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August and September

Back to School  All back to school links are here 

Labor Day

Labor Day Crafts These are from enchantedlearning.com

Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day? from howstuffworks.com

Labor Day Kids Crossword from sunniebunniezz.com

Labor Day Kids Word Search from sunniebunniezz.com

Labor Day Printables There are nine pages of activities from homeschooling.about.com

Grandparent's Day [face-elderly-0005.gif][face-elderly-0007.gif]Sept. 12, 2010

Happy Grandparent's Day Classroom Banner   from Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org  (3 pages)

Grandparents are Grand Banner from Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org (3 1/2 pages)

Happy Grandparent's Day Poster to Color This poster has a place for the child to draw a portrait of himself and they will color the words also. This is from Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org

Hand in Hand Activity  Several neat suggestions for using the grandparent's and child's handprint

Grandparent's Day Activities A variety of crafts and activities here from DLTK

Printable Grandparent's Day Book from Enchanted Learning

Print Grandparent's Bookmarks This is from billybear4kids.com

National Grandparent's Day Site 

A Grandparent's Day Assignment Some great ideas here

Grandparent's Day Crossword Puzzle from sunniebunniezz.com

Grandparent's Day Theme This is from abcteach.com

Grandparent's Day Thumbprint Picture from billybear4kids.com

I Love You Banner  from billybear4kids.com

Grandparent's Day Printables from parenting.leehansen.com

More Grandparent's Day Ideas You'll find projects, grandparent's certificates, bookmarks, and postcards to e-mail at this site from billybear4kids.com

Grandparent's Day Crafts and Cards from Enchanted Learning

Forget-Me-Not Nursing Home Visitation Project from grandparents-day.com

A Song for Grandparent's Day from grandparents-day.com

Ten Ways to Celebrate Grandparent's Day from educationworld.com
 

 

 

  Fall

Bulletin Boards , Doors, and Room Decoration

Fall Bulletin Boards (8 pages of ideas with pictures)

Scarecrow Door Idea  This door idea is on boardsgalore.com. You can use my scarecrow below for door decoration

Large Scarecrow Poster to Print (9 sheets) Instructions for assembling posters are here (from Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org)

 

Fall Sticker Chart  Use leaves, pumpkins, or scarecrow stickers on these incentive charts (two to a page) from Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org

 

 

Fall Doors and Halls These are from boardsgalore.com

A Harvest of Blessing A board by Arlynn Cornforth on boardsgalore.com. Scroll down to Fall

Fall Bulletin Board "The Harvest is Plenteous." A board by Billie Gentry on boardsgalore.com. Scroll down to Fall

Fall Bulletin Boards Ideas for fall bulletin boards from teachnet.com - no photos

Awesome Autumn Banner  (3pages) Use this colorful banner as a bulletin board header or on a door with fall pictures, leaves, or fall crafts. From Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org

Fall Fun Banner (3 pages) Use as a bulletin board header or on door with leaves or pictures.  From Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org

Autumn Banner A colorful Banner from Sparklebox

Fall Music Bulletin Boards from musicbulletinboards.net

Crafts and Coloring

Leaf Stick Puppets These cute leaf stick puppets are from freekidscrafts.com

Paper Plate Scarecrow Craft from activityvillage.co.uk

Scarecrow Coloring Page from alphabet-soup.net

 

Scarecrow Puppet Children can color the scarecrow. From Audrey Smith - teacherhelp.org How to make the puppet

 

 

Squirrel and Acorns Coloring Page from alphabet-soup.net

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Make an Owl Puppet  Amy Glassenberg says     " These were easy to put together - construction paper triangles and circles for the face, button eyes, furry felt bellies and pipe  cleaner feet, and fall leaves for wings." This puppet is from Amy Glassenberg's blog

 

Dishcloth Scarecrow from familycrafts.about.com

Fall Hat This is an easy craft idea (If you can get the paper bags)If I did this with kids, I would not paint the bag but would leave it the natural color. If you don't have fall leaves, print out leaf patterns and have the children paint or color them. This is from freekidscrafts.com.  Leaf Pattern

Autumn Woven Placemat from activityvillage.co.uk

Fall Nature Crafts Craft ideas from Family Fun. Cool crafts that incorporate leaves, flowers, sticks, and more

A Leaf in Time Craft If you live where the leaves change color, this is a great craft for you. This is from craftsnactivities.com

Beautiful Fall Leaves Craft I love these fall leaves from kinderteacher.com They would brighten up any room. These are on a kindergarten site, but these could be done by any age group

Fall Coloring Pages Some nice fall pictures from coloringbookfun.com

Fall Leaves Color by Number

Why Leaves Change Color Reading and Coloring Sheet

Fall Leaves Dot to Dot

Making Friends.com Fall Crafts and Printables A variety of fall crafts at this site

