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Internet for the winter holidays so this is just a smattering of activities and
sites. Have fun exploring!
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Do you want to know how Christmas
is celebrated around the world? Christmas.com
is a site you need to see. There is information from over 387 worldview entries and/or
articles. Just click on the country on the world map, selection a region, or click on a
Christmas symbol to learn more about its history and get going!
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Find out what Chanukah is, get craft ideas,
clip art, online games, word searches, mazes, coloring pages, and more.
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Get fun information about
traditions and celebrations from several countries around the world at Kids Domain Christmas Around the
World.
5th grade teachers – There’s information
about Christmas in Canada and Mexico.
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Just what is Kwanzaa? Find out about this
African-American holiday, get clip art, activities, music and video, coloring pages,
crafts, and other activities.
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For some fun activities to get
ready for the new year check out what Kids Domain has. Be sure to look
at some of the craft ideas.
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To find out how Christmas is
celebrated in many countries around the world go to Yahooligans
Christmas Around the World. There is a variety of information, ideas, and
activities. Just click on the link of your choice.
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Here’s a fun site! The Official Web Site of Santa Claus allows you to
download Christmas music, find out a little about Christmas traditions around the world,
write Santa (he wants to know if you’ve been naughty or nice or just don’t want
to incriminate yourself J , get some recipes, play Christmas
Trivia, and you’ve got to read "The Physics of Santa" (a lot to think
about.)
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For fun craft ideas and other
activities for winter check out Enchanted
Learning. There are links to Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanakkah, and New Year's here.
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Get involved in learning about the
winter holidays and share goodwill with others (and incorporate telecommunications
skills). Scholastic is sponsoring the "Welcome to the Global
Goodwill Holiday Project!" You will connect with students in another country to
share and compare your holiday traditions, then write a goodwill message and add it to the
Global Goodwill Holiday Gift Box. Your Gift Box message will be opened and read by
students around the world. For specific directions, go to the above link.
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K, 1st, and 2nd
graders, Scholastic
has a wonderful holiday unit that explores Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with many
activities, a cute play (with food and great extension activities), and crafts.
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Have students write about how they
celebrate the winter holidays in their family. What special traditions do they have? Let
them share with everyone else. Maybe they’ll get a wonderful idea to take home and
try with their family this year to make it extra special.
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Get a huge assortment of holiday
ideas and activities for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanakkah, and Winter from around the world at
Education Place.
There are great ideas in all curriculum areas for all grades as well as more Internet
resources.
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For fun craft ideas and other
activities for winter check out Enchanted
Learning. There are links to Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanakkah, and New Year's here.
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Do you want your students to do
some research on some of the winter holidays around the world? World Book makes it easy for them
to do this. They can find out about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, New Year’s
Eve and Winter. These are short and make a nice center activity where they would read for
something specific. It could be a writing activity – jot down 5 facts about this
holiday, write a brief summary of this holiday, …
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For lots of
Kwanzaa information go to the "Everything About
Kwanzaa" site.
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