How it works
To label the parts of a Christmas tree, a child needs ten short words: six for the decorations and four for the tree and its stand.
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Christmas tree worksheet word bank
In alphabetical order, to copy onto the board: branches, garland, lights, needles, ornaments, presents, star, tinsel, tree stand, trunk.
The numbers kids mix up
Three decorations look alike at first. The lights (3) are small bulbs on a wire. The garland (9) is a string of beads that swings across the tree from side to side. The tinsel (10) is the bunch of thin strands at a branch tip. At the bottom, the trunk (5) is the bare post and the tree stand (8) is what it sits in. The needles (7) are drawn large in the round close-up.
- Baubles for ornaments, gifts for presents and tree topper for the star are right too.
- For the youngest, Start from makes a shorter sheet: four names for the tree and its stand, or six for the decorations.
Questions and answers
What kind of tree is a Christmas tree?
Most often an evergreen conifer: a spruce, a pine or a fir. An artificial tree made to look like one also counts.
Which parts of a Christmas tree are parts of a real tree?
Three of the ten: the trunk, the branches and the needles. The tree stand holds the trunk upright. The other six are the decorations and the presents under the tree.
What is tinsel made of?
Today, usually plastic. Modern tinsel was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, about 1610 and was first made of shredded silver. The word comes from an Old French word that means sparkle.
Where did the Christmas tree come from?
From Central Europe, particularly Germany and Livonia, which is now Estonia and Latvia. A chronicle written in Strasbourg in 1604 tells of fir trees brought indoors and hung with paper roses, apples, wafers and sweets.