created by Maria Leon
Public School One

Introduction | Holiday Fun | Fall Fun | Winter Fun | Spring Fun | Multicultural Fun

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Holidays, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

 

The Internet Resources

Holiday Fun

• ABC Teach - Monthly, holiday, and seasonal theme units
• Apples 4 the Teacher - Interactive and educational holiday games and activities
• Australian Media - Family and Holiday sites like Santas.Net
• Billy Bear 4 Kids - Fun activities for holidays and special days.
• Black Dog - Have fun writing a personalized holiday story. Many things to see and do.
• Cool Holiday Graphics - Animations, graphics, dividers and more
• DLTK's Holiday Activities - Activities for standard holidays and other special days
• Diversity Calendar - Valuing our differences, celebrating our diversity
• Education World - Holidays - Holidays and special days center
• Free Fever - Animated gifs
• Holidays Around the World for Grades K-12 - The Internet School Library Media Center Holidays page
• Holidays for the Classroom - Multicultural holiday links and a nice unit on Christmas around the world
• Holidays on the Net - A collection of multimedia holidays
• Kaboose Holidays - Recipes, crafts, printables and lots of holiday fun ideas
• Kids Turn Central - All your favorite holidays can be found at Kids' Turn. Click on link to individual holiday for hours of fun, games, crafts, history and more!
• Lil Fingers - A computer storybook, game, activity and coloring site for young children
• SCORE History/Social Studies - Check out the virtual museums on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (designed for primary students)
• Scholastic's Global Goodwill Holiday - Tour holiday traditions
• Social Studies for Kids - Holiday articles
• Squigly's Playhouse - Many seasonal and holiday activities like coloring pictures, craft ideas, pencil puzzles and games.
• Sue LeBeau's Monthly Holidays and Celebrations - Monthly celebrations websites complied by Dr. LeBeau
• The Teacher's Corner - Teacher resources for free. Make sure to check out the daily writing prompts. Also, visit the seasonal printable worksheets page to find resources for the upcoming holidays. Use the worksheet generators to create math worksheets, Sudoku, word searches, word scrambles, crosswords, time, money and more.
• Yahoo's Around the World - Holidays - Many holiday links from Yahoo! Kids

Fall Fun

• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Make a medal, play patriotic pair, or color online as you learn about Veterans and the flag
• Hersey's Trick-or -treats - Halloween fun
• History Channel Video - History of Thanksgiving videos (not commercial free)
• Plimouth Organization - Plimoth Plantation is Plymouth as it was in the 17th century
• Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving - Voyage on the Mayflower, experience daily life and the Thanksgiving feast
• Thanksgiving Central - Learn about the history of the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the Indians.

Winter Fun

• Chabad - Learn about Chanukah with different activities
• Christmas Around the World - This is a collection of historical Christmas celebrations for many different countries
• Christmas World - Learning about the Christmas customs of various nations helps us to understand the wide variety of traditions that families have practiced for many centuries around the globe.
• Claus Village - Many fun Christmas activities
• HanuKat - HanuKat offers a playful, interactive way for children, parents, grandparents and friends – both Jewish and non-Jewish - to celebrate Hanukkah and Passover
• Kaboose Online Winter Games - Play winter games online - snow sports, penguins and more
• North Pole - Enjoy the joy and magic of Christmas in Santa’s Secret Village
• Santa's Net - Learn about Christmas traditions around the world, check if you're on Santa's good or not, listen to holiday songs, and a lot more fun activities
• Scholastic Holidays - Holiday stories to enjoy
• Scholastic's Internet Field Trip - Holidays 'Round the World Wide Web
• Snow Days - Create a snowflake online (Do NOT give out personal information)
• The White House - An educational opportunity for young Americans to learn about the White House and the President through fun and exciting features
• US Presidency Hunt - Use different links (included) to learn about presidents
• Underground Railroad - National Geographic Interactive Underground Railroad site explores the history of slavery (Martin Luther King and Civil Rights theme)
• White House Kids - Presidential Biographies

Spring Fun

• Mexico for Kids - This site belongs to the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico.
• Surf Net Kids - Holidays, history and biographies

Multicultural Fun

• BBC - Ramadhan and Eid
• Ben's Guide of US Government Symbols - Buildings, statues, symbols, and songs (patriotic holidays)
• Hindu Festivals - Diwali and other main festival information
• Kids Web Japan - Explore Japan
• Zoom School (Enchanted Learning) - An online schoolroom with many links related to geographic, scientific and language-related themes.