Christmas A-Z Challenge
Christmas and literacy go hand in hand — and this A-Z challenge proves it.
This Christmas A-Z Challenge is a clever and engaging printable literacy activity for Australian primary school students in Years 2–6. Students work through the alphabet finding Christmas-themed words for each letter — a simple concept that generates surprisingly rich vocabulary, spelling and creative thinking practice. It's the kind of activity that keeps the room productively quiet during those last festive days of term.
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum English strand, this no-prep instant download is ready to print straight away.
Why teachers love it:
- Vocabulary building — challenges students to think beyond obvious words and expand their Christmas lexicon
- Independent work — students can work at their own pace with minimal teacher input
- Differentiation built in — the challenge naturally escalates as students work through the harder letters
- Zero prep — instant download, print and go
Perfect for:
- Years 2–6 Australian primary classrooms
- Christmas literacy and vocabulary activities in December
- Fast finishers and early finisher tasks
- Morning work and end of term independent activities
What's included:
- One A4 'Christmas A to Z!' worksheet — a box for every letter of the alphabet
- 3 pages including cover and terms; black and white
Print and go — your Christmas literacy lesson is sorted. 🖨️
Planning your Christmas classroom?
Our Ultimate Christmas guide has more activity ideas, display tips and freebies to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
