Seasonal Sites/Holidays

The KidsLink project maintains a multi-cultural calendar.  Check out holidays by country or month.

January

New Year's Day

Information about the Chinese New Year.

Information about New Year's Customs in other lands.

Sagwa the Cat's Chinese New Year Games

Martin Luther King Day

The King Center - Information about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

A super interactive chronology of Dr. King's life with photos and documents.

Kid Pix - A neat Kid Pix slide show of Dr. King's life.

Martin Luther King Jr. Biography-  Written in comic book format, read about his life.

Martin Luther King Quiz- use this link to print out a quiz on his life.

Speech-  access to  audio stream of the "I Have a Dream Speech" and the text.

Teeny Tiny Book About Dr. King- find a small booklet on his life that can be printed and reproduced.

Winter

Snowflake Maker  Cut and design virtual paper snowflakes.

Ten Little Snowman-  From Starfall, make a snowman and hear a song.

Virtual Snowman-  Create a snowman from various options.

February

Black History Month

African Americans-  More than 300 names (click A to Z List) with links to brief bios, search alphabetically or by category.

The Biography Channel provides biographical sketches and other links about many famous African Americans.

Black History Month Coloring Pages  Print out pictures from Jackie Robinson to Rosa Parks.

Culture and Change-  Black History in America Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with an interactive timeline.

Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History - This site presents a vast array of articles, hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of audio clips, film clips, and multimedia for two millennia of black history.

Harriet Tubman -  learn about the life of this famous African- American- there is even a quiz !

Harriet Tubman- this a short online video, includes footage of the historical places that Tubman lived in a used in the Underground Railroad

Theme Page from Education World- links to lesson plans, games, activities, crosswords, etc.

Chinese New Year

Sagwa the Cat's Chinese New Year Games

President's Day

Abraham Lincoln Timeline-  an illustrated timeline for young readers made by a first grade class.

Abraham Lincoln- activities, pictures, and even a treasure hunt.

American Presidency-Glorious Burden  From the Smithsonian. Hands on activities like  coloring presidential seal, resources, and lesson plans.

Design a Federal Holiday-  Learn about Federal holidays and then create your own in this interesting webquest.

If You Were  The President- simulation that requires balancing the budget, other decision, write answers that lead to a printable "newspaper" article.

Interactive Name the President:  Test your knowledge with this interactive presidential version of hangman.

Mount Vernon Virtual Tour- amazing images on this virtual tour.

Portraits of the Presidents-   from the National Gallery, the official portrait and brief facts on each.

President's Day Games   Lincoln and Washington slider puzzles, White House jigsaw, and more.

Presidential Biographies - Visit the White House web site to find one page biographies and pictures of every US president.

Presidential Biographies-  easy to read biographies created by elementary students.

Presidents of the United States- Internet Public Library Biographies, notable events, interesting info, links to documents, audio and video files.

 Word Search-Lincoln  enjoy this interactive word search on the 16th president and Washington Word Search - enjoy this interactive word search on the 1st president.

Read Across America Day

Seussville - The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Who's, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace.  Then  go to Rhyming Practice  to work with  beginning rhyming skills at this interactive site.

National Women's History Month

National Women's Hall of Fame  Learn about the lives of the great American women who have been elected to the Hall of Fame.

Children's Encyclopedia of Women-   Easy to read biographical sketches of many famous women.

Women's History Month Biographies-   From the Gale  Reference company- detailed biographies of notable women with photos.

Fascinating Females!  Learn the incredible stories of women in many fields.  A perfect way to honor Women's History Month. 

Learn about noteworthy women by visiting McKnight's Women's History  Cyberhunt to answer ten  questions.

St. Patrick's Day

Ireland and St. Patrick Webquest-  learn about the country and holiday.

Can you catch the leprechaun? See how high you can score on this fun game. 

Wee Bit of Fun- 3rd grade web search.

Leprechaun Stories  see stories from a  couple classes  Also the Leprechaun Catch.

Arbor Day

Learn about Arbor Day and its history from this site.

American Forests - Explore the benefits of trees.

 Earth Day

Be Eco-Kids Games, information, and activities about wildlife, nature, environmental issues, and more.

Earth Day On-Line Games Fun games- clean up the stream, match animals to their habitats, and so on.

Environmental Kids Club Visit the EPA's web site  and learn about conservation, ecosystems, and  ways to fight pollution.

McKnight Earth Day- links for third grade activity.

Recycle City- Explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste or click on the Dumptown Game.

Water Sense - How much do you know  about water and its use and conservation ?

Easter

Easter Egg activities-  decorate eggs, find hidden eggs, read a story.

Easter Egg Decorating- decorate and print an egg.

Easter Games-  many games from an egg hunt to a slider puzzle.
 

Memorial Day

Letssaythanks.com -Pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and  send it to a solider.

