Erin Bouma's Recommended
WEB CHRISTMAS RESOURCES
www.theholidayspot.com/christmas
Many Holiday activities, recipes, pictures to color, jokes, an online quiz and much more.
A good source for Christmas Legends, Traditions and Culture (films, jokes, music, etc.).
www.noelnoelnoel.com/html/trad.html
Good texts, some personalized, on Christmas traditions (candy canes, yule log, wreathes, etc.).
www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-stories
A broad collection of 22 Christmas stories and legends told in brief texts, a variety of Christmas song lyrics and holiday humor, Christmas games.
Santa Claus at the North Pole- an interactive, educational website for
Young Learners.
The “Elf Pal Academy” is especially good: with wordsearches, flashcards. Online
coloring book, telling time and learning letters, for example.
Another North Pole site, this one featuring Santa and Mrs. Santa, FAQs and a “Fun and Games” section (riddles, crafts and coloring pages). Also Christmas around the World Section.
www.kinderthemes.com/Christmassongspoemsandfingerplays.html
A selection of Young Learner holiday songs, poems and fingerplays.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems11.html
A Canadian collection of elementary songs and poems for the holiday.
www.preschooleducation.com/schristmas.shtml
Words to simple Christmas songs for Young Learners based on traditional melodies.
www.merry-christmas.com/stories-poems/index.htm
Christmas stories, poems and jokes for kids.
http://lnstar.com/mall/main-areas/santafaq.htm
Santa Claus Facts from around the world – interesting texts and trivia.
www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~johnkoji/hymn/xmas
Midi Files of Christmas Carols in English and other languages.
www.wilstar.com/xmas/xmasjuke.htm
More Christmas songs, including non-religious ones.
SNOWFLAKES SPECIAL
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/home.html
Dave’s Snowflake Page. Several patterns to beautiful snowflakes to cut out.
www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/holidays/winter_holidays/crafts/snowflakes/index.cfm
Two very simple (4-fold) snowflake patterns and one 6-fold pattern.
Extensive patterns for snowflake-making from simple (2-, 3-, 4-sided geometry) to more complex, with extras: Hawaiian designs, 3-D designs, fan-fold designs and many more.
www.highhopes.com/snowflakes.html
Simple paper snowflake patterns based on 6-point folds.
http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com
Make-a-flake online program to create your own unique flake. You need to master the cutting technique. There is a gallery of flake artistry.
Create your own snowflakes online, send them to your friends. Catch a flake as it falls from the sky and respond to the creator if you like.
www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class.htm
A guide to (and classification of) naturally occurring ice crystal snowflakes. Scientific.