If you’re still looking for projects and resources for teaching kids about Kwanzaa, check out the Kwanzaa page at Kid Sparkz.
You’ll find a few few printables including a cut and paste poster, a K is for Kwanzaa coloring page, … Read More ...
PowerPoint for Learning about Kwanzaa
If you want to teach your kids about Kwanzaa (whether literally your kids or the children in your classroom) this PowerPoint presentation from Rayas Store at Teachers Pay Teachers is a great place to start.
It’s a 17-page presentation that … Read More ...
Easy Diwali Crafts for Kids
There are lots of great crafts associated withDiwali the festival of lights, and making something related to a holiday or celebration that you don’t celebrate yourself is a great entry point (of course these are great for kids … Read More ...
Story of Diwali Printable and Activities for Kids
Diwali
is the Festival of Light in India and is an important and popular festival for Hindus that celebrates the victory of light over darkness. It’s a fun way for kids to learn a little bit more about other cultures … Read More ...
Printables for Having a Mock Election
Election Day is more fraught than usual this year for all sorts of reasons, but I for one love voting, and I know I’m not the only one.
And it’s fun for kids to get to vote and make their … Read More ...
Learning about Election Day for Kids
With Election Day right around the corner, it’s a good time to take some time in class (or with your kids at home) to talk about why we have elections and how the process works.
Year Round Homeschooling has a … Read More ...
Election Vocabulary Bingo for Kids
As Election Day nears in the United States, it’s a pretty much unavoidable topic. Kids of different ages are able to handle differing amounts of information about campaigns, issues and polls, but it’s good to teach kids the basic vocabulary … Read More ...
Printable Chinese Zodiac Wheel
My daughter has always been interested in the Chinese/Lunar New Year celebration and the rituals and stories that go along with it. She and her father are born under the same year, so that part is fun for her, too.… Read More ...
Resources for Teaching about 9/11
My daughter came home the other day talking about 9/11, which is something we’ve never really talked about at home, but is of course a big part of recent American history and something kids do need to learn about.
Whether … Read More ...
Resources for Teaching Kids about Thanksgiving
I think we all have an image in our mind of what the first Thanksgiving might have looked like from books and movies that show somber Pilgrims dressed all in black and native people in blankets and feathers. We might … Read More ...
A Bunch of Winter Games Activities
This list is from the last time the Winter Games came around, so there are some dated parts related to the mascots (you can learn about this year’s mascot, Soohorang the white tiger, here) but this list of 30-plus … Read More ...
Lunar New Year Activities for Kids
The Lunar New Year begins on Feb. 16, so there’s plenty of time to think about activities you can do with your kids related to the holiday.
The upcoming year is the year of the dog, which of course provides … Read More ...
Columbus Day Activities for Kids
Columbus Day may be falling out of favor as a holiday these days (even in the few years my daughter has been in school, she’s gone from having the day off to having a different day off this month and … Read More ...
Labor Day for Kids
Kids who are already back in school will be relishing an extra-long weekend with the Labor Day holiday, but most kids probably don’t know what the holiday is really about. (Fun fact: my daughter was born on Labor Day weekend … Read More ...
Explore the World in a DIY Summer Camp
This is such a fun idea to do with your own kids or your own group of kids during the summer — or really any other time.
Leanna from All Done Monkey shared her ideas for a DIY Around the … Read More ...