Star-Spangled Banner - Take an interactive tour of the flag that flew over Fort McHenry , learn about the war of 1812, and earn stars by playing a game.

You're a Grand Old Flag  A flag stands for a country and the people who live there. Learn about the history of our flag- even use the Make-A-Flag Factory to make your own flag!
 

Johnny Appleseed

Apples -learn about types of apples from the Dole 5 a Day Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia.

Apples-  click on the apple  variety to learn more.

Applejuice.org  This is the place to play apple games, learn about Johnny Appleseed, even send cards.

Fire Prevention Week

Fire Safety for Kids-  online fire safety quizzes, matching game, word search, online coloring pages. Take the Junior Fire Marshal Quiz-  answer correctly and get a certificate.

Sparky the Fire Dog - tour fire trucks, play cool games, printout coloring book pages and for safety checklists.

Halloween

Bats, Bats, Bats  Learn about 6 kinds of bats.

Test your Halloween Safety IQ by playing this game.

This site contains over 50 Halloween Games to choose from!

Get the facts about Bats and play several fun games like Bat Survival that will help you learn about bats.             

Carve Your Own Pumpkin at this website

Election Day

Democracy Project-  Be President for  a Day, learn about the election process and more

Scholastic Election Headquarters- Explore the election process or try activities like printing a If You Were President Story or Design a Campaign Poster. 

Time for Kids Election Headquarters- scroll down to see election games, teacher resources, and more.

Welcome to the White House for kids - learn about this building, the duties of the president, even biographical information about past presidents, even pets and kids.

Veteran's Day

Letssaythanks.com -Pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a solider.

Veteran's Day for Kids-  Learn about Veteran's Day and find a few interactive activities like Make a Medal.

Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving  Learn about the Plymouth experience, tour the Mayflower, and meet some of the guests at the first Thanksgiving.

McKnight Thanksgiving Fun page- activities for this McKnight students.

Thanksgiving coloring book  Color on-line and print out pictures to color off-line.

Thanksgiving Theme Unit   from Ed Helper.com , find links to worksheets, puzzles, coloring pictures, and comprehension activities related to the holiday.

Thanksgiving Fun and Games   Stories, coloring pictures, puzzles, matching games from Blackdog 4 kids.

Thanksgiving Jigsaw Puzzles- choice of 3 levels and 2 puzzles.
 

Christmas

Ben and Jerry's Site - Activities for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the winter solstice such as  a virtual Christmas tree and snowman and many word search and maze games.

Billy Bear's Christmas Games- try the online maze or Santa Tic Toe.

Christmas Games Primary games has lots of fun  holiday activities  for elementary students.

Claus Village- Visit Santa's village for activities like the Naughty and Nice Meter.

Elves Game Chest- Build a snowman, trim a tree, color online among others.

Enchanted Learning - Have fun making Holiday crafts for your family and friends.

Holiday Games- games, crafts, printables, and riddles from Fun School.

Merry Christmas in Different Languages- click here to see them all.

Printable Student Activities - Christmas themed, printable activities. They include crossword
puzzles, word scrambles, as well as decoders, spelling words, missing letters, word searches, and more.

St. Nicholas for Kids- St. Nicholas stories, online games, and printable activities

Virtual Christmas Tree -decorate the tree by dragging ornaments with your mouse.

Hanukkah

ORT's website about Hanukkah.

HanuKat offers  stories, crafts, recipes, and other activities to to celebrate Hanukkah and Passover.

Virtual Chanukah has games, stories, and lots of other fun.

Kwanzaa

Doug USA presents this web site on the African American celebration of Kwanzaa.

Old Fashioned Holidays

Fairbrother's Old Fashioned Holiday - Information about Christmas 100 years ago in the Fairbrother family

Old Fashioned Holiday - Information about  the holiday time and life  in America 100 years ago. Created for use of McKnight  Third Grade by Mrs. Burk.

Winter Holidays

Thinkquest provides information about winter holidays in different countries. 

Winter Holidays- learn about how Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza are celebrated.

Girl Scouts of America

Brownies Web Site This website is maintained by the Girl Scout Association and it used with Brownie Troops everywhere!
 

Money

The US Mint sponsors this site. Find coin news, information about money and our currency  history, cartoons, and coin related games. Teacher's section has  downloadable lesson plans.

On-Line Magazines

National Geographic Explorer - Here's an online version of the magazine for young people, with much to explore and discover. Selections include games, mysteries, online movies, and more.

Transportation

Titanic - A brief summary of the events with photographs.

Encyclopedia Titanica is  the world's most comprehensive site  about this great disaster. It even has biographies of every passenger and ship specs.

Tour the Titanic  -choose a location and click on Go.

On Board the Titanic Choose a passenger and read to the story to see if you survived.

Titanic and Athalone Ireland-  the map and the Morse Code translator under interactive are the best parts of this site.