Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

Vocabulary Lesson, Puzzles & Word Lists!

June 22nd, 2022

It’s Wednesday, June 22, 2022, and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

MyVocabulary.com

(www.myvocabulary.com/)

Grades 4-10, with parental supervision

MyVocabulary.com offers over 2,500 pages of a variety of free, interactive vocabulary development and enrichment activities including lesson plans, word searches, crossword puzzles, and quizzes.

When you get to the site, you’ll see a menu in the center of the screen that includes:

  1. Root Word Lesson – Get multiple lesson plans for various grade/difficulty levels that include practice exercises such as fill-in-the-blanks, match-games, crosswords, word finds, true/false and word stories.
  2. Subject Puzzles – You’ll find calendar-themed vocabulary puzzles for holidays and events such as Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more.
  3. Subject Word Lists – Access hundreds of “A-Z” word lists by subject including animals, books, business/economics, fine arts, history/social studies, math, science, religion, sports, and general interest (from “accessories” to “Yellowstone”). Use them to help students learn the definitions of new words, or as story-starters, or to identify parts of speech.
  4. Test Prep – Try the practice activities for learning top SAT/ACT/GRE vocabulary words to get better test results.

The extensive content at this ad-free, self-paced website is a great resource to supplement vocabulary and language arts studies. It is based on state standards and is printable for use offline.

New Year Language Arts Activities

January 5th, 2022

Activity Village: New Year’s Story and Activities

(www.activityvillage.co.uk/new-year)

Grades K-12, with parental supervision

This ad-supported website offers a selection of fun Language Arts activities and free printables to celebrate the New Year. There are a few “for a fee” activities sprinkled among the freebies.

So when you get to the site, to get right to the free Language Arts activities just scroll down the center of the page and look for the links to:

  • New Year Worksheets – Includes printable pages of New Year story starters.

  • New Year Puzzles & Mazes – Includes New Year themed word search puzzles and word games

  • New Year Stories – Make your own booklet of Hans Christian Andersen’s Christmas and New Year story, The Little Match Girl. Includes the printable story and coloring pages.

You’ll also find links to New Year crafts, coloring pages, and jigsaw puzzles.

Kids Explore Christmas

December 23rd, 2021

Why Christmas?

(www.whychristmas.com/)

All grades, with parental supervision

Created by James Cooper from the UK, this kid friendly website explores all things Christmas.

When arriving at this cheerfully colorful website, use the links in the upper menu to select from:

  • Christmas Traditions and Customs – Learn all about when the Christmas season is celebrated, the traditions of candles, candy canes, Christmas cards, carols, mistletoe, St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Father Christmas and so much more

  • Christmas Around the World – Discover how Christmas is celebrated in countries around the world

  • The Christmas Story – Read, listen, and/or watch the Christmas story. Includes a downloadable comic book version, an interactive visual version, and more

  • Christmas Fun and Activities – Activities include an online Christmas tree to decorate, a nativity scene to build either online or downloadable, word searches and a crossword puzzle, Christmas desktop wallpaper, and loads of other creative and fun activities

After browsing through all that is available, be sure to add to your fun by selecting the “Christmas Karaoke” image on the home page. You will be taken to another website (tistheseasonto.be) where you and your family can sing along to over 50 Christmas Carols and songs.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Science Fun!

December 21st, 2021

Science Sparks – Christmas Science

(www.science-sparks.com/christmas-science/)

Grades K-8, with parental supervision

We’ve recently reviewed other parts of this website but we thought with the season upon us it would be appropriate to spotlight these 20 Christmas-themed science experiments.

You’ll find experiments for the kitchen, the playroom and even outside. These are fun and there is something here that everyone will enjoy!

In the kitchen enjoy these:

  • Make some spiced apple cider and explore filtering at the same time.
  • Make lovely mint-flavored chocolate leaves and learn about changes of state.
  • Create fizzing Christmas trees or gingerbread men.

In the playroom try:

  • a Christmas-themed magnet or marble maze.
  • How about making jumping snowmen or Christmas trees using static electricity?
  • Designing some symmetrical Christmas trees.
  • Making a Christmas-themed Optical Illusion.

Outside explore:

  • Create wonderful ice ornaments.
  • Work out how tall your Christmas tree is without measuring it.

There is much more here including activities for younger children. Bookmark this page and use it throughout the holiday season.

Christmas Music & Audio Stories

December 18th, 2021

Feels Like Christmas – Free Christmas Music

(feelslikechristmas.com/free-christmas-music/)

All grades, with parental supervision

Listen and/or download free Christmas music from independent (indie) artists at this website.

Choose songs in the following categories:

  • Contemporary Instrumental
  • Contemporary Vocals
  • Traditional Instrumental
  • Traditional Vocal

There are hundreds of selections, many of which are originals written by the submitting artist. Select a song and when the page opens click the play button on the player to hear the song online. Found a song you absolutely love? Download the MP3 to add to your holiday collection by right-clicking on the download graphic to the lower right of the player. (Please note that the downloads are for personal listening use only. Be sure to read the “Use of This Music” page for specifics.)

In addition to the Christmas music, click the “Audio Stories” link to find a selection of Christmas stories including:

  • Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Match Seller
  • Luke 2:1-20
  • Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
  • Santa’s Poem
  • Mrs. Claus Saves Christmas
  • My Granddad Helps Father Christmas
  • Mouse in the Honeysuckle

And don’t forget to check out the “Christmas Sounds” page to hear Sounds of Santa, sleigh bells, and more.

We hope this website will add to your holiday fun.

Virtual Holiday Field Trips!

December 17th, 2021

Favorite Holiday Virtual Field Trips

All grades, with parental supervision

Spangler Candy Cane Factory

(www.spanglercandy.com/our-brands/candy-canes/tour)

At this site, you can take a virtual tour of the Spangler Candy Cane Factory. They explain the process of mass production of candy canes through text and photographs.

Christmas Tree Farm

(www.christmastrees.on.ca/index.php?action=display&cat=13)

Take a virtual tour to see how Christmas trees are grown from seedlings to mature trees. When you get to the site you’ll see an introduction followed by an index of the topics covered on the virtual tour. Click on “Tour Stop 1: Conifer Seedling” to begin. Then, just follow the prompts to experience the entire tour.

Reindeer Farmers in Lapland

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r63VL_gcxhg)

Take a virtual field trip to Lapland to see a reindeer farm! The 4-minute YouTube video from the BBC shows the herd and provides some information on the care and management of reindeer.

Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum

(www.nutcrackermuseum.com/Video_1.html)

The Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum is located in the state of Washington and you can take a virtual video “Museum Tour” at their website.

BONUS: Track Santa!

(www.noradsanta.org/)

Where is Santa right now? Find out by visiting this website, sponsored by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which is the joint American and Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace defense of the United States and Canada that was created in 1958. Every year NORAD tracks Santa’s whereabouts so that children throughout the world can determine his location and how close he is to delivering goodies to their house on Christmas Eve.

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