Holidays

Holidays

Holiday sites in General

I found this site to be very interesting: ~Robin Poppy

This is an excellent fall website I thought I would share with you. Enjoy! ~Terri

Certificates (for more holidays than just Thanksgiving) ~Linda

Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays Grades K-12
Discover the history of many modern holidays with the lesson plans at this site. ~Lisa

Connecting the Calendar with Your Curriculum Grades K-8
The tips on this page will help you integrate multicultural holidays with social studies. This page is part of Kidlink's Multicultural Calendar (http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/), which lists information about various culture's holidays. ~Lisa

Holiday Lesson Plans and Resources Grades K-12
This is another great source for holiday lessons. ~Lisa

Hope you enjoy these Holiday lesson plans. If you have a favorite please let us know about it.

January a great kick off for the new year.

February is more than just Valentines.

March in tune for a quick St. Patty's game.

April for Easter and other holidays you've never heard.

May, from Mother's Day to Memorial Day, we have things for your kids to do.

June
July
August
September
October
November-Including many Thanksgiving activities for all ages
December has plenty of Christmas activities, games and crafts.

Listing of Official US Holidays (Post office and other Federal Offices closed)
In the United States, there are 10 federal holidays set by law: Legal holidays: USC Title 5 Section 6103

Under current definitions, four are set by date:
New Year's Day                                    January 1
Independence Day                                  July 4
Veterans Day                                      November 11
Christmas Day                                     December 25

If any of the above fall on a Saturday, then Friday may be observed as a holiday by various institutions. Similarly, if one falls on a Sunday, then Monday may be observed as a holiday.
The other six are set by a day of the week and month:
Martin Luther King's Birthday                     Third Monday in January
Washington's Birthday                                Third Monday in February
Memorial Day                                               Last Monday in May
Labor Day                                                   First Monday in September
Columbus Day                                             Second Monday in October
Thanksgiving                                               Fourth Thursday in November

SAINT PATRICKS DAY

A Wee Bit O' Fun. Lots of St. Patrick's day fun and information!! ~Sherian

EASTER AND LENT

Easter in Cyberspace

Bible Gateway

A Holy Easter

10 reasons to believe...

Neat Easter Crafts ~PPC

A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays - Jewish festivals from a Christian view! ~Phil

Biblical Holidays: Jewish Holy Days point to the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) ~Phil

As usual Annie has done a wonderful job with this beautiful page about Easter. Get you're tea ready, kids in lap and download. ~Jube

This is the Art Gallery of Easter, wonderful art, old and new ~Jube

Easter Fun Here!! Bunnies, eggs, crafts, games, recipes, links. great for smaller children. ~Jube

Ukrainian Eggs, great project for the whole family.

Great Activities and links

Easy Fun School has Great Easter Ideas

Easter Crafts Links

Suzzie's Bunnies

CINCO DE MAYO

Cinco de Mayo

4TH OF JULY = INDEPENDENCE DAY

Here is a good site for teaching Independence Day to the kids. I haven't checked it all out but so far it looks pretty good. ~Marti

And from Donna:

LESSON PLANS:
4th_of_July
4th of July fireworks

Lots of facts and a quiz about fireworks safety

Fourth of July - A vast collection of patriotic activities including readings with questions, crafts, coloring pages, games, poems, songs and m links

Declaration of Independence, everything you need to know.

Five patriotic crafts with printable directions and patterns. Students can make a USA bag, candle, flag cake, handprint wreath, or napkin ring

4th 0f July for preschool kids.

Fourth of July Ideas for kids

Fourth Of July for Children, several really neat games for kids to play and learn.

INDEPENDENCE DAY FLAG CAKE

Happy 4th Of July
This site lets you celebrate your patriotism on a very American holiday-Independence Day.

MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Day Remembrances, for an older researcher, links to many sites pertaining to Memorial Day.

Memorial Day History, suited for the upper elementary kids.

Memorial Day site with activities for kids.

The History Channel's site for Memorial Day will include Operation Reunion and celebrate Memorial Day by honoring America's veterans on The History Channel on Sunday, May 25 at 8PM/7C

For those without cable, PBS also has a website and tribute on their channels.

Take a virtual tour of DC, leave a message in memory of a veteran.

The Origins of Memorial Day from the Veterans Administration. This is the official version so you can understand the discrepancies in some website's stories about where it originated. ;-)

And of course, no listing of holidays is complete without listing Annie's Memorial Day Page.

