December Holiday sites for Kids and Teachers

Priecigus Ziemsvetkus!

That is Latvian for Merry Christmas. Check out this site to learn how to say season’s greetings in multiple languages: http://www.santas.net/howmerrychristmasissaid.htm

As the calendar year is coming to an end, take this chance to share with your students how other cultures and countries are celebrating. Compare and contrast with a venn diagram, use the information for some math problem solving and find some other fun lesson plans!

- December Holiday Lesson Plans and links
http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/december.shtml

- Winter Holiday Round up on Factmonster
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/winterholidays1.html

- Christmas Traditions around the World
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

- Christmas around the world by country
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/

- Hanukkah for Kids
http://www.theholidayspot.com/hanukkah/

- Holidays year round
http://www.theholidayspot.com/

- Track Santa, send him an email (within the browser)! This is a great site to check out on Dec. 24th! http://www.noradsanta.org/en/

Online Cool Math Games

http://coolmath-games.com/
Students and teachers are always looking motivating ways to work on math skills. This site has fun and colorful games for a variety of ages. No download needed at school or home! Coolmath.com is a great resource for online math materials including a collection of great arithmetic, logic, and spacial awareness games.

These games are not only fun to play, but are mentally stimulating as well. Check out CoolmathGames for online fun with Math!