Leaf Wreath Craft This is a colorful wreath made from foam. You could use cardstock die-cut leaves. This is from craftelf.com

Other Fall Activities

Journey North Tick Tock: Biological Clock

Experiment Pumpkin Seed Six activities with pumpkins and pumpkin seeds involving tallying, weighing, graphing, and more (from abcteach.com)

Fall Acrostic Poem Form(from abcteach.com)

My Pumpkin Patch Writing Worksheet from starfall.com (lower elementary)

Full Sized Graphic of Four Seasons Right click and save. This can be enlarged on a copier or graphics program

What Causes the Seasons? Choose beginner, intermediate or advanced. This is from windows2universe.org

The Seasons From BBC

Fall Jigsaw Puzzle (54 pieces)  ©teacherhelp.org

Fall Jigsaw Puzzle (150 pieces) ©teacherhelp.org

Autumn Leaves (72 pieces) ©teacherhelp.org

 

 

Apples

Apple Theme/Unit Great apple ideas here from teachingheart.net

Apple Door Idea from boardsgalore.com. You could put the children's names or photos on the seeds

Apple Calendar Numbers These are very nice and are from thevirtualvine.com

Johnny Appleseed Paper Bag Puppet Use this boy puppet and print, cut out, and add this pan hat from teacherhelp.org

Johnny Appleseed Coloring This is from dltk

Story of Johnny Appleseed from applejuice.org

Color a Basket of Apples from alphabet-soup.net

Color Apples A variety of apple pictures at Coloring Book Fun

Clay Pot Apple Craft from familycrafts.about.com

Apple Awards from Alenka's Printables. These could be printed on magnetic sheets or cardstock

Apple Book Cover from Alphabet Soup and Apple Shape Writing Paper

Good Apple Award from Alphabet Soup

Homemade Applesauce Cook in class in a crockpot on low for several hours. It smells wonderful!

Apple Activities from abcteach directory A large number of apple activities here such as coloring, word search, shape books, etc.

A is for Apple Apple ideas from kinderkorner

Apple Activities and Links If you are doing an apple theme, this page has all of the links you'll need

Harvest Party Ideas

Apples and Health Information about apples and why they are good for you

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October

Clergy Appreciation Month

Three Cheers for Pastor A puppet play from Christian Crafters. *We had a group of young people do this as a skit at a pastor appreciation dinner.

Ideas to Honor Your Pastor

Article by Mark Creech An excellent article about honoring our pastors

Can the Sheep Save Their Shepherds? Article by Lynn Cryderman

Be a Barnabas to Your Pastor An article by Kathy Widenhouse

Top Ten Ideas for Clergy Appreciation Month by Diana Davis

Thank You Pastor Poster (pdf)(One page 8.5X11 inches) Open and print from a web page

Thank You Pastor Greeting Card (pdf. file)Print this card and let you child or Sunday School class write a special thank you to their pastor *You'll need the free Adobe Reader to view and print the pdf. files

Thank You Pastor Banner (pdf. file) (three sheets - trim right edge of first two sheets and glue or tape together)Have the children color in the letters. You could glue pictures the children make to each end to make a colorful and longer banner (For a full color banner go here) *You'll need the free Adobe Reader to view and print the pdf. files

Thank You Pastor Bulletin Board (header) Use this header or the larger one above. Put a photo of your pastor and add the things you are thankful for such as teach, preach, pray, visit, encourage, and  evangelize. Back each word with colorful cardstock or paper.


Pastor Appreciation Gifts

Thanksgiving in Canada  (2nd Monday in October)

Happy Thanksgiving Canada Thanksgiving history from kidsturncentral.com

Canadian Thanksgiving

Maple Leaves Turkey Craft from first-school.ws

Paper Bag Scarecrow from crafts.kaboose.com

Annie's Canadian Thanksgiving Page

Bountiful Harvest Wall Hanging From Crayola

Go here for more Thanksgiving links

Photos of Autumn in Canada

Find turkey crafts, bulletin boards, banners, and coloring here
 

Columbus Day

Columbus Shape Book or Coloring Page from abcteach.com

Columbus Word Search (15 words) From busyteacherscafe.com

Columbus Day Word Search Puzzle from thepotters.com

Make Words from Christopher Columbus from abcteach.com

Columbus Day Tag This sounds like an interesting game. It requires some pre-game planning and preparation. This is from pecentral.org

Columbus Day and Fall Coloring Scroll to the bottom of the page for Columbus coloring

Columbus Day Coloring from preschoolcoloringbook.com

Color a Caravel (A ship like those used by Columbus) This is from enchantedlearning.com