So spend time with your kids, talk to them about the heroes in your family, even if it's a few wars past, and let them know where you stand on issues of God and Country. ~Jube

THANKSGIVING

http://euphoria.benjerry.com/thanksgiving/crafts.html
Good thanksgiving crafts

http://www.kidsurf.net/turkey/
Thanksgiving in Tennessee is a celebration of giving thanks to our Lord and to each other for the bountiful blessings given during the past year. Pastimes and traditions from Tennessee's early settlers can still be witnessed in the modern kitchens of today's homes. We invite you to explore these traditions from Tennessee and others across our great Nation as we celebrate our common heritage, blessings and hope for the future.

http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/lma/oft.html#g09
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
By Louisa May Alcott

http://www.techstop.com/~deb/tg/tg_stories.html
Thanksgiving Stories (& Jokes)

http://www.cuisinenet.com/digest/custom/etiquette/manners_intro.shtml
American Table Manners
The Secrets of the Formal Place Setting
How to Use the Fork, Knife, and Spoon
How to Use a Napkin
Tips and Pitfalls
What You Can Eat with Your Fingers

http://www.coe.ufl.edu/faculty/lamme/project/pilgrims/sspilgrims.html
LIFE AS A PILGRIM
OUTLINE OF JOURNAL LESSONS
by CHERYL BOOTH

http://www.vbe.com/~gns/thanksgiving.html
All kinds of Thanksgiving goodies for children, art activities, recipes, games and more. ~PPC

http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/thanksgiving.html
Here's an awesome Thanksgiving site: lesson plan, arts and crafts, recipes, and more! It's a Christian based site. ~Lisa in Austin

The following are from Linda Payne, a children's librarian:

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/
has pictures to print and color, music, recipes, history items will have to be read

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm
simpler activities for our younger crew, can color pix with the computer

http://www.teelfamily.com/education/thanksgiving.html
many links, coloring pages, history, also has Billy bear link

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/index.html
many activities

http://www.kidseyeview.com/kidseyeview/games/wordfind/tgiving.html
word find for older kids

Native Americans

http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/nativeamer/index.html
This Blue Mountain site has many actual photos of Indians as well as animated art from them. Don't forget to check out the games and quiz section.

Turkeys

http://www.heathersholidaze.com/thanks/index.html
game created by 9 yr. old Heather. Kinda cute.

http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/turkey-hunt.html
another cute turkey hunt game

http://www.kidseyeview.com/kidseyeview/games/wordfind/tgiving.html
cute spinner game (if you can get it to load!)

http://www.benjerry.com/thanksgiving/maze-easy.html
Easy turkey maze game

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/index.html
Kids Domain Thanksgiving
This site has everything from crafts, recipes and word puzzles! ~Lisa

http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/thanksgiving.html
All About Thanksgiving
The history behind the holiday; also links to recipes, and craft and activity sites for children. ~Lisa

http://www.bham.wednet.edu/thanks.htm
Thanksgiving Resources
This site is good for older children also! It's mostly history. ~Lisa

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm
Billy Bear's Happy Thanksgiving
This site has fun and games, clipart, screensaver, etc! ~Lisa

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/word.html
Thanksgiving Word Puzzles (All ages)
Holiday puzzles just for you. Print and share with your family and friends. As you do them, please think about the reasons you have for being thankful and how you can tell those people in your life who have helped you that you are thankful for them and their love and help. ~Lisa

http://www.racersworld.com/~deb/tg/tg_coloring.html
Thanksgiving Coloring Book there is more here besides a coloring book ~Jube

http://www.achw.org
"America's Christian Heritage Week"
(November 21-27, 1999 - Thanksgiving Week - Annually since 1992)
"The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His Apostles....This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government." (Noah Webster, History of the United States, 1832, public school textbook.) ~ Donna

CHRISTMAS

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/6639/xmas.htm
Christmas in Germany! :) ~Deb

The following sites are from Donna Godfrey, Queen of Websites!

http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/calendar.html
hit a present and learn about celebrating Christmas there

http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/around.htm
Scavenger Hunt

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pagegingerbread.html
Your class will enjoy a tasty unit all about gingerbread. This unit is loads of fun, no matter what time of year you choose to complete it!

http://members.aol.com/il2teach/pubpage.holidays.htm
All of the kindergarten classes in my school do this unit in December. We study one holiday each day by reading a story and doing an art project. At our holiday party we eat one special food from each of the holidays. This unit was developed a few years ago by some wonderful colleagues at my school

http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/snow/boraxsnowflake.html
Borax Crystal Snowflake
Grow a snowflake in a jar! These are so much fun make.....

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/print.htm
Print and Play Games

http://www.best.com/~swanson/holidays/abhishek.html
In Holland, Santa Claus is called Sinterklass (Saint Nicholas). A wonderful European school site shares the history of Sinterklass, in a most charming way!

http://www.educast.com/arc/lp/soc/9712084o.html
Social Studies 4-6
Christmas Customs Around the World

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessons45/christmas.html
Christmas Chemistry

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/Byrnes/Symbolswinter.html
GOOD

http://members.aol.com/MomCaroe/Christmas.html
A Blessed Christmas (Religious Print-A-Unit)

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/Byrnes/christmas.html
The Christmas Tree
4th & 5th

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Christmas/chrvillage.htm
This paper project once completed will result in five free standing three dimensional buildings.

http://www.childfun.com/christmas
Main Christmas Page ~Lisa

http://www.myfree.com/christmas.html
This is a listing of free craft stuff you can get for Christmas. ~Jube

http://members.tripod.com/hutnut/card.html
Legend of the Christmas Card ~Michael

http://www.avip.com.au/x.mas/Folklore/cards.htm
Folklore and tradition: Cards ~Michael

http://www.reynoldskitchens.com/wrap/good_food/recipe_box/rec/gingerma.html
JOLLY GINGERBREAD MAN COOKIES
this looks interesting.....~Kath