10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.
Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.
CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.
Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?
Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.
The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.
Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.
Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.
Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Halloween Additions
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Thanksgiving Resources
I’ve updated a very lengthy The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Day Of The Dead Resources
Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – Worksheets and Exercises comes from ESOL Courses.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
SMARTBoard Halloween Resources
Halloween Clip Art
I have compiled an extensive collection of Halloween-related clip art so you don't have to spend time looking all over the Internet.
Games
Hangman - Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars)
Halloween Hangman - Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars)
Halloween Pairs Game - Zoomable and very easy to use (4 stars)
Halloween Word Search - Good interactive word search. Might be a little small to use (3 stars)
Stacking Pumpkins Game - Might be a fun way to reward your students (3 stars)
Halloween Math Games for K-6 - Great games courtesy of the Oswego City School District
The Hallowman House - A hangman-type game for Hallowe'en (middle / high)
PBS Kids Halloween Collection - Lots of games and activities from PBS Kids.
Spelloween - Practice your spelling by identifying correctly and incorrectly spelled words. You may want to bypass the part that asks you to type the word correctly since this is difficult to do on the SMART Board (middle / high).
Frankenbrain - Find the brain if you dare! (primary / middle)
Halloween, Halloween, What do You See? - Primary reading activity based on the famous book series (primary)
Jigsaw Puzzles
Animated Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Fun puzzle. Works great on the SMART Board (4 stars)
Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Another bat jigsaw puzzle created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Winnie the Pooh Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles from Jigzone (3 stars)
Informational Activities
Halloween Safety Game - Fun game to play to educate your students about trick-or-treating (4 stars)
Interactive Halloween History Quiz - Nice game from the BBC (middle)
History Channel's History of Halloween - Some nice resources including videos and slideshows. (all grades)
5 Minute English - ESL History of Halloween includes vocabulary with an online Halloween quiz.
Create Your Own Activities
A Horror Movie - Create your story by picking words. You'll have to type in the words. (3 stars)
Creepy Coloring - Have fun coloring in a pumpkin (primary).
Carve a Pumpkin - The best online interactive pumpkin carving site. You'll love this! (primary)
Monster Band - Create your own band! This is a flash file that can also be inserted into Notebook.
Notebook Resources
Halloween Jokes - A Notebook file containing 10 different Halloween jokes. Lots of fun for the kids.
Wizard Spell Ordering Numbers - Have the Wizard conjure up five numbers and then use a counter-spell and place the numbers into the correct order. (Shared by Peggy DuBose)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Who started the tradition of Halloween? (Celts)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Where do baby ghosts go during the day? (Dayscare)
Halloween Ghost Countdown - Keep track of correctanswers using this fun Notebook countdown that announces a winner after five correct answers (4 stars)
Halloween Random Number - Generate a random number and student say whether it is less than, equal to, or greater than the late great Lucius Creven who died at the age of a hundred seven.
TeqSmart Halloween Word Bucket (Notebook Gallary item) - Create fun and interactive sorting activities, word lists, Foreign language activities, math fact reviews, and more with a Halloween theme.
Halloween Sound Files
All the sound files below are in mp3 format and can be imported in Smart Notebook
Ghoul Laugh
Evil Laugh
Monster Mash (song)
Monster Snarling
Monster Cry
Next Time (fun & scary negative feedback)
Real Heart Beat
Screaming Female
Thunderbolt
Tortured Person Screaming
Werewolf Howl
Witch Cackle
Woman Scream
Christopher Columbus Day
The websites:
Celebrate Christopher Columbus Day the interactive way with these online resources!
1. Primary students can listen to a simple illustrated story to learn the basic narrative of Christopher Columbus and his journey.2. Intermediate students can learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and his journey across the Atlantic with this more detailed illustrated biography. Be sure to click on the highlighted items in the illustrations to view artifacts and learn specific facts about the voyage. Then, challenge your students with the quiz to test their knowledge.3. Have your students design a character. (Don’t’ be surprised if it looks like you when they are finished!) Then, challenge your students to answer questions about Christopher Columbus correctly to make their character walk the plank!
