Holiday Traditions! Enjoy learning holiday traditions of different countries - Students can organize information using Inspiration. Be sure to sign the GuestMap!
Online Interactive World Advent Calendar - Click on each day of the month to learn different customs and celebrations around the world.
Merry Christmas! - Spoken in languages around the world!
Perfect resources for those of you studying holiday traditions of different countries around the world!  Information about the various Christmas symbols and Santa, too!
Holiday Geography! (Education World) Where is Noel? Bethlehem? Santa Claus? Merryville? Locate cities that have holiday names on a United States map.
Unitedstreaming Videos Available - "Holiday Facts and Fun: A Multicultural Christmas", "Christmas Tales from Foreign lands: An Untold Miracle, Busy Befana, or The Wondrous Candle

Enjoy Holiday Trivia I , Holiday Trivia II , and Holiday Trivia III -- See how much you and your students know about holiday songs, food, traditions, literature, etc.

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Some Project - An online project sponsored byTechnospud!
Join K - 6 grade classrooms around the world and celebrate the book, Charlotte's Web. Share your class involvement by creating a website, a wiki, a photosite , or a blog! Excellent activities are available from their web site to expand Charlotte's Web within your classroom.
Project dates: Dec. 2006 - Jan. 2007
A Wiki Walk-Through - Learn the basics of what a wiki is, what you can use a wiki for, and how to create a wiki!

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Holiday Presence in Your Classroom! These lessons from Education World combine holiday excitement and learning. Unwrap 5 new holiday lesson ideas! Create a comparison chart, interpret line graphs, compose Christmas tree shape poems, make Venn diagrams of holiday customs, bulletin board ideas, and more!
Christmas Lesson Plans - (from the Lesson Plans Page)
Christmas in the Classroom (from Teach-nology)
Many ideas for integrating holiday activities into your curriculum.
Classroom Learning Lessons for the Holiday Season (from ABC Teach)
Christmas Alliterations - A holiday themed lesson
Descriptive Writing - Color and design an ornament, then write a descriptive paragraph
Christmas Tree Subtraction
Comprehension: Christmas Traditions
Comprehension: Making Ornaments
Writing Prompt: Christmas Similes
Holiday Story Starters - Prompts for creative writing

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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein - Share this timeless story with your students during the holiday season. This lesson combines reading, completing an Inspiration graphic organizer, and writing a paragraph.
Christmas Tree Shape Poems - Encourage students to think of ways to show kindness to others during the holiday season. Encourage writing skills as well as technology skills as you create Christmas tree shape poems!
Christmas Trees & More!
Tree types, Tree facts, Tree care, Tree fahrms, and - of course - more!
Willy's Christmas Trees
Show your students the journey from a seed to a Christmas tree!

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The Polar Express - Enjoy the magic of a train ride to the North Pole! For what gift would you ask? Learn about the story and author of this intriguing story!
Chris Van Allsburg - (from Houghton Mifflin)
About the Author, Chris van Allsburg (from Eduplace)
The Life of Chris Van Allsburg (from Thinkquest) A PowerPoint Slideshow
Take the Polar Express to Learning (Education World) Connect the book to your curriculum with these lesson ideas!
Polar Express Unit - Graph and sort Polar Express cereal for an educational class activity, simulate a train ride to the North Pole, write a fantasy story about a time you were aboard a magical train - Find these and other classroom activities!
Polar Expressions - Utilize Bloom's taxonomy to review the Polar Express story and then lead students in writing their own essay.
Polar Express - Web links, Teaching Ideas, Print Resources
Math Word Problems (from MathStories.com) Practice math while reading The Polar Express.
Polar Express Online Quiz - Chris Van Allsburg Online Quiz

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Educational Christmas Fun - Give some of these a try!  Especially check out the IQ tests for analytical reasoning, quantitative skills, and verbal analysis.  Give your class one question a day to ponder or get ideas for questions of your own.  (There are also non holiday related activities  on the main page - Online Activities)

Why does Scrooge love Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? (answer)

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  The Nutcracker - Story and Music - The Nutcracker Ballet was first performed on December 18. Peter Tchaikovsky composed the music.
Christmas Music -  Midi files for you to enjoy! 
Continuous Play - Listen to Christmas Music while you work!
The Singing Christmas Tree - Click on an ornament to hear a carol!
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was published December 17, 1843. Read it online!
Give Your Students the Dickens!  (Education World Unit) Resources to discover Dickens

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What did Santa shout to his toys on Christmas Eve?  (answer)
Reindeer! - You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen ... but, how much do you know about real reindeer?? Enjoy learning about these members of the deer family. Record facts using Inspiration, write "Reindeer Greeting Cards", and draw original pictures of reindeer!

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Take advantage of this opportunity to teach math and technology skills! Do you know how many total gifts were given? How much did they cost?
12 Days - Excel Spreadsheet Example
12 Days - Completed Excel Spreadsheet Example - Want the answers???
You can adapt these to suit the level of your students. Delete information as necessary and let your students do the figuring!!

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Chanukah - The Festival of Lights!
A simple history, explanation of the Menorah, songs, crafts, and an explanation of the dreidel game
Virtual Chanukah

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Habari Gani? (Kwanzaa Greeting) Learn more the 7 days of Kwanzaa! This celebration begins December 26 and lasts through January 1st.
Habari Gani? Discover facts about several African countries here as well as information about Kwanzaa.
Happy Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa is one of the fastest growing holidays. Enjoy African music as you read more about the history, the feast, the seven days, and the symbols of Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa - A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture
Kwanzaa (from Primarygames.com) You'll find an online story, coloring pages, games, and writing stationery here!
Kwanzaa Time (from KidsDomain) More online games, clip art, reading fun, and printable activities
Unitedstreaming Videos Available - "Seven Candles for Kwanzaa", "Holiday Facts and Fun: Kwanzaa", "The Principles of Kwanzaa"
How did the chickens dance at the Christmas party?  (answer) 

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Christmas Encyclopedia - Many holiday symbols, terms, and definitions!
How Christmas Works - The Complete Guide to Christmas Traditions!
Santa's Secret Village -  Really a cool site - Just for Kids to enjoy! 
Online Christmas Games - (from Kids Domain) Games, Trivia Quizzes, 
Create a Customized Story, Holiday Art, Jokes and more!
Frosty's Funhouse - This is one "Song Quizzer" from the Puzzle Room - 
"Natal celebration devoid of color, rather albino, as in a hallucinatory phenomenon for me" ... Can you name that tune?  This would make a great thesaurus lesson! :) 
Christmas Quizzes -  Test your knowledge!
Click here for lots more Holiday sites!  Clip Art, Games, Music, & More!

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First Flight - December 17, 1903 - "Wilbur Wright and his younger brother Orville were ordinary boys with ordinary toys. Somehow, they became extraordinary men with extraordinary machines. The story of their success can inspire all young dreamers to become the inventors of the future." Experience their story with your students!
Flight Forecast - Classroom activities for K-12 relating to weather trends and the relationship between weather and flight
The Wright Brothers - Additional resources are available from the Franklin Institute Online.
The "Wright" Stuff - (Archived Online Project) Classroom activities related to the Wright Brothers and flight

 

Snow Crystals - "How full of creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire them more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat." ---- Henry David Thoreau, 1856

Snow Facts - Did you Know - For it to snow the tops of the clouds must be below 0 degrees Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit?

More Snow Activities & Links (from Eduscapes) - Everything for units related to snow!