Celebrate!
Daily Curriculum Activities

Professional Development Workshop for Educators by Midge Frazel
Find something to celebrate every day in your classroom!

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Atmosphere of Celebration
Green star Looking Into Holidays Past with Primary Resources
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/doc_analysis/index.html
Activity Calendar
http://www.rigby.com/c/@d.VVEsZ_IEV5c/
Pages/teacalendar.html
Green star Monthly Holidays and Celebrations
http://www.suelebeau.com/months.htm
Happy Birthday!
Children and Young Adult Author's Birthdays
http://school.discovery.com/
schrockguide/authordate.html
Celebrate Every Day
Every Day Activities Across the Curriculum
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson123.shtml
On This Day in History
http://www.factmonster.com/dayinhistory
This Day in History
from The History Channel
Today's Birthday
http://www.factmonster.com/birthday
Green star Classroom Connect Monthy Calendar
http://www.classroom.com/community/
connection/calendar.jhtml

September through January
selections from the book
September through November
Activity 1: Celebrate the First Day of School
late August to early September
Activity 6: Celebrate Chocolate Day
Milton Hershey's Birthday
September 13

Activity 7: Celebrate Potato Day Festival
September 14-16
The Enormous "Kinder" Garden
Aubrey Davis, the Author
Topic: The Potato

Activity: 9: Celebrate Citizenship/Constitution Day
The National Archives: The Constitution
DAR Manual for Citizenship
September 17

Activity 16: Celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day
September 26

Activity 18: Celebrate Frisbee Invention Day
Month of September

Activity 19: Celebrate Babe Ruth's Famous Day
October 1
Baseball Cards

Activity 22: Celebrate Columbus Day
October 12
Columbus Day Theme

Activity 25: Celebrate Mystery Series Week
October 7 to 13
Activity 26: Celebrate Dictionary Day
Noah Webster's Birthday October 16
Activity 36: National Popcorn Popping Month
Month of October
Day Full of Popcorn Lesson
No Popcorn at the "First Thanksgiving"

Activity 38: Celebrate Good Manners Day
October 27 Emily Post's Birthday
Good Netiquette
George Washington and "The Rules of Civility"

Activity 40: Celebrate Dia de los Muertos
last days of October to first days of November
Activity 41: Celebrate Author's Day
November 1 to 2
Children and YA Authors and Illustrators
Children's Literature
Activity 46: Celebrate Veteran's Day
November 11
Activity 49: National Children's Book Week
Second full week of November
Owl Mail
Literature Learning Ladders
General Children's Lit Resources
Activity 58: Celebrate Thanksgiving
Fourth Thursday in November
December through January
Activity 61: Celebration of Light
Month of December
When the Sun Stands Still
Activity 62: Calendar Awareness Month
Month of December
A to Z Calendar Printouts
Activity 63: Celebrate Gingerbread Month
Jan Brett's Birthday December 1
Activity 68: Celebrate Winter Safety Day
December 13
Winter Weather Tip Sheet
Activity 82: Celebrate National Handwriting Day
John Hancock's Birthday January 12
Pencil Inventions
Activity 84: Celebrate Benjamin Franklin's Birthday
January 17 (300 years in 2006)
Ben's FAQs
Activity 87: Celebrate Everyone's Birthday
Month of January
Famous Birthdays
Activity 92: Celebrate Learning About Money
Secrets of Making Money

February through June

selections from the book
February through April
Activity 100: Celebrate the 100th Day of School
Activity 101: Celebrate Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday
February 7
Activity 102: Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday
February 11
Activity 103: Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday
February 12
Activity 104: Celebrate Valentine's Day
February 14
Activity 105 Celebrate Snowflake Bentley's Birthday
Snow Thematic Page
February 9
Activity 110: Celebrate Journal Writing Month
Month of February
Journal Writing Resources
Activity 111: Celebrate American Heart Month
All About The Heart
The Heart: An Online Exhibit
Activity 115: Celebrate Iditarod Dog Sled Race Day
First Saturday in March
Activity 117: Celebrate Ladybug Day
Ladybugs in the Schoolyard
Activity 128: Celebrate Spring Holidays
Daylight Saving Time
Activity 132: Celebrate Egg Incubator Invention Day
March 30
Chickscope Project
From Egg to Chick
Activity 135: Celebrate National Laugh Week
First Week of April
April Fool's Day
Joke or Riddle Book Report Form
Activity 145: Celebrate Oral History Day
April 26
Listening to History
May through Summer Vacation
Activity 150: Celebrate National Wildflower Week
Official State Flowers
State Flowers on Stamps
Web Gardens and Gardening
Activity 153: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
May 5
Activity 155: Celebrate Peter Pan Day
May 9 Birthday of J.M. Barrie
Chapter 3: Come Away, Come Away
Light Walk, Light Island
Shadow Pictures, Plotting Shadows
Actvity 165: Celebrate Arnold Lobel's Birthday
May 22
Frog and Toad Lesson
Frog and Toad Cyberguide
Activity 168: Celebrate National Physical
Fitness and Sports Month
PE Central
Activity 169: Celebrate Memorial Day
Last Monday in May
Activity 174: Celebrate Best Friends Day
June 9
Activity 176: Celebrate Flag Day
June 14
Activity 180: Celebrate The Last Day of School and Summer Vacation
Vacation Memory Book

Holiday Web Resources
Yahooligans! Around the World Holidays
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Around_the_World/Holidays/
Blackwell's Holidays and Seasons
http://www.vickiblackwell.com
/holidays.html
Holidays and Special Days Center
http://www.education-world.com/holidays/
Holiday Lesson Center
http://www.education-world.com/
a_lesson/archives/holidays.shtml
Through The Year
http://www.noblenet.org/year/
Holidays Insights
http://www.holidayinsights.com/
Individual Pages of Holidays
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/alphaindex.htm
...some dead links but good for ideas
On-Lion Holidays and Celebrations
http://kids.nypl.org/holidays/index.cfm
Encyclopedia of Days
http://www.shagtown.com/days/
Kathy Schrock's Guide: Holidays
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/holidays.html

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