World Wide Web Sites for Educators

HOLIDAYS

Billy Bear's Playground -- The curser turns into Billy Bear!   Links to: 
         New Year        Valentines' Day         St. Patrick'sDay 
           Pesach!           Mother's Day            Father's Day 
           4th of July        Halloween                Thanksgiving 
           Christmas         Hanukkah                Kwanzaa 
           Birthday 
www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun

Cathy's Picnic  -- A nice, colorful and interactive site. 
Cathy's Picnic includes games, riddles, projects, recipes, stories, music. 
         Christmas        Easter                 St. Patrick's Day 
         Halloween       Groundhog Day 
www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/index.html

ClubMom Holiday Page  -- Word searches, scrambles, mazes, party ideas. 
         Valentine's Day      St. Patrick's Day       Easter 
         Halloween              Thanksgiving           Christmas 
         4th of July              Patriotic Holidays 
www.hometown.aol.com/SAmon349/KidsParties?HolidayPgVal.html

CNN Interactive - Kwanzaa -- History, Celebration, Food, Many links to other sites. World Book quiz on holidays and customs. Hands-on Activities on holidays around the world. 
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1997/kwanzaa

Holidays at Alphabet Soup -- Stories, poems, song, games. 
         Valentine's Day     President's Day         St. Patrick's Day 
         Easter                   Mother's Day            4th of July 
           Halloween             Thanksgiving             Easter 
www.alphabet-soup.net/holiday.html

Holidays At Cyber Grandma's -- Holidays include: 
         Father's Day        Flag Day                    Memorial Day 
         Mother's Day       Earth Day                  Easter 
         Passover              St. Patrick's Day        President's Day 
         Valentine's Day     Groundhog Day         M. L. King Day 
         New Years            Christmas                  Thanksgiving 
         Veterans Day         Halloween                 4th of July 
           Grandparents Day  Labor Day 
geocities.com/Heartland/2328/holiday.htm

Kids' Exchange -- Each holiday has fun games, crafts, humor, clipart, recipes and more - all with kids in mind. The page is updated often and also contains links to other holidays. 
           New Years          Groundhog Day          Valentine's Day 
         Leap Year            St. Patrick's Day        Easter 
         Mother's Day       Canada Day               4th of July 
         Labor Day            Thanksgiving            April Fool's Day 
         Chanukah             Earth Day                  Kwanzaa 
         Memorial Day       Ramadan 
kidexchange.about.com/kids/kidsexchange/cs/holidays/index.htm

The Holiday Page
Written for children with links to: How many days until......? 
            New Years Day       Groundhog Day     Valentine's Day 
            St. Patrick's Day      April Fool's Day    Easter 
            Mother's Day           Memorial Day        Father's Day 
            Independence Day    Labor Day            Halloween 
            Thanksgiving            Christmas 
wilstar.com/holidays/

 

The Holiday Zone -- Provides ways to celebrate common American holidays by

doing a craft, singing a song, reading a story, or discovering why we mark certain days and the seasons.

http://www.theholidayzone.com/

The Holiday Zone -- Links to MANY holidays. Gives dates for the current year and a brief description. 
geocities.com/holidayzone/main.html

The MCC multi cultural calendar  -- A Multi-Cultural Calendar.  This database can be searched by month, country or holiday.  All entries are written by children.  The entries might contain recipes, historical background and special ways in which holidays are observed. 
www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

ThinkQuest International Holidays -- Celebrations around the world with links by country and holiday. Included are recipes, activities, games and other links. 
      Australia, England, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, USA 
           Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, New Year and 
           Other Celebrations 
library.thinkquest.org/10007/text/contents.html

Updated:  April 01, 2008