We have curated some additions for your Yuletide Fun!
Learn about the Winter Solstice with our activity booklet. It’s full of information, an acrostic poem, a word search, and a maze.
Extra Fun We Have Found
YouTube has some interesting videos on the winter solstice:
What happens during the winter solstice?
What is a Solstice? | National Geographic
Winter Solstice Winter Music for Yoga Meditation and Relaxation Music Chill Out Relaxing Music
Conversation Starters Game or Questions for your 1-on-1s
- What was a favorite snow day memory from your past?
- What was winter like for you as a child?
- What was the most memorable winter you can recall? What happened?
- What are three things that you love about this time of the year?
Fun Solstice Movies to Watch
- Olaf’s Frozen Adventure – animated, 2017, G
- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas – 1997, TV Movie
- Eight Below, family adventure drama, 2006, PG
- Winter’s Tale – Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, 2014, PG-13
- Happy Feet – animated, 2006, PG
- Serendipity – Comedy, Romance, 2001, PG-13
- Snow White and the Huntsman – Action, Adventure, Drama, 2012, PG-13
- Doctor Zhivago – Classic Drama, 1965, PG-13
- The Grey – Action, Adventure, Drama, 2011, R
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Adventure, Family, Fantasy, 2005, PG
- Fargo, 1996, R
- March of the Penguins – documentary, 2005
- The Day After Tomorrow – Action, 2004, PG-13
“Wintery” Music for Your Playlist
- “River” by Joni Mitchell
- “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes
- “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” by Simon & Garfunkel
- “20 Years of Snow” by Regina Spektor
- “Winter Song” by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
- “While I Shovel the Snow” by The Walkmen
- “Wintertime Love” by The Doors
- “Cold” by Chris Stapleton
- “You Should Be Here” by Kehlani
- “California Dreamin'” by The Mamas & The Papas
- “Cold Weather Blues” by Muddy Waters
- “Back to December” by Taylor Swift