“Interesting Facts About Halloween”
“Interesting Facts About Halloween” is a good infographic.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
Thanks to Interesting Pile for the tip.
World Teachers’ Day Is Coming-Up
World Teachers’ Day is October 5th, and I’ve just updated The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day.
“Chile miners: Family joy as rescue capsule arrives”
Chile miners: Family joy as rescue capsule arrives is a BBC article and video about the latest development in the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners.
I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About The Trapped Miners In Chile.
Columbus Day Resources
Columbus Day is coming up, and I’ve updated and revised The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus.
10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.
Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.
CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.
Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?
Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.
The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.
Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.
Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.
Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Halloween Additions
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Thanksgiving Resources
I’ve updated a very lengthy The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Day Of The Dead Resources
Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – Worksheets and Exercises comes from ESOL Courses.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
SMARTBoard Halloween Resources
Halloween Clip Art
I have compiled an extensive collection of Halloween-related clip art so you don't have to spend time looking all over the Internet.
Games
Hangman - Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars)
Halloween Hangman - Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars)
Halloween Pairs Game - Zoomable and very easy to use (4 stars)
Halloween Word Search - Good interactive word search. Might be a little small to use (3 stars)
Stacking Pumpkins Game - Might be a fun way to reward your students (3 stars)
Halloween Math Games for K-6 - Great games courtesy of the Oswego City School District
The Hallowman House - A hangman-type game for Hallowe'en (middle / high)
PBS Kids Halloween Collection - Lots of games and activities from PBS Kids.
Spelloween - Practice your spelling by identifying correctly and incorrectly spelled words. You may want to bypass the part that asks you to type the word correctly since this is difficult to do on the SMART Board (middle / high).
Frankenbrain - Find the brain if you dare! (primary / middle)
Halloween, Halloween, What do You See? - Primary reading activity based on the famous book series (primary)
Jigsaw Puzzles
Animated Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Fun puzzle. Works great on the SMART Board (4 stars)
Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Another bat jigsaw puzzle created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Winnie the Pooh Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles from Jigzone (3 stars)
Informational Activities
Halloween Safety Game - Fun game to play to educate your students about trick-or-treating (4 stars)
Interactive Halloween History Quiz - Nice game from the BBC (middle)
History Channel's History of Halloween - Some nice resources including videos and slideshows. (all grades)
5 Minute English - ESL History of Halloween includes vocabulary with an online Halloween quiz.
Create Your Own Activities
A Horror Movie - Create your story by picking words. You'll have to type in the words. (3 stars)
Creepy Coloring - Have fun coloring in a pumpkin (primary).
Carve a Pumpkin - The best online interactive pumpkin carving site. You'll love this! (primary)
Monster Band - Create your own band! This is a flash file that can also be inserted into Notebook.
Notebook Resources
Halloween Jokes - A Notebook file containing 10 different Halloween jokes. Lots of fun for the kids.
Wizard Spell Ordering Numbers - Have the Wizard conjure up five numbers and then use a counter-spell and place the numbers into the correct order. (Shared by Peggy DuBose)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Who started the tradition of Halloween? (Celts)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Where do baby ghosts go during the day? (Dayscare)
Halloween Ghost Countdown - Keep track of correctanswers using this fun Notebook countdown that announces a winner after five correct answers (4 stars)
Halloween Random Number - Generate a random number and student say whether it is less than, equal to, or greater than the late great Lucius Creven who died at the age of a hundred seven.
TeqSmart Halloween Word Bucket (Notebook Gallary item) - Create fun and interactive sorting activities, word lists, Foreign language activities, math fact reviews, and more with a Halloween theme.
