HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

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Holiday and Seasonal Lined Writing Paper for grades 4-6. From Back to School  to Independence Day, from Fall to Summer, this tablet contains decorated papers related to every season and major holidays such as Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's Groundhogs' Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Arbor Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Independence Day.
BTH-1630 $4.45-D

Holiday Patterns by Edupress. PreK-grade 2. These patterns help integrate holiday and seasonal patterns with thematic activities across the curriculum. Patterns are reproducible and come with suggested activities related to many curriculum areas. Patterns include leaf, pumpkin (plain, with ideas for converting to house, putting faces on, etc.), ghost, turkey, stocking, candy cane, wreath, Christmas tree, gingerbread house, bell, snowman, snowflake, Valentine hearts, shamrock, leprechaun hat, basket, bunny, egg, ice cream cone, bow and tie (Mother's and Father's Day). EP-058. $6.26-D

Kids Celebrate: Activities for Special Days Throughout the Year by Maria B. Esche and Clare B. Braham. Paper, 11 x 8 inches, 295 pages. This book has more holidays covered than I've seen in any other book. From Jacob Grimm's Birthday on January 4 to Clara Barton's Birthday on December 25 (You wanted secular? You've got it. No mention of Christmas.), this book has many  not-so-famous holidays spread throughout the year that can easily tie into the curriculum. You can celebrate the birthdays of Martin Luther King Jr., A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Thomas Edison,  Marian Anderson, Nicolaus Copernicus, Dr. Seuss, Alexander Graham Bell, Randolph Caldecott, Vincent van Gogh, Hans Christian Andersen, Buddha, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, John Adubon, Sir James Barrie, Rachel Carson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Maurice Sendak, Wilma Randolph, George M. Cohen,  P.T. Barnum, Amelia Earhart, Beatrix Potter, some presidents, and many more. I've only gone as far as July.

 Besides the national holidays, and some religious ones (though I see no mention of Easter or Passover), you will find celebration activities for Chinese New Year, Black History Month, Groundhog Day, Mardi Gras, Ireland: National Day, The Vernal Equinox, International Children's Book Day, World Health Day, Earth Day, Arbor Day, Mother Goose Day, Cinco De Mayo, National Dairy Month, Flag Day, Summer Solstice, Dominion Day (Canada), Independence Day, Tanabata Star Festival (Japan), Space Week, Peace Day, Baby Parade (Ocean City, NJ), Anniversary of Woodstock, Transcontinental Railroad Completed, United Nations International Literacy Day, Navajo Nation Fair, Good Neighbor Day, Anniversary of the Chicago Fire of 1871, Pulaski Day, United Nation's Day, National Magic Day, Samhain, Election Day, Sandwich Day, Shichi Go San, National Adoption Week, St. Nicholas Day, St. Lucia Day, Kwanzaa, and (would you believe?) even more I haven't mentioned.   

For each event, there are one of more activities that tie in with it. Materials needed for these activities are likely to be in most homes or schoolrooms. Activities are geared toward those between the ages of three and nine. There are more than 100 special days, and over 200 activities. So if you need an excuse to celebrate, or if you just want to add a special theme for a day or week or month, this is the book for you. There are celebrations from many different cultures, religions,  and countries. There are lots of literature tie-ins. So whether you need ideas for a home, school, or youth group, this book ought to help. And it's a great resource for increasing cultural literacy, too. Cat. # BTH-4030. $16.16-D

Moonbeams, Dumplings, and Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities, and Recipes by Nina Simonds, Leslie Swartz, and The Children's Museum, Boston. Illustrated by MeiloSo. This hardcover book with dustjacket shows how the following Chinese occasions can be celebrated in your home: Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival; Qing Ming and the Cold Foods Festival; The Dragon Boat Festival; and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. For each celebration the authors offer festival lore, traditional stories, delectable recipes, and engaging activities. A resource list and a guide to Chinese pronunciation are included. 74 pages. HBJ-9839. $18.00-D

Seasonal Bulletin Boards, an Evan-Moor publication. For grade K-6 classrooms. Offers 35 charming bulletin boards choices for displaying classroom work -- from "Sailing on the Mayflower" to "Something to Croak About," all four seasons are covered.  Just just and arrange the colorful letters and figures according to the provided instructions. For sample pages, click this link. BTH-913 $26.99-D

Serbian Slava is a holiday we celebrate. You can find out all about it here.

Springboards and Starters : Over 1000 Creative Ideas and Activities to Spark Learning - Seasonal and Holiday, by Linda Milliken. Edupress. Includes discussion starters and ideas for quick critical thinking activities. There is a list of subjects to explore and research. There are also literature and writing sparks to inspire some creative writing. Also included are ideas for cooperative experiences, core-curriculum prompts, hands-on ideas for fun and themes, reproducible seat work, bulletin board boosts, and reproducible patterns for incentives. Some examples of specific activities for holidays include Holiday Haiku, making greeting cards (with templates), ideas for holiday role-playing, stuffing a stocking with holiday-related words with some follow-through ideas for their use, literature links for various holidays, parts of speech pumpkins, sequencing stockings, holiday history (students are given list of facts to write into a paragraph), seasonal scavenger hunt, and many, many, more. Holidays included are Columbus Day, United Nations Day, Canadian Thanksgiving, Citizenship Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents Day, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Arbor Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Independence Day.

For grades 2-6. $11.66-D

Thanksgiving Crafts by Judith Hoffman Corwin. Franklin Watts, 1995. This book is full of creative craft ideas to help your family or classroom celebrate Thanksgiving and maybe start some new traditions in the process. Not only will you find out more about the holiday and it's history, but you'll also learn to make Thanksgiving greeting cards, decorations, toys, gifts, and delicious treats. Everything can be made from ordinary household supplies following the step-by-step directions in this book. 48 pages with index. BTH-2204. $3.53-B

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