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Holidays

Holidays 
Please note that all links were good when posted; however, things change. If you find a dead link, please contact us at everestacademy1@gmail.com so that we can correct or remove the link. 
  • The Holiday Spot - This website features Christmas Celebrations around the world. 
  • A lesson plan for a Colonial Christmas. 
  • The History of Christmas - Each year, during the month of December, millions of homes across America are decorated with Christmas trees and fairy lights. But how much do you really know about this festive holiday? Start: The Real Story of Christmas from the History Channel. 
  • The History of Christmas
  • Northpole.com - Write to Santa, read stories, enjoy Karaoke, send e-cards, find recipes, play games and puzzles, print stories to color—even put you or your child in a personalized story! 
  • Plimoth - Great information on the first Thanksgiving. 
  • Arbor Day for Kids - Don't forget that Arbor Day is coming up at the end of this month. This looks like a great site and offers lesson plans, games, and much more. 
  • FREE Holiday Call!!! - Make the season magical with a free, personalized call. Surprise your friends or family with a call from Santa Claus, Sammy the Snowman, or Coca-Cola Racing Family member Tony Stewart. Click HERE to schedule your free phone call! 
  • What it is: It is December! This means the beginning of Advent along with the anticipation and excitement that it brings. The Internet is full of interactive advent calendars that you can use to teach about how the Christmas season is celebrated all around the world. These advent calendars reveal fun facts, interactive activities, and stories.
  • Santa’s House Advent Calendar- This advent calendar tells a fun story. Each day reveals another secret about what goes on inside Santa’s home on the 24 days leading up to Christmas. In each picture, there is a little mouse hiding. When students click on his ears, he jumps out.
  • Christmas Around the World Advent Calendar- Each day students click on the date to reveal a fun fact about how countries around the world celebrate Christmas. The facts are accompanied by great illustrations and pictures. This site shows up very small inside my Internet browser (Firefox). To remedy this problem, click on “view” in your menu bar and choose “zoom”. You may need to zoom in several times. 
  • Christmas Mice Advent Calendar- This calendar tells the story about a mouse family who celebrates Christmas. Each day a little more of the story is revealed. Each picture includes some animation. 
  • Santa’s Advent Calendar- On this advent calendar, each day reveals a new song or activity for students to complete. There are some fun Christmas themed mysteries to solve, stories to read, and activities to work through. 
  • French Carols Advent Calendar- This is a French advent calendar. Each day contains a new French Christmas carol sung by children. This advent calendar would be a fun one to include in a study of Christmas around the world. 
  • Christmas Around the World Advent Calendar Quiz- This advent calendar tests students knowledge about how other cultures celebrate Christmas. Each day students are asked a question and given hints to help them answer. When the answer is revealed, students can click on links to learn more about the Christmas celebrations in that country. This site also includes great activities and teaching resources for Christmas. 
  • Christmas Advent Calendar- Follow the adventures of Zac the elf as he tries to find a Christmas present for Santa. Each day a little more of the story is revealed. 
  • Christmas Activity Advent Calendar- This advent calendar has fun little games and activities to play each day. The games and activities are quick and easy to complete, building mouse and keyboard skills. This advent calendar would be a good one for the classroom computers as a center activity. 
  • Christmas Lesson Ideas from A to Z Home's Cool - Check out this awesome list!!! Families who incorporate the holiday spirit into their December curriculum find they reduce the stress of trying to do it all and be it all to everyone. So how do you squeeze in all those required subjects and still get all the decorating, shopping and baking done? 
  • 12 Days of Christmas Lapbook
  • History of Christmas - Here is a link to the History Channel's page on the history of Christmas and related traditions. I have not reviewed any of these, except for the video "Christmas Unwrapped..." that we got through NetFlix. You may consider some of these videos to be secular in nature as they may cover everything from the pagan roots of the holiday to the present Christian celebration--the one we watched did this. 
Groundhog's Day
  • Offical Ground Hog's Day Website - If you missed the celebration this morning, you can watch the webcast from Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania, as the celebrated groundhog, Punxatawney Phil, predicts 6 more weeks of Winter.
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