Halloween Sound Files
All the sound files below are in mp3 format and can be imported in Smart Notebook
Ghoul Laugh
Evil Laugh
Monster Mash (song)
Monster Snarling
Monster Cry
Next Time (fun & scary negative feedback)
Real Heart Beat
Screaming Female
Thunderbolt
Tortured Person Screaming
Werewolf Howl
Witch Cackle
Woman Scream
Christopher Columbus Day
The websites:
Celebrate Christopher Columbus Day the interactive way with these online resources!
1. Primary students can listen to a simple illustrated story to learn the basic narrative of Christopher Columbus and his journey.2. Intermediate students can learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and his journey across the Atlantic with this more detailed illustrated biography. Be sure to click on the highlighted items in the illustrations to view artifacts and learn specific facts about the voyage. Then, challenge your students with the quiz to test their knowledge.3. Have your students design a character. (Don’t’ be surprised if it looks like you when they are finished!) Then, challenge your students to answer questions about Christopher Columbus correctly to make their character walk the plank!
“Interesting Facts About Halloween”
“Interesting Facts About Halloween” is a good infographic.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
Thanks to Interesting Pile for the tip.
World Teachers’ Day Is Coming-Up
World Teachers’ Day is October 5th, and I’ve just updated The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day.
10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.
Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.
CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.
Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?
Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.
The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.
Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.
Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.
Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Halloween Additions
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Thanksgiving Resources
I’ve updated a very lengthy The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Day Of The Dead Resources
Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – Worksheets and Exercises comes from ESOL Courses.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
SMARTBoard Halloween Resources
Halloween Clip Art
I have compiled an extensive collection of Halloween-related clip art so you don't have to spend time looking all over the Internet.
Games
Hangman - Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars)
Halloween Hangman - Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars)
Halloween Pairs Game - Zoomable and very easy to use (4 stars)
Halloween Word Search - Good interactive word search. Might be a little small to use (3 stars)
Stacking Pumpkins Game - Might be a fun way to reward your students (3 stars)
Halloween Math Games for K-6 - Great games courtesy of the Oswego City School District
The Hallowman House - A hangman-type game for Hallowe'en (middle / high)
PBS Kids Halloween Collection - Lots of games and activities from PBS Kids.
Spelloween - Practice your spelling by identifying correctly and incorrectly spelled words. You may want to bypass the part that asks you to type the word correctly since this is difficult to do on the SMART Board (middle / high).
Frankenbrain - Find the brain if you dare! (primary / middle)
Halloween, Halloween, What do You See? - Primary reading activity based on the famous book series (primary)
Jigsaw Puzzles
Animated Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Fun puzzle. Works great on the SMART Board (4 stars)
Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Another bat jigsaw puzzle created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Winnie the Pooh Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles from Jigzone (3 stars)
Informational Activities
Halloween Safety Game - Fun game to play to educate your students about trick-or-treating (4 stars)
Interactive Halloween History Quiz - Nice game from the BBC (middle)
History Channel's History of Halloween - Some nice resources including videos and slideshows. (all grades)
5 Minute English - ESL History of Halloween includes vocabulary with an online Halloween quiz.
Create Your Own Activities
A Horror Movie - Create your story by picking words. You'll have to type in the words. (3 stars)
Creepy Coloring - Have fun coloring in a pumpkin (primary).
Carve a Pumpkin - The best online interactive pumpkin carving site. You'll love this! (primary)
Monster Band - Create your own band! This is a flash file that can also be inserted into Notebook.
Notebook Resources
Halloween Jokes - A Notebook file containing 10 different Halloween jokes. Lots of fun for the kids.
Wizard Spell Ordering Numbers - Have the Wizard conjure up five numbers and then use a counter-spell and place the numbers into the correct order. (Shared by Peggy DuBose)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Who started the tradition of Halloween? (Celts)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Where do baby ghosts go during the day? (Dayscare)
Halloween Ghost Countdown - Keep track of correctanswers using this fun Notebook countdown that announces a winner after five correct answers (4 stars)
Halloween Random Number - Generate a random number and student say whether it is less than, equal to, or greater than the late great Lucius Creven who died at the age of a hundred seven.
