Holidays Around the World: Traditions in Germany

Christmas in Germany

Christmas tree traditions. I use this video to review what we learned about.

 
This site has lots of coloring pages and here is a link to a German Christmas Shoe
 

 

Learning about St. Nickolas
Cute read out loud story with pictures:
http://youtu.be/CZ-5GzZDLas
or

 

 

 

 



Holidays Around the World: Kwanzaa

All About Kwanzaa
  Free Printable with 7 principles of Kwanzaa:
http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/kwanzaa/kwanzacards.pdf

Intro to kwanzaa YouTube video

 

Kwanzaa Coloring pages

I found this one here:

http://www.thecolor.com/category/coloring/Kwanzaa.aspx

 

Art

Kwanzaa flag
 

 

 

After they colored I let them put glitter glue, which is their favorite thing to do right now.

Music and Movement

 

Fine-motor activity/center

OBJECTIVES for this activity:

*Practice vocabulary- under and over

*Learn how to weave

*Recognize pattern



Holidays Around the World: Isreal-Hanukkah

Each day we will be learning about a different country and their traditions and customs.
 All About Israel: Hanukkah

Art:

Star of David Water coloring

materials: cardstock, water colors, and painters tape

 

 

Art/Social Studies

Handprint Menorah

 

Reviewed the Hanukkah story and fun facts.

 

Free Hanukkah Worksheets

http://www.schoolsparks.com/blog/hanukkah-worksheets

 

Information Video