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Merry Christmas! Enjoy these festive sites :

Visit Jocelyne Demers' Christmas Treasures
- Tons of great Christmas links

DECEMBER CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES:
http://members.aol.com/ggallag958/default.html/deccalendar.html

Poems, story titles, art, critical thinking... they're all
here, with one activity for each day of December. Use these
creative ideas for journaling, sponge activities--or even
for a take-home calendar-book: add some pages to the calendar
cover and students have their very own "book" to work in
for the month.

ADVENT PAPER CHAIN:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/advent_paper_chain.htm

With Christmas pattern backs and number strip templates,
these easy to make paper chain advent calendars are just
the ticket for Preschool up to grade three.

A WORLDWIDE CHRISTMAS CALENDAR:
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/calendar.html

Bernadotte School has created a very special interactive
advent calendar. Click on a present with the current
date, and it opens to reveal a Christmas tradition, writ-
ten by a student, from all parts of the world.

TATE'S 2000 ADVENT CALENDAR:
http://www.advent-calendars.com/index.html

Tate the cat continues its adventures in the French
village of Bric-a-Brac. Click on the calendar,
starting December 1st, for a new installation every
day. You may want to use this online advent calendar
to start a new Christmas tradition for your class.

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS:
http://www.marskandiser.com/Night.html

Online, illustrated text of the Christmas classic by
Clement Clarke Moore.

PEANUT PACKAGING ORNAMENTS:
http://www.merry-christmas.com/activity_7.htm

Find some creative uses for those otherwise annoying
packaging peanuts. Buttons will also come in useful
for the ideas on this page.

CHRISTMAS SONG WORDSEARCH:
http://members.aol.com/ggallag958/wkdl/Christmas.html

Find your favorite carols in this wordsearch.

PRINT AND MAKE A CHRISTMAS TREE:
http://www.maui.net/~mcculc/gif/xmascraft.jpg

Print copies of this tree, cut, and paste to make some
cute 3 dimensional Christmas trees to decorate your
classroom.

PRINT AND MAKE A CHRISTMAS VILLAGE:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Christmas/chrvillage.htm

Print out the templates, then all that is needed is
markers, scizzors, and glue to assemble this five
building Christmas village.

CHRISTMAS PLAYDOUGH:
http://www.merry-christmas.com/activity_5.htm

What could be easier than red and green playdough and
some Christmas cookie cutters? Find the playdough
recipe here.

CHRISTMAS COLORING PAGES & SEED ORNAMENT BALLS:
http://www.womansday.com/xp6/WomansDay/
crafts.xml/holiday_coloring.xml

Print out 4 Christmas coloring pages, and also find
instructions to make a woodsy Christmas ornament.

HOW TO MAKE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS:
http://www.merry-christmas.com/activity_1.htm

Instructions are written specifically for an easy level
project; you can make your own additions and decorations
to make these stockings as elaborate as you wish.

MORE CHRISTMAS COLORING PAGES:
http://www.merry-christmas.com/coloring.htm

Have a few minutes left before the bell rings? Print
these pages out for your students to color and take home.

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