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May 23, 2008

Memorial Day activities

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Time to remember those who have given their life so that we can live in freedom.  Let's teach our children that freedom isn't free and we need to be appreciative of those who have paid the cost.  Check out these sites.

Celebrate Memorial Day with ideas from Crayola

Salute to Veterans at Kids' Domain

Apples4Teacher has activities, games, coloring pages and crafts

North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) Memorial Day links page

Enchanted Learning's Memorial Day crafts

Home and Family Network page of Memorial Day crafts and recipes

Free Kid Crafts - Memorial Day ideas

Education World has an Internet treasure hunt
Have a blessed Memorial Day Weekend!
~Betsy

 


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April 30, 2008

National Day of Prayer

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National Day of Prayer 2008 - May 1st


The 57th Annual National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday,
May 1, 2008. The theme for this year is "Prayer! America's Strength and Shield" and is based on the verse from Psalm 28:7 which states: "The Lord is my strength and shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped."

See the copy of the state of Tennessee's Proclamation signed by the Governor.

To find an event near you, check out the events list at NDPTF

Praying with you, Betsy



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April 18, 2008

Passover

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As we approach the beginning of the Passover Celebration, I've found (with a little help from Jamin) some great resources for you to use to celebrate the Passover at your house. It's good to know our 'roots' and how Jesus fulfills the prophesy.

Jamin and her children made great Lapbooks about the Passover. Her blog is full of all the links she used to create their lapbooks.

If you would like to have a Seder yourself, then find a free download of the Messianic Passover Haddagah here.

If you don't want to download that, you can find a Messianic Seder here that you don't have to download to read. Or one at GodandScience.org

You will find the Messiah in the Passover at AMF International.

Find questions and answers at MessianicJews.net

You can find some Passover printables at Kaboose.com

Of course, About.com has lots of Passover printables.

Learn more about what Passover is about at the aish.com web site.

Have a blessed week!
~Betsy


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March 7, 2008

Easter Freebies!

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Easter falls about as early as it can this year, so here are some Easter freebies now.

Bible in Living Sound is offering The Passion of Jesus Christ as a free MP3 download. This is a enthralling re-enactment with music and "live" sound effects putting your kids in the middle of the action. You will find the free downloads HERE .  (If your kids enjoy this dramatization we sell LOTS of these at the Schoolhouse Store! You will find them HERE.)

Easter Bunny, Are You For Real? - written by Harold Myra.

 Evan, The Tree that Became the Cross - A story for children by David C Klem

Suddenly One Morning - by Charles R. Swindoll

The Passion of Christ in Art - Highlights major moments of the Passion.

How to make your own Resurrection Eggs - using plastic eggs.

Jesus Lives - Free bookmarks to print.

Easter Cookie Recipe - learn the true meaning of Easter.

And here are some more resources that have many Resurrection Day ideas:

KingsKidStuff.com

TeacherHelp.org

Children'sMinistery.com

Danielle'sPlace.com

Annie'sHomePage.com

Have a blessed time learning about the Resurrection of Christ with your children!
He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.
Matthew 28:6


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February 12, 2008

Valentine's day ideas

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It's time to get ready for Valentine's Day! Let's see if we can find something fun to make and do.

Of course, Kid's Domain is always a great place to find any craft.

Family Fun is one of the places we frequent a LOT.

There's fun stuff to make at All Crafts

I always love DLTK's site. They do a great job in organizing their crafts and ideas.

I seem to find About.com hard to use. But they do have many Valentine things to do and make.

Party Ideas:
 Little Debbie has ideas for your Valentine's party.

Apples 4 the Teacher has some good ideas for a classroom party, but I'm sure we could make that work for our situations.

And last but not least, Family Fun has many great ideas for your Valentine's party.

Happy Valentine's day to all!
~Betsy
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February 7, 2008

Celebrating Black History

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Let’s celebrate Black History Month! Here are a few links that can help you get started:

Resources and links from Info Please
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

Black History Resources from Gale.com
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/index.htm

Enchanted Learning – educational activities
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/

Celebrating Black History at Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/

Celebrating Black History at the Holiday Zone
http://www.theholidayzone.com/black/black.html

Celebrating at Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/

Kids Domain – kid specific activites
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html

The Patchwork of African-American Life
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/index.html
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June 29, 2007

Independence Day ideas

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The Fourth of July will be here soon, and I've found a few good sites with ideas and activities to help you celebrate America's birthday!

