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Winter break activities that build children’s skills — Level A1 — a set of steps covered in snow next to a tree

Winter break activities that build children’s skillsCEFR A1

22 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Noah Frank - Virginia Tech, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Eugene Prunk, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
80 words
  • Winter break can be a time for curious learning.
  • Parents can use simple everyday tasks at home.
  • Children can help with baking and measuring ingredients.
  • Measure and time baking steps to learn units.
  • Watch how day length changes in winter.
  • Make small budgets for shopping to practise math.
  • Learn to identify trees by winter features outside.
  • Practice short phrases from other languages each day.
  • Let children plan simple meals or short trips.
  • Give small rewards when they solve real problems.

Difficult words

  • curious — wanting to learn and ask questions
  • ingredient — a food item used in a recipe
    ingredients
  • measure — find the size, amount, or time
    measuring
  • unit — a standard amount for measuring
    units
  • budget — a plan for how to use money
    budgets
  • identify — to find and name something
  • feature — a part or quality of something
    features

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Discussion questions

  • Which simple task at home could help learning?
  • What short phrase from another language would you like to practise?
  • Would you like to plan a simple meal or a short trip?

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