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Ancient Roots and Modern Holidays
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnLessons/Holidays.html
Backgrounds, lesson plans, and activities centered around world holidays.
Celebrating Holidays with a Kid's Heart
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/holidays.htm
Includes online games and puzzles, activity and coloring pages, free clipart, screen savers, and downloads.
Celebrating Holidays: Early Years Are Learning Years
http://www.naeyc.org/ece/1996/18.asp
A guide from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Celebrations Listed by Month
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/calendar.html
A list of some holidays ordered by month of celebration.
Education World: Special Days
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/archives/holidays.shtml
Craft ideas and projects for kids on various holidays that emphasize multicultural learning, gift-giving, and peace.
Everything Preschool: Holidays Ideas
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/holidays/
A month-by-month guide to special days.
Holiday Worksheets and Activities
http://bogglesworldesl.com/holidays.htm
Printable puzzles, worksheets, and activities created for use in the ESL/EFL classroom.
Holidays and Events Preschool Activities and Crafts
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/occasions_index.htm
Features activities, printable crafts, lesson plans, and coloring pages suitable for the early childhood classroom.
Holidays for the Classroom
http://www.kathimitchell.com/holidays.html
A teacher's web guide to seasonal sites appropriate for use in the classroom.
Love To Learn Place.com: Special Days and Holidays
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/SpecialDays/
Provides both academic and fun projects related to a variety of holidays. Also includes history, poems, and songs.
Religious Holidays in the Public Schools
http://www.freedomforum.org/publications/first/findingcommonground/B08.Holidays.pdf
Digital book provides a legal analysis of the issue, along with answers to common questions. [PDF]
School Crafts
Crafts for kids and teens for various holidays and the return to school.
The Holiday Zone
http://www.theholidayzone.com/
Language arts activities, learning games, songs, action rhymes, printable worksheets, printable flashcards, coloring pages, puzzles, and crafts.