Back from winter break writing activities for January: a 12-page holiday break booklet for Kindergarten to Grade 3 (Reception/Year 1 to Year 4, KS1 and lower KS2).

A gentle first-day-back booklet: children draw, colour and write about their Christmas holidays, share how they felt and settle back into routines.

What is included

• 12 black and white pages, ready to print and colour
• “Back From Holiday Break” cover with name line
• What I Did During the Holiday Break (I went, I saw, I played)
• My Holiday Break Bingo Review: colour the squares that match your break
• Draw Your Favourite Holiday Break Moment
• Holiday Break Sentence Starters (I went to, I played, I saw, my favourite part was)
• My Holiday Break Story with a beginning-middle-end organiser
• How I Felt During the Holiday Break: feelings faces to colour
• Holiday Break Vocabulary: read, colour and trace 6 words
• My Top 5 Holiday Break Moments
• If I Could Make a Holiday Break Wish and If My Holiday Break Could Talk
• Complete the Holiday Break Scene

Ways to use

• First morning back in January
• Circle time sharing and speaking practice
• Writing centre or morning work for the first week
• A quick check-in on how each child is feeling after the break

PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.