Dates

Events

Links

1-31

December Themes

1. December Calendar to color (PDF printable)

2. December Stickers (Publisher 2002 printable)

3. Gingerbread Baby Coloring Page - Jan Brett

4. Make a Gingerbread Baby House - Jan Brett

5. Multicultural Holidays

6. Ornament Poetry Template

7. Ornament Shape Book

8. The Polar Express (read online)

 1

Jan Brett's Birthday
(children's author)
 

1. Hedgie's Holiday Workbench

2. Jan Brett's Activities

 4-12

Hanukkah

1. Chanukah Activities at Kids Domain

2. Chanukah at Aish.com

3. FactMonster

4. Hanukkah Checklist

5. Hanukkah Crafts at Enchanted Learning

6. Hanukkah Printables at ABC Teach

 5

 Martin Van Buren's Birthday
 (8th U.S. President)

1. White House for Kids

Click the thumbnail to see
the USS Arizona Memorial
 

1. A Day that Will Live in Infamy

2. The Library of Congress

 16

Boston Tea Party
 1773


 

1. Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

2. Eyewitness Account

3. Men of the Boston Tea Party

4. The Boston Tea Party (ThinkQuest)

5. The Tea Party Gazette

 17

Anniversary
of Flight
(Wright Brothers)

1. America's Story

2. Centennial of Flight

3. Flights of Inspiration

4. Grosse Pointe's "100 Years of Flight" (printable bookmarks)

5. Meet the Wright Brothers (2nd grade class)

6. Naval Aviation Museum

7. Re-living the Wright Way

8. Scholastic: Meet the Wright Brothers

9. The Wright Brothers
    (The Henry Ford)

10. The Wright Brothers Timeline

11. The Wright Stuff (Library of Congress)

 21

Pilgrims Land at Plymouth
 1620

1. Journey into History:Voyage of the Mayflower

2. Mayflower History (printable children's book)

3. Packing the Pilgrim’s Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom

4. Tour the Mayflower Online

5. The Pilgrim Story

 22

First Day of Winter

1:08 AM EST

1. Equinoxes and Solstices 2000-2010

2. FactMonster

3. The Earth's Tilt on Its Axis and the Sun's Rays (When the movie starts, double-click its screen to enlarge)

4. The Seasons

5. The Seasons and Axis Tilt

1. Avi's website

1. George Washington - Amazing American!

2. George Washington ... before the Battle of Trenton

3. Washington's Next Move

 25

Christmas

1. Bookmarks for Christmas by Jan Brett

2. Christmas Around the World

3. Christmas Around the World Scavenger Hunts

4. Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg

5. Christmas Crafts at Enchanted Learning

6. Christmas Crafts at Kids Domain

7. Christmas Origami on Tammy Yee's page

8. Christmas Printables at ABC Teach

9. Pomanders

 26

Harry S. Truman's  Birthday
(33rd U.S. President)

1. Truman for Kids (K-3)

2. Truman Whistle Stop Tour

3. White House for Kids

 26-Jan. 1

Kwanzaa

1. A Kwanzaa Workbook

2. Kwanzaa Clip Art

3. Kwanzaa Crafts at DLTK

4. Kwanzaa Crafts at Enchanted Learning

5. Kwanzaa Crafts at Kids Domain

 28

Woodrow Wilson's  Birthday
( 28th U.S. President)

1. America's Story

2. White House for Kids

1. Activities for Caddie Woodlawn

2. Biography

3. Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park

 29

 Andrew Johnson's Birthday
(17th U.S. President)

1. America's Story

2. White House for Kids

31

New Year's Eve

1. Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns

2. New Year's Crafts for Kids at DLTK

3. New Year's Crafts at Kids Domain

4. New Year's Crafts for Kids at Enchanted Learning