TeqSmart Halloween Word Bucket (Notebook Gallary item) - Create fun and interactive sorting activities, word lists, Foreign language activities, math fact reviews, and more with a Halloween theme.
Halloween Sound Files
All the sound files below are in mp3 format and can be imported in Smart Notebook
Ghoul Laugh
Evil Laugh
Monster Mash (song)
Monster Snarling
Monster Cry
Next Time (fun & scary negative feedback)
Real Heart Beat
Screaming Female
Thunderbolt
Tortured Person Screaming
Werewolf Howl
Witch Cackle
Woman Scream
Christopher Columbus Day
The websites:
Celebrate Christopher Columbus Day the interactive way with these online resources!
1. Primary students can listen to a simple illustrated story to learn the basic narrative of Christopher Columbus and his journey.2. Intermediate students can learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and his journey across the Atlantic with this more detailed illustrated biography. Be sure to click on the highlighted items in the illustrations to view artifacts and learn specific facts about the voyage. Then, challenge your students with the quiz to test their knowledge.3. Have your students design a character. (Don’t’ be surprised if it looks like you when they are finished!) Then, challenge your students to answer questions about Christopher Columbus correctly to make their character walk the plank!
10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.
Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.
CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.
Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?
Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.
The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.
Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.
Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.
Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Halloween Additions
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Thanksgiving Resources
I’ve updated a very lengthy The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Day Of The Dead Resources
Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – Worksheets and Exercises comes from ESOL Courses.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.
Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.
CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.
Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?
Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.
The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.
Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.
Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.
Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Halloween Additions
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
10 Coolest Online Christmas Games to Play during Your Vacation
With Christmas just a few days away, I don’t think anybody’s in the spirit for a serious read. Holiday season is in the air and it’s all going to be fun and games from here on. There is no dearth of activities that can be cooked up to keep the family busy during Christmas. Thinking up gift ideas is just one part of the Christmas story. Shopping is of course another. More importantly, Christmas is also a great time to reconnect and bond with the entire family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
And families usually revolve around kids. We can give you some ideas on thinking up gift ideas for them. But you alone can give them the greatest gifts of all – time and love. It’s quite easy actually to have some togetherness when parents and kids love the world of computers. Free online Christmas games are just one starting point.
So, in the name of Yuletide, let’s hunt out some cool online Christmas games that you can play for free.
Elf Clubhouse
The Elf Clubhouse is where the elves come to rest and play. You can also join them. Northpole.com is a child friendly site designed on the theme of Santa’s village. Games are just one part of the fun story. The Elf’s Game Chest is full of cool Christmas online games you can play for free. It’s a nice mix ‘n match of educational games and puzzles. You can play the relatively easy ones like Trim the Tree or Counting Money. But if you really want to keep your child engaged, give him theRubik’s Cube.Christmas Cannon
The Flash cannon game is just one of the cool and easy online Christmas games you can play on this site. All you have to do is to use your space bar to fire a canon that delivers presents around the town. The Chimney Challenge is another Christmas game you can try and hit back at the tax accountants. But do miss Santa as he also pops out from the chimneys.CBeebies
The BBC site for pre-school kids has a special Christmas section full of fun activities. Choose from the lineup of 15 games. You can start with a simple deck up of the Christmas Tree or the more musical The Big Coconut Adventure. If collecting coconuts doesn’t quite reflect the Xmas theme, check out Christmas Higgledy House.Santa Snowball Shoot
We stay British on the British Council site. Here you have to help the little elf shootout the fake Santa with snowballs. The only thing to be careful of is that you don’t hit Rudolph the reindeer when he too runs in front of the fake Santa. The idea is to gain points and uncover the merry word at the top.Christmas Presents is a language game where you have to read clues and discover ten hidden words in the grid. All games on this site are arranged around the task of teaching a child the basics of the English language.The Nightmare Before Christmas
