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Christmas Stories To Enjoy With Your Children

Laura — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:27:29 +0000

YouTube has some amazing stories perfect for the Christmas season that have been produced by some very creative individuals. Here are our favorites!

Rudolph’s Birthday

T’was The Night Before Christmas

How Santa Created Santa’s Village

The Little Lamb

25 Great Halloween Sites

Laura — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:56:57 +0000

With Halloween only 5 days away, I thought I’d offer up these fantastic websites for you and your children. We are busy here gettingready for miscellaneous parties and activities and hope that you enjoy all the fun!

Halloween Unit Studies

Halloween Arts And Crafts

Halloween Tricks

Halloween Treats

Halloween Safety

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Halloween Mini-Unit Study

Laura — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:54:31 +0000

There are 10 days left until Halloween, and what better way to get kids psyched for the event than to do a unit study on the subject!

A bit about Halloween…

There are perhaps as many stories about the origins of Halloween as there are people to tell the story. It seems like the story of the Celts is the most common form, but there are also theories about it being tied-in to Noah’s Ark, or to Olde Ireland.

Here is some information about it’s origins, but the closest we will perhaps ever get to the truth is pure speculation.

From Wikipedia

The story of Halloween

Halloween-Ancient Origins

From Suite101