free printable Winter Solstice pagan activities, worksheets, snowflake crafts | Examiner.com