| Activities for All Holidays |
Background Information and Activities (All Grades)
This site provides activities and background information on December holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7914/xmas.html#OTHERS
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| Christmas |
Christmas Songs (All Grades)
Children of all ages will enjoy reading the printable lyrics of popular Christmas songs on this site. Teachers can also make multiple language arts activities out of the lyrics.
http://www.nevada.edu/~blake/Christmas.songs.html
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Christmas Arts and Crafts (All Grades)
This site includes Arts and Crafts ideas for Christmas.
http://www.vbe.com/~gns/giftgiving.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1170/crafts.html
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Christmas Fun (All Grades)
E-mail Santa, view the countdown until Christmas, read Christmas carols, and print Christmas recipes at this site.
http://www.virtualchristmas.com/
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Cyber Grandma's Advent Calendar (3-4)
This advent calendar, made especially by Cyber Grandma, provides activities, background information, and Internet sites for Christmas activities. A great resource!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2328/xmas.htm
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Interactive Santa Letter (3-4)
This site provides a format similar to mad libs that allows children to create their own hilarious letter to Santa. Apart from being fun, this activity reinforces nouns, adjectives, and other parts of speech.
http://www.roo.com/Devin/sstory.htm
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Christmas Around the World (3-4)
Older students will enjoy learning about Christmas in different parts of the world. Assign a country to each student. They can then share what they learn with their peers.
http://www.christmas.com/worldview/worldview.html
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Christmas Poetry and Tongue Twisters (3-4)
Students will get a kick out of the Christmas tongue twisters on this site. They can also read Christmas poetry then attempt to write their own.
http://www.night.net/christmas/f-twisters1.html
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Christmas Story (3-4)
In this story, Hobo the dog describes a puppy's first Christmas.
http://www.beardie.net/christmas/hc-1.htm
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| Hanukkah |
Hanukkah Activities (All Ages)
Hanukkah information, games, mazes, and icons can be found at these sites.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/index.html
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/chanfng.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/sendhome/holiday/han.htm
http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/
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Hanukkah Arts and Crafts (All Ages)
Make holiday parties more fun by including some activities at this site.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7997/Hanukkah.htm
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Hanukkah Songs (All Ages)
Here, children can listen to different Hanukkah songs. Lyrics are included and can be printed.
http://aish.net/a/chanukah60/songfest.asp
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Hanukkah Songs and Finger Plays (PreK-1)
Hanukkah activities for younger children, including songs, are given here.
http://www.vbe.com/%7Egns/Hanukkah.html
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Hanukkah Poetry and Essays (3-4)
Students will enjoy reading Hanukkah poetry and essays written by sixth graders at this site.
http://www.zuzu.org/chan.html
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| Kwanzaa |
Kwanzaa Principles and Activities (All Ages)
Students can learn the 7 principles of Kwanzaa and do multiple Kwanzaa activities, such as making bookmarks, stationery, and calendars, at this site. Games and other activities are also included.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/kwanzaa/kwanzaa.htm
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Kwanzaa Recipe (All Ages)
Reinforce math and language arts skills with your students by making benne cakes, a Kwanzaa traditional food.
http://www.harperchildrens.com/holiday/kwan4.htm
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The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa (3-4)
Students can learn and share with each other the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which are detailed at this site.
http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/NguzoSaba.html
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