The game is a bit dated, but it’s the fun that matters. The game is based on the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s pretty faced paced so you have to be quick with your mouse click as Jack ‘The Pumpkin King’ Skellington has to drop gifts for Christmas. Can you help him do it?Overtime
Overtime is a flash game I found that asks you to be a bit more ‘involved’. The game displays an ad while the game loads but that’s it. The basic idea of the game is to save Christmas by picking up an order for Santa, get it packaged and catch Santa before he traipses off.The Nutcracker
This online Christmas game is just one of the online games hosted on this site. Freeaddictinggames.com has a large collection of Christmas games collected from different corners of the web. You have to perform a rescue act as the Nutcracker by fighting other game characters.Santa Racers
Surprisingly, I found this flash Christmas game incredibly difficult to play as I just couldn’t turn the sleigh around. The game is a racing game where you have to race against the computer and help Santa get fit for the festive season. The game developers have another Santa based game – Sloshed Santa which is also a bit tricky with the arrow keys.Santa Games
This is a virtual Santa Claus workshop for kids and parents who have lots of activities to choose from and that include lots of free Christmas games. So enter. Use the advent calendar to countdown the days to Xmas and play a random game a day. There are lots to choose from like the always reliable and funBrick Game and the Tetris Game. But I went for the Gifts and Spiders game.Xtreme Xmas Shopping
During the festive season, shopping turns into a contact sport. You have to go on a shopping sprint and try to buy all the goodies before somebody grabs them all before you. The game is played across three levels and could be popular with the gender that loves shopping.The better known Flash game hosting sites like Miniclip andKongregate also have online Christmas games which you can try out if you run out of games to play. I don’t think you will, because as Christmas comes near, the web too becomes a bag of goodies. Tell us if you know any cool online Christmas game you like to play with your family.
Here are even more additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween:
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Slate has a slideshow of older Halloween images.
Masked politics: Halloween favorites in Washington and elsewhere is the title of a Washington Post slideshow.
My Parents Loved Halloween is a fun site where people post pictures of how their parents celebrated Halloween.
Thanksgiving Resources
I’ve updated a very lengthy The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Even though it’s long, there’s always room for good additions if you’d like to suggest some!
Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – Worksheets and Exercises comes from ESOL Courses.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
SMARTBoard Halloween Resources
Halloween Clip Art
I have compiled an extensive collection of Halloween-related clip art so you don't have to spend time looking all over the Internet.Games
Hangman - Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars)
Halloween Hangman - Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars)
Halloween Pairs Game - Zoomable and very easy to use (4 stars)
Halloween Word Search - Good interactive word search. Might be a little small to use (3 stars)
Stacking Pumpkins Game - Might be a fun way to reward your students (3 stars)
Halloween Math Games for K-6 - Great games courtesy of the Oswego City School District
The Hallowman House - A hangman-type game for Hallowe'en (middle / high)
PBS Kids Halloween Collection - Lots of games and activities from PBS Kids.
Spelloween - Practice your spelling by identifying correctly and incorrectly spelled words. You may want to bypass the part that asks you to type the word correctly since this is difficult to do on the SMART Board (middle / high).
Frankenbrain - Find the brain if you dare! (primary / middle)
Halloween, Halloween, What do You See? - Primary reading activity based on the famous book series (primary)
Jigsaw Puzzles
Animated Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Fun puzzle. Works great on the SMART Board (4 stars)
Bat Jigsaw Puzzle - Another bat jigsaw puzzle created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles created from Jigzone (3 stars)
Winnie the Pooh Jigsaw Puzzle - More good puzzles from Jigzone (3 stars)
Informational Activities
Halloween Safety Game - Fun game to play to educate your students about trick-or-treating (4 stars)
Interactive Halloween History Quiz - Nice game from the BBC (middle)
History Channel's History of Halloween - Some nice resources including videos and slideshows. (all grades)
5 Minute English - ESL History of Halloween includes vocabulary with an online Halloween quiz.
Create Your Own Activities
A Horror Movie - Create your story by picking words. You'll have to type in the words. (3 stars)
Creepy Coloring - Have fun coloring in a pumpkin (primary).
