Archive for holidays
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Chinese New Year
Make a fire-breathing dragon mask
Games, poems, paper lanterns and more
Lots of crafts & activities for learning about China & Chinese New Year
Wreath
Crayola has lots of projects
Chinese Zodiac game
See and read explanations of Chinese New Year with video clip of the New Year parade and celebration, a Fortune Cookie Factory and more
China, Chinese New Year’s, and The Giant Panda Bear Themes
Lots more info on 2008 – The Year of the Rat
Halloween
Download a Detroit Tigers Pumpkin Stencil.
Type in your zip code to find some Halloween events near you.
Staff of the White House share some of their stories of weird noises at the White House. Also has word search, quiz, coloring page, and more.
Halloween Origami.
This looks like a fun activity! Using Excel, students answer questions to create a silly, spooky, fill-in-the-blanks story. It says you can Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program, but I haven’t tried it yet. I use Quattro Pro.
Newsword has Halloween worksheets you can download in pdf. The worksheet sets have about 15 pages each! Look under the headings Fall Themes and October.
Halloween on a Shoestring has some ideas we’ve used to make the festivities more enjoyable.
