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Calendar: Holiday & Seasonal

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Familiarize students with common holiday symbols and icons using this set of picture cards, which reviews everything from Thanksgiving cornucopias and pumpkin pie to Fourth of July fireworks and flags.
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Holiday Picture Cards

For Students K - 12th
Teach your class the symbols of various holidays. Use the 36 colored cards to help individuals recognize the symbols and signs associated with Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day.
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How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Who wouldn't want to create their own holiday? Use the 12 elements of a holiday to have learners of all ages create their own holiday. These days, it seems like we make any excuse for a holiday! Consider having some fun with your kids...
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A Victorian Christmas

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
In many ways, Victorian Christmas is alive and well today! Class members read an informative passage to learn more about traditional Christmas gifts, decorations, crackers, and visits from Santa Claus in nineteenth-century England—as...
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United States Symbols

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify symbols that represent the United States on a worksheet. In this United States symbols lesson plan, 1st graders identify 5 symbols on the sheet.
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Be My Valentine

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
If you're looking for a last-minute resource to help your class celebrate Valentine's Day in an educational way, browse through this selection of reading comprehension worksheets, which cover such topics as why the holiday is celebrated...
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My Own Holiday

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate holiday traditions by participating in class celebrations. In this St. Patrick's day lesson, students discover the history of St. Patrick, the religious context of the holiday, and the fine foods and traditions that...
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Christmas Lights

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
An interactive adds a bright touch to the holiday season with a learning game that challenges scholars to hang 250 Christmas lights. Once the outside of a house is decorated, participants have the choice to see their work light up to a...
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Kwanzaa Window Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners research Kwanzaa, focusing on the seven principles used in celebration, with an artistic instructional activity. They design their own window books to demonstrate comprehension of the principles and symbols of Kwanzaa...
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Christmas Addition

For Students 2nd
In this holiday addition worksheet, 2nd graders color in pictures of holiday symbols and solve regrouping addition problems. There are twelve addition problems on each page with a different illustration to color. There are five different...
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A Christmas Activities eBook

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Get in the Christmas spirit with an ebook detailing 18 holiday inspired arts and crafts, including pompom trees, placemats, paper chains, and more! 
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Vetern's Day, A Chance to Honor Those Who Served Our Country

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine some of the symbols, songs, and pledges that represent our country as well as the liberties they enjoy today due to those who served. They discuss the rules for displaying the United States Flag, practice folding the...
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Christmas Lesson 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL activity.
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My Family's Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Prepare for the excitement of Thanksgiving with a helpful slideshow presentation. Colorful and engaging, the presentation explores Thanksgiving symbols, details, and traditions, and prompts learners to contrast the given topics with...
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Earth Day Number Practice 0-20

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How many trees can your pupils plant? Practice numbers 0-20 with several related activities. For the first, kids match images of trees to numbers. They then match the number symbols to number words, using a word bank. The final activity...
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Sounding Out, Holiday Relay

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore word sounds by participating in a visual relay game. In this vocabulary identification game, students create holiday themed images and cards based on the different holidays in a year. Students place the cards and images...
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Holiday

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson about holidays. They create a holiday windsock and decorate it with illustrations that symbolize different days. The information for the decorations is found through conducting research and discussing...
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Seven Symbols of Kwanzaa

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create Kwanzaa symbols. In this Kwanzaa lesson, students make 7 symbols to remind them of the purpose of the holiday. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Create a Holiday: What Will it Be?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study holidays and culture. For this customs and traditions lesson plan, students create their own holiday based on traditions and holidays that different cultures currently practice.
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Game: Turkey Put Together

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a game using a symbol of Thanksgiving - the turkey. In this Thanksgiving game lesson, students divide into teams and participate in a relay race to create a turkey.
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Discover and Celebrate the Chinese New Year

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Spring into Chinese New Year with a look at the history, food, and traditions associated with this holiday.
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Tanabata: Japan's Star Festival

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The Star Festival or Tanbata, is a holiday celebrated in Japan every year. People make tanzakus out of paper and hang them on the trees. Pupils will learn about this culturally significant holiday while creating tanzakus of...