Carve a Pumpkin - The best online interactive pumpkin carving site. You'll love this! (primary)
Monster Band - Create your own band! This is a flash file that can also be inserted into Notebook.
Notebook Resources
Halloween Jokes - A Notebook file containing 10 different Halloween jokes. Lots of fun for the kids.
Wizard Spell Ordering Numbers - Have the Wizard conjure up five numbers and then use a counter-spell and place the numbers into the correct order. (Shared by Peggy DuBose)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Who started the tradition of Halloween? (Celts)
Halloween Word Search Riddle - Where do baby ghosts go during the day? (Dayscare)
Halloween Ghost Countdown - Keep track of correctanswers using this fun Notebook countdown that announces a winner after five correct answers (4 stars)
Halloween Random Number - Generate a random number and student say whether it is less than, equal to, or greater than the late great Lucius Creven who died at the age of a hundred seven.
TeqSmart Halloween Word Bucket (Notebook Gallary item) - Create fun and interactive sorting activities, word lists, Foreign language activities, math fact reviews, and more with a Halloween theme.
Halloween Sound Files
All the sound files below are in mp3 format and can be imported in Smart Notebook
Ghoul Laugh
Evil Laugh
Monster Mash (song)
Monster Snarling
Monster Cry
Next Time (fun & scary negative feedback)
Real Heart Beat
Screaming Female
Thunderbolt
Tortured Person Screaming
Werewolf Howl
Witch Cackle
Woman Scream
The websites:1. Primary students can listen to a simple illustrated story to learn the basic narrative of Christopher Columbus and his journey.
2. Intermediate students can learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and his journey across the Atlantic with this more detailed illustrated biography. Be sure to click on the highlighted items in the illustrations to view artifacts and learn specific facts about the voyage. Then, challenge your students with the quiz to test their knowledge.
3. Have your students design a character. (Don’t’ be surprised if it looks like you when they are finished!) Then, challenge your students to answer questions about Christopher Columbus correctly to make their character walk the plank!
“Interesting Facts About Halloween”
“Interesting Facts About Halloween” is a good infographic.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
Thanks to Interesting Pile for the tip.
I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween.
Thanks to Interesting Pile for the tip.
World Teachers’ Day is October 5th, and I’ve just updated The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day.
“Chile miners: Family joy as rescue capsule arrives”
Chile miners: Family joy as rescue capsule arrives is a BBC article and video about the latest development in the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners.
I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About The Trapped Miners In Chile.
I’m adding the link to The Best Sites For Learning About The Trapped Miners In Chile.
Columbus Day is coming up, and I’ve updated and revised The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus.
Memorial Day
Here are new additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Memorial Day:
Flags in remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery is a Washington Post slideshow.
Honoring The Fallen is a CNN video on the same activity at Arlington.
“Iraq & Afghanistan War Casualties” is a pretty amazing interactive graphic from CNN showing all U.S. casualties from both wars.
Flags in remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery is a Washington Post slideshow.
Honoring The Fallen is a CNN video on the same activity at Arlington.
“Iraq & Afghanistan War Casualties” is a pretty amazing interactive graphic from CNN showing all U.S. casualties from both wars.
Father's Day
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/05/24/the-best-fathers-day-sites/
Mother's Day
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-mothers-day/
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St. Patrick's Day and April Fool's Day (by Larry Ferlazzo):
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/02/14/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-st-patricks-day-april-fools-day/
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