Holidays

Holidays/Celebrations

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Labor Day ( 4th) The Very First Labor Day Celebrating Labor Day Labor Day Activities	National Grandparents Day (12th)
	National Football League Formed (17th)
Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.16-Oct.15)	Birthday of Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman (26th) Apple Activities (Enchanted Learning)
Fall Begins ( 22th) Fall Games (Kids Domain) First Day of Autumn (NASA Kids: Audio) Fall Activities (Enchanted Learning)	Ramadan (1st)
U.S. Constitution Day (16th)	Ramadan
U.S. Constitution	Ramadan Activities (ABC Teach)
Writing the U.S. Constitution	Sue Ellen's Scrapbook: Ramadan (PBS Kids)
National Constitution Center	Islamic Holidays
Rosh Hashanah(29th)	Eid-at-Fitr (30th)

Yom Kippur (2nd)

Sukkot (7th)

Columbus Day (9th)	Fire Prevention Week (9th-15th)
Columbus Links (Kids Domain)	Fire Safety with Hershey
Columbus's Lost Ships	Fire Safety.gov for Kids
Columbus (Enchanted Learning)	Sparky the Firedog
Christopher Columbus (Interactive History Game)
Bats	Spiders
All About Bats	Spiders
Bat Resources	Critter Guide: Spiders
Bats 4 Kids	Spiders for Kids
	On the Ground: Spiders
	Anansi the Spider Resource Page
	Explore Africa with Anansi (PBS Kids)
Pumpkins	Scarecrows
Pick a Pumpkin (Starfall)	"Scare" crows, Not Me
Pumpkin, Pumpkin ( interactive story)	Scarecrow Project (Enchanted Learning)
Pumpkin Activities (Enchanted Learning)	The Scarecrow's Clothes (a printable beginning to read book)
	Scarecrows- Thematic Activities
Red Ribbon Week (October 24-30) "Say No to Drugs"	Halloween (31st)
	Halloween Crafts, Games and Costume Ideas (Kids Domain)
	Halloween Crafts and Games (Enchanted Learning)

Native American History Month	Thanksgiving/ Pilgrims (27th)
Veteran's Day (11th)	Day of the Dead (1st-2nd)
Veteran's Day Booklet (Easy)	Día de los Muertos in Mexico (Mexico for Kids)
Veteran's Day Stationary	Pan de Muerto (recipe in English)
VA Kids, K-5	Diwali (4th-9th)
America's Story: History of Veteran's Day	Getting Ready for Diwali
Make a Poppy	All About Diwali/The Story of Ram and Sita
Poppy Story (with comprehension questions)	National Children's Book Week (13th-20th)
Election Day (4th)
U.S. Elections (Enchanted Learning)
Elections/Voting
Inside the Voting Booth
Election Activities
Kids Voting

Polar Express Central Station	Winter Holidays Around the World
Basketball Created (1891)	Winter Begins (21st)
BAM!: Basketball	Sue Ellen's Scrapbook: Winter Solstice (PBS)
First College Basketball Game (America's Story)	Winter Solstice (Why?)
Rosa Parks Day (1st)	Winter Crafts (Enchanted Learning)
Rosa Parks Activities (Enchanted Learning) Rosa Parks: America's Story

New Year's Day	Martin Luther King (Observed on the third Monday)
New Year Activities (Enchanted Learning)
New Year Activities (ABC Teach)

Winnie the Pooh Day (18th)	Benjamin Franklin's Birthday (17th)

African-American History Month	Dental Health Month
Groundhog's Day (2nd)	Valentine's Day (14th)
Chinese New Year (7th)	Mardi Gras (5th)
Presidents' Day (18th)	Children's Authors and Illustrators Week (4th-8th)
100th Day of School
100th Day of School (Starfall Interactive Story)
Enchanted Learning Activities ABC Teach Activites

Women's History Month	St. Patrick's Day (17th)
Read Across America Day (2nd)	History of Saint Patrick's Day and Traditions
Doll Festival/ Girl's Day (Hina Matsuri- Japan) (3rd)	St. Pat's Hat
Make a Japanese Kokeshi Doll	Saint Patrick's Day Online Games
	Enchanted Learning's St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Activities
Celebrate Your Name Week (5th-11th)	Find a Four Leaf Clover (interactive story)
Girl Scouts Week (12th-18th)	St. Patrick's Day/Ireland Books
Spring Begins (20th)	St. Patrick's Day/Leprechaun Poems and Songs
NASA: First Day of Spring	Ireland (Lonely Planet) click on a city for more information
Spring and Autumn Equinox (Beginning Level)	Enchanted Learning's All About Ireland
There is a Season (with experiments!)	St Patrick's Day Activities (ABC Teach)
What Happens to the Earth: Spring and Fall	Easter (23rd)
Spring Poems and Songs (Can Teach)	Faberge Eggs
	Easter Books
Purim (21st)	Easter Activities
Purim	Easter Poems and Songs
Holi (25th)	Printable Easter Pages
Holi	Enchanted Learning's Easter/Spring Crafts
Daylight Savings Time( 9th)	Traditions of Easter
Daylight Savings Time	Online Easter Games
Dr. Seuss' Birthday (2nd)	Cesar Chavez Day ( 31st)
Seuss Activities (Enchanted Learning)	Cesar Chavez Activities/ Biography
Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden (includes biography)	Harvesting Hope Reading Game (Cesar Chavez)
Seussville

Pesach /Passover (19th-27th)	National Poetry Month/National Humor Month
Pesach Activities
Passover Printables	April Fool's Day (1st)
Tax Day (15th)	April Fool's Links
History of Income Tax Day (America's Story)	April Fool's Day Activities (Enchanted Learning)
Earth Day(22nd)	Arbor Day (27th)
Planet Pals	How to Celebrate Arbor Day
How Earth Day Began	History of Arbor Day
Make Earth Day Bags	FOSSweb- Trees
Adventure of the Garbage Gremlin (EPA)	Kids for Trees
Planet Protectors Club	Smokey the Bear and the Forest
Recycling Activities	Arbor Day Crafts
Earth Day Crafts	A Walk in the Woods Un Paseo en el Bosque
Earth Day Printable Books	Trees are Terrific! Los arboles son fabulosos
Earth Day Activities	Secret Life of Trees Explorando la vida secreta de los arboles
Everyday is Earth Day (Starfall)
Kids Recycle Page

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month	Cinco de Mayo
Memorial Day	Mother's Day
History of Memorial Day (History Channel)	History of Mother's Day
Memorial Day Crafts	Mother's Day Ideas (ABC Teach)
Make a Poppy	Mother's Day Crafts and Activities

Flag Day (June 14th)	Father's Day
Independence Day (July 4th)	Juneteeth

updated April 29, 2008.

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