Happy Holidays!
Welcome to a collection of holiday websites gathered for your enjoyment.  Sites are organized by holiday celebrated throughout the school year, so just click on the holidays below, and have a great time!


General
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas, Hanukkah and Winter
Chinese New Year
Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Easter

©2000 This website was created by Lauren M. Bott, Librarian, St. Mary Magdalen School, Wilmington, Delaware.  Any questions or concerns may be directed to Mrs. Bott at smmbottl@hotmail.com.  Last updated: 1/06/2010.


General

Lesson Plans Page (http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Christmas.htm)
    For some great ideas on holiday lesson plans.

Teachology's Lesson Plans (http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/)
    A web portal for educators with great information.



Halloween

Activity Idea Place: Halloween (http://www.123child.com/fall/hall.html)

Halloween Activities for Kids (http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/halloween/)
    Coloring pages and more to celebrate the holiday.

Virtual Pumpkin Carving
       Carve a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern, and then see the results lit up.



Thanksgiving

Ben and Jerry's Thanksgiving Page  (http://www.benjerry.com/thanksgiving/)
    One of the most complete holiday websites, with links for recipes, history, crafts, and more!

First Thanksgiving Cyberhunt  (http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/instructor/cyberhunt/0011/cyberhuntkids.htm)
    A great webquest sponsored by Instructor magazine to teach children about the first Thanksgiving (Grades 2 and 3).

Kids Domain.com's Thanksgiving Fun  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/index.html)
    Thanksgiving cards, games, crafts, recipes, and Turkey tales.

The First Thanksgiving  (http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/index.htm)
        From Scholastic, a great set of resources for teachers regarding the First Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Certificates  (http://www.night.net/kids/cert-thanks.html-ssi)
    Get in the spirit of the season -- print out thank you certificates for classmates, friends, or teachers.

Thanksgiving Fun at Greentown School (http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/thanksgv/thankgiv.htm)
    Many, many Thanksgiving links provided by Greentown Elementary School. Enough to keep you busy for hours! Excellent!

Thanksgiving Lesson Plan  (http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html)
    The Center for Indigenous Studies produced this information that takes a different historical perspective on Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Resources for Web Educators (http://www.midgefrazel.net/wqtg2.html)
        An unbelievable collection of Thanksgiving resources, collected by Midge Frazel.

Thanksgiving Theme Unit  (http://abcteach.com/Thanksgiving/ThanksgivingTOC.htm)
        Teachers, this is the site for you -- story starters, turkey poetry, art projects, crossword puzzles and more revolving around the holiday.

What Happened at the First Thanksgiving?
       A great webquest that will lead you to the truth about the history of the holiday.



Christmas and Winter

Billy Bear's Christmas Page  (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/christms.htm)
    A great page with advent calendars, screen savers, a feature to send a snowglobe, and much more!

Billy Bear's Hanukkah  (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah.htm)
    Learn about Hanukkah, play the dreidel game, or make candle treats at this great holiday site.

Christmas.com (http://www.christmas.com/)
    A site for the whole family, with Christmas recipes, traditions from around the world, Christmas games, and a coloring book.

Craft Ideas.com  (http://www.myfree.com/fpt4.html)
    If you can ignore the ads, this site has some great Christmas craft ideas.

Christmas Time at Kid's Domain  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/)
    Everything Christmas can be found here from puzzles, games, and crafts, to holiday graphics, music, recipes, and stories.

Felt Board Snowman 

The History of Christmas  (http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/)
From the History Channel, this site is full of information on Christmas traditions and their origins.  Check it out!


James and the Christmas Wagon  (http://www.imagitek.com/james/)
    An animated story for younger students.

Learn About Snow  (http://www.muohio.edu/dragonfly/snow/snow.HTMLX)
    Not only can you learn about snow and ice here, but you can also make your own flake!

Make your own flake

Make a Flake (http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/)
    A great site where you can cut virtual snowflakes!

MiKids.Com (http://www.mikids.com/)
    Great links to everything Christmas, including mazes, music, and advent calendars.

PaperSnowflakes (http://www.papersnowflakes.com/)
    All kinds of great ideas for holiday paper snowflakes.

Santa Claus.com (http://www.santaclaus.com/)
    Where you can e-mail Santa, find Christmas cards, recipes, and Christmas activities.

Snowflake Bentley (http://snowflakebentley.com/)
    The website of the original photographer of snowflakes, Snowflake Bentley.

Snowflake Concentration  (http://www.papersnowflakes.com/jsgames/concentration/concentration.htm)

Snow Crystals  (http://www.snowcrystals.com/)
Great information on different types of snow flakes and how they're created.



Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year at Kids Domain  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html)
    Great links to all kinds of Chinese New Year sites, including printable activities.

 Chinese New Year  (http://www.chinascape.org/china/culture/holidays/hyuan/newyear.html)
   Some great information about the holiday.

Chinese Name Translator  (http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html)
    Type in your name, your attributes, and your birthdate to find out your Chinese name.



Valentine's Day

Ben and Jerry's Valentine's Day Page  (http://www.benjerry.com/fun/v-day.html)
    Includes e-cards and lacy snowflake valentines.

Blue Mountain Valentine's Cards  (http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/valentine/)
    Free Valentine's Day cards to e-mail your friends and family.

Valentine Fun at Kid's Domain  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/)
    Crafts, games, cards, and more to celebrate Valentine's Day.



St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Fun at Kids Domain  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/patrick/index.html)
    Everything you'd want to do for St. Patrick's Day.

St. Patrick's Day Maze   (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/online-mazes/maze/maze1.html)
    Lead the leprechaun through the maze to his pot of gold in this virtual game for the primary grades.

Tic Tac Toe with the Leprechaun   (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/tictactoe/index.html)

Catch the Leprechaun   (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/catchme/mlink.htm)
    He's fast -- can you catch him?

St. Patrick's Day wordsearch   (http://www.billybear4kids.com/games/online/search/stpats.html)
    A great virtual wordsearch for elementary students.

Leprchaun Dress-up Game   (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/dressem/up.htm)
  Primary students can have fun dressing the leprechaun.



Easter

Billy Bear's Hoppy Easter  (http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/easter/fun.htm)
  Includes online games, an online coloring book, Easter clipart, and more!

Easter on the Net  (http://www.holidays.net/easter/)
    Includes the Easter story, along with every Easter activity you'd ever want to do.  Great!

Eastertime at Kids Domain  (http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/index.html)
    You can't beat Kids Domain for the amount of activities and links to Easter sites.



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