Columbus' Voyage: Map and Ships Craft Ideas This is from enchantedlearning.com

Columbus Day and Other Fall Activities A variety of activities here. There is a Columbus report form, reading comprehension, a Columbus  shapebook, a wordsearch, and crossword puzzle. This is from abcteach.com

Columbus Day Lessons and Activities
 

Halloween

Is it Wrong for Christian Families to Celebrate Halloween? Dr. James Dobson's perspective

Halloween for Christians?  Read Gregory Koukl's opinion about Christians and Halloween

Another View About Halloween and Christians from christiananswers.net

Are Harvest Parties for Christians? from christiananswers.net

Halloween Ideas for Family Fun Many ideas for things to do. A Kidhelper resource  

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Follow the Pumpkin Trail  An object lesson from kidhelper.com

Temporary Witnessing Tattoos They are the colors of the Wordless Book

Halloween books and tracts Buy tracts here to share with others on Halloween


Click on Halloween on the left! 

Reformation Day

Reformation Day  A history of Reformation Day

A Mighty Fortress
Words to the first verse of "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" and a picture of Martin Luther. Children can color the title and the name Martin Luther. Click on the picture (pdf file)

 

Print and Color a Picture of Martin Luther

Reformation Day Word Search Find the Reformers in the puzzle. This is from lovetolearnplace.com

Reformation Games on Quia You'll find matching, flashcards, and concentration here

Reformation Day Activities A number of interesting ideas here for celebrating Reformation Day

Reformation Skit  Best for older students

A Unit Study on the Reformation This is from Core Knowledge and is for grade 5

Questions and Answers about Reformation Day

A Mighty Fortress is Our God The words and music are here

Reformation Day This is from sundayschoollessons.com

Luther's 95 Theses

The Life of Martin Luther

John Calvin

Reformation Day October 31st or December 10? An interesting article

606265 Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World
By Paul L. Maier, illustrated by Greg Copeland /
Concordia Publishing House

 

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November

Election Lessons

Cyberbee Election Lessons This site covers campaign advertising, candidates, the election process and more. These lessons are geared to older students. There is an elementary section for lower elementary

Who Elects the President?  A fill in the blank  reading worksheet for older students about the electoral college.  The students will choose from words at the bottom of the page. This is from rhlschool.com

Election Lessons A variety of lessons for different levels here

Piggy Tale Election This lesson is on the importance of voting. The following sites contain teaching information on the two books to compare. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs  or Defendant Testifies    Three Little Pigs

Presidential Election Campaign Speeches This lesson is for grades 6-8

Getting Out The Vote A lesson on the importance of voting

Election Results Map Students prepare a map and discuss the popular vote for each candidate in each state

If I Were President Students complete a writing assignment about what they would do if they were president

PBS Kids Democracy Project

Presidents of the United States A government site with information about each president

Presidents of the United States From World Almanac

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Veteran's Day  

Origins of Veteran's Day

Printable Veteran's Day Poster for 2009 from va.gov

Veteran's Day Posters from 1978 - 2009 to download and print  from va.gov

Veteran's Day Reading Comprehension (upper elementary) This is from abcteach.com

VA Kids K-5 Facts about veterans, and the flag. Also contains games and activities from va.gov

VA Kids 6th-12th Grade This site contains games, information about the flag, veterans, as well as volunteer and scholarship information  from va.gov

VA Kids Teachers' Page  from va.gov

Veteran's Day Vocabulary List (with definitions) from teach-nology.com

Veteran's Day Vocabulary Quiz (based on list above) from teach-nology.com

Veteran's Day Coloring Page A picture with a poppy wreath and a flag from first-school.ws

Veteran's Day Lined Paper with Picture of Flag at the Top (in color)(k-1) (For Grades 2-8 click here) This is from eduplace.com

Arts and Crafts for Veteran's Day from theholidayzone.com

Patriotic Stickersfrom stickersandcharts.com

Veteran's Day Poster from Melissa Matusevich

Veteran's Day Word Search from John's Word Search Puzzles

Free E-cards to send for Veteran's Day

*See below for more patriotic activities

Other U.S. Flag and Patriotic Activity Links

US Flag to Color from coloringcastle.com

Betsy Ross A free script by Warren Saeger

A Red, White and Blue Bracelet Craft  from dltk-kids.com

I Am Proud to be an American..,Writing Assignment from abcteach.com

Patriotic Crafts from Danielle"s Place of Crafts

Patriotic Songs Fill in the blank. This worksheet is from familyeducation.com (pdf. file)

Star Template from a.familyfun.go.com

Also check links under Memorial Day and 4th of July for other patriotic activities and crafts

 

 

Thanksgiving

Audrey's Thanksgiving Page You will find links to coloring, crafts, and more

     

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