Online Advent Calendars

It’s December: soon the streets will be clad in snow and filled with the sound of carol singers and jingling bells. With three weeks until the end of term, many parents are asking: how can I keep my child focused on studying without spoiling the fun of the festive season?

1. Better Tuition’s Advent Activity Calendar

This need to remain focused was the inspiration behind Better Tuition’s Advent Activity Calendar. We have created 24 days of winter-themed activities covering maths, English, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. It’s suitable for students in Years 4, 5 and 6 and it’s completely free.

We have also created Words About Winter – a fantastic creative writing resource for all ages and abilities and 100 Winter Word Problems (Maths). These resources are both FREE. If you like them, you could review them on Facebook or on Google.

2. Science Sparks

Science Sparks offers a free online calendar with activities themed around science. From making peppermint creams to designing a snowperson catapult, this calendar is full of fun and really does develop your child’s understanding of science in an engaging way.

Click to visit the Science Sparks Advent Calendar.

3. Woodlands Junior School

Woodlands Junior School has come up with an online advent calendar which combines geography, history and religious studies. Take a tour around the world and find out how Christmas is celebrated in other countries.

Click to visit Woodlands Junior School’s online advent calendar.

4. Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

View of snow on Benten Hill at Kinry?zan Temple in Asakusa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Ashmolean in Oxford.

The Ashmolean is celebrating winter-themed art with its online advent calendar. Each day, a beautiful painting from the museum’s collection, such as View of snow on Benten Hill at Kinry?zan Temple in Asakusa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, will be explored.

Use this to stimulate ideas for artwork or creative writing, or simply enjoy learning more about art.

Click to visit the Ashmolean’s advent calendar.

5. Nrich Maths

Nrich Maths offers a host of interactive maths activities for ages 5 – 11. It’s fun to join in and do this alongside your child.
Activities include a times table jigsaw, a co-ordinates themed treasure hunt and numerous puzzles. This advent calendar is excellent for developing skills in mathematical reasoning. I should mention, however, that there is not much of a Christmassy theme – which many of you may prefer.

Click to visit the Nrich Maths Advent Calendar.