Topic of the Week: 2006 DECEMBER HOLIDAYS
This year, Hanukkah begins on Dec. 15, Christmas is Dec. 25, and Kwanzaa begins on Dec. 26.
Spotlight Site of the Week!
History of the Holidays @ The History Channel
Learn the history of the holidays at the History Channel's online exhibits:
Hanukkah ~ Christmas ~ Kwanzaa
Additional Sites:
- December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday Celebrations
Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world.
Click here to visit resource - December Holidays
Features a categorized list of websites to help celebrate all the December holidays!
Click here to visit resource - December Holidays Fact Hunt
A December holidays interactive activity that harnesses the Internet as an educational tool.
Click here to visit resource - A Hotlist on December Holidays
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about December Holidays, why not also use the power of the Internet?
Click here to visit resource - December Holidays and Celebrations
This page by Dr. Sue LeBeau contains categorized and dated educational resources for all December commemorations.
Click here to visit resource - December Holidays Clipart @ Awesome Clipart for Educators
Find holiday clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds, fonts, icons, lines, worksheets and more:
Hanukkah ~ Christmas ~ Kwanzaa
Judi's Corner
This week features a redesigned homework resource:
Yahoo! Kids: Homework Area
This area of the newly redesigned Yahoo! Kids site contains a multitude of subject-based resources to help students with their school work.
Spotlight Class of the Week!
Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Class
M. W. Cuyler
Elementary School
Red Creek, New York
Our Other Web Sites
Each week, I'll answer your questions, post announcements and provide interesting input!
Email me at jrajala@eduhound.com
That's all for this week! "Remember...the Web is a terrible thing to waste!"