If you feel a little icky about celebrating American Thanksgiving, you aren’t alone. While gratitude is always a good thing, the roots of the holiday aren’t great, and it’s important to honor the indigenous people who were already here and … Read More ...
Learning about Algeria for Kids
Our next stop on our nations of the world tour is Algeria. The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria is located in northern Africa.
Algeria Basics
Albania is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and the nations of Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, … Read More ...
Learning About Albania for Kids
Second up in our parade of nations is Albania (check out the post on Afghanistan for kids if you missed it!). I’ll admit to knowing almost nothing about Albania, so let’s learn together.
Albania Basics
To begin with, Albania is … Read More ...
Learning about Afghanistan for Kids
I decided I wanted to start a series on the countries of the world for kids, which you can use as unit studies in a classroom or at home, or just as a way to teach your kid (and yourself!) … Read More ...
Rosh Hashanah Crafts for Kids
Rosh Hashanah is the celebration of the Jewish New Year, which takes place this year from Sept. 15-17 (2023). It marks the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve and is celebrated with blowing the shofar (a ram’s horn), … Read More ...
Bastille Day Activities for Kids
Bastille Day is the national day of France, celebrated on July 14 each year. It commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a major event of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison in Paris that … Read More ...
Celebrating Juneteenth with Kids
Juneteenth, also known as Liberation Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday that’s been acknowledged more in the past few years. It happens on June 19th, and it marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, … Read More ...
Year of the Rabbit Craft Ideas
As I mentioned the other day, 2023 is the year of the rabbit in Chinese astrology. Because it’s a 12-year cycle, you are a rabbit if you were born in 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963 or 1951 (and so on).… Read More ...
Easy Activities for Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year (also sometimes called Chinese New Year) is coming up (January 22 in 2023), and it’s a great opportunity to get kids interested in a bit of Asian culture.
One of the most common symbols of Lunar New … Read More ...
Printable Diwali Coloring Pages
These cute Diwali coloring pages from In the Playroom are great to use for greeting cards, to give to family members for visit during the holiday or just to color and use to decorate the house.
The designs include symbols … Read More ...
Cardboard Rangoli Maze
Rangoli 
are classic designs you often see at Diwali in front of people’s homes or as decoration within the home during the holiday. This cardboard maze uses a rangoli as the centerpiece to make a fun art project you can … Read More ...
Celebrating Diwali Book Review
Books are a great way to learn about cultures and celebrations that we might not participate in ourselves, and there are a lot of great kids books that can help people of all ages understand different cultures and holidays they … Read More ...
Make a Collection Box for High Holidays and Beyond
One of the tenets of the Jewish High Holidays — Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur
— is tzedakah, which means charity, justice or righteousness.
On holidays and Shabbat, Jewish families often collect money in tzedakah boxes to save and give … Read More ...
Make a Shofar for Rosh Hashanah
A shofar 
is a horn usually made from a ram’s horn that is used in important Jewish holiday observances include Rosh Hashanah.
This shofar craft is super clever and gives you a chance to talk to kids about the use … Read More ...
Play a Traditional Liberian Strategy Game
Playing games from other countries is a fun way to learn more about a culture or just to play something that you haven’t already played 100 times before.
What Do We Do All Day has a great post on Queah, … Read More ...