Lots of Independence Day activities at Eduplace.com

Celebrate the 4th of July at Kids' Domain

Holidays.net celebrates America's birthday

More resources at Education World


Here's a fun paper airplane to make at Family Fun

Family Education has quizzes, printouts and holiday activities

KnowledgeHound has crafts, history and many links to other sites

As always, there is Enchanted Learning's 4th of July activities

And Annie's Page is full of links to keep you busy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

 


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June 17, 2007

Father's Day activities

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Always something fun at Kid's Domain

Father's day craft ideas at Mail Just for Me

Check out Holidays.net for ideas and history

Find more crafts for kids at DLTK for Kids

Christy's Clip Art has a Father's day theme party ideas

Of course About.com has theme ideas too!

And last, but definitely not least, St. Mary's School in Alberta, Canada has put together an entire page full of links to almost anything Father's day you could possibly want to find.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads in our lives!!

 


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June 13, 2007

Flag Day!

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June 14th is the day set aside as Flag Day. Follow these links for more information about this holiday.

 


click on the flag to read the rules and regulations concerning the US flag.
(link goes to UShistory.org)


Check out The Holiday Spot for fun ideas and crafts about Flag Day

The Holiday Zone has some great ideas for Flag Day too.

Of course, Annie's page always has something fun to do.

Education World has great "Salute to Flag Day" lessons.

And last, but not least, our own Amanda has created Unit Studies on Patriotic Holidays.

God Bless the USA!
~Betsy
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May 9, 2007

Mother's Day activities

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Fun things to do and learn about Mother's Day!

The history of Mother's Day can be found at KidsDomain.com

AllFreePrintables.com has some great Mother's day things to print off, like coupon books, cards, book covers and book marks.

At the Worksheetplace.com they have worksheet printables for your children to color and make for you or others in their lives.

ABCTeach.com has lots of links for many other projects to do for Mother's Day.

and as always, About.com has Mother's day links to keep you busy for hours!


Happy Mother's day to you all!
~Betsy

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February 19, 2007

Presidents' Day activities

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Today is Presidents' Day! Check out some of these links to learn more.

History of the Presidents and Presidents' Day:

The Presidents: PBS
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html

Presidents Speeches and Writings
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/

History of the holiday, lesson plan, links to Washington & Lincoln & more
www.patriotism.org/presidents_day/

The Internet Library: Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

The Presidents of the United States of America
Learn about the Presidents and some First Ladies at World Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/presidents.html

Presidents' Day activities:

Presidents' Day Quiz
Take a quick quiz to test yourself on presidential trivia!
http://a4esl.org/q/h/tf-lb-pday.html

Activities and Crafts for Presidents' Day - Enchanted Learning

Presidents' Day at FamilyEducation.com
learn about our country's leaders with these cool quizzes, printables, and more!

Presidents' Day Fun at the Perpetual Preschool
Songs, action rhymes, and art activities designed for use with young children.
 
Education World ® Holidays Center- Presidents' Day Activities!

George Washington specific sites:

Mount Vernon - Home of George Washington

George Washington Quiz

The White House Site on George Washington

The Papers of George Washington from the University of VA

"The Life of Washington" from Early America.com Read the entire book online!

Abraham Lincoln specific sites:

Mr. Donovan's Abraham Lincoln Page

Abraham Lincoln On-line at Netins.net

Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children
Find out what Mrs. Payton's class knows about Abe

Abraham Lincoln Research Site made by RVSNorton
Learn about Abraham Lincoln, his family and more.


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December 18, 2006

Christmas Crafts

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It's that time of the year to celebrate the birth of our Lord. Let's see if we can find some REAL Christmas crafts for kids!

Look at Apples4theteacher. This has some great ideas for REAL Christmas crafts. They also have some Christmas coloring pages.

At Danielle's Place we find a lot of Christmas crafts with several being the True meaning type activities.

Coloring Book Fun has some cute Christmas and other Bible story coloring pages.

Looking at Kid's Domain, I've found a few genuine Christmas crafts, like an angel craft here ;
A fluffy lamb here ; Nativity wreath ornament here ; A cute ribbon angel ornament ;
Easy sparkling stars ; And some pretty "stained glass" decorations here .

At DLTK's Growing Together web site, I've found Christmas Advent Coloring pages , and Advent projects here . Well, maybe we can use those next year!  But they do have a good selection of Religious Christmas crafts here.

Oh look, a Christmas on-line quiz at Christianet.com.  Let's test our knowledge about the Christmas Story

There are some "Name of Jesus" ornaments to make as well as the "Gifts He's given us" ornaments to make at Homeword.ws

And last but not least, the Bartholomew County Library in Indiana has a great site with lots of Religious Christmas links on it. Scroll down to the middle of the page.

Merry Christmas to all!
~Betsy

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