I love maps. I always have. I used to peruse social studies books for maps of troop movements, empire expansions, and all that stuff that dorky kids love. Get your own students to let their inner map nerds out! Encourage them with map studies, or free activities like the one shown here, where they get to learn their directions on a compass rose.

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Map Worksheets

Nothing says fun like an inventors fair! Even better, have students invent something made only from recycled junk laying around the house. Now we’re talking environmental science, social studies, and a sort of science fair all at once. Add in some writing and a speech to go with it, and you have grades in 3 or 4 subjects!

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Invention Worksheets

So what was the use of all those holiday activities I just got done posting if your students can’t even find them on a calendar? As useful as finding places on a map, finding dates on a calendar and understanding how weeks, days, and holidays work is an integral part of our lives. Make it fun and interesting with some free calendar activities. Then have students mark all their favorite holidays, track their attendance with color coding, or keep classroom birthday lists.

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Calendar Worksheets

There are about 6 weeks left before V-Day. That means you have to find a way to please your kids in class, your kids at home, and do something romantic for that special someone – even if they’re not so special! Sigh. But really, by the time you get around to making photocopies for the kids at school, the day might slip by, so print out a few of these handy resources and put them in the copy pile today. Oh, and get something extra nice for your friendly blogger, too!

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Valentine’s Day Worksheets

Heard of Christmas in July? Well, here’s St. Patty’s in December. Cuddle with your own little leprechauns at home under the mistletoe and give them something green to work on! Enjoy your irishness any time of the year with have fun teaching’s ready-made, Green-Isle approved activities. I can’t wait to see your Irish-themed Christmas tree!

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St. Patrick’s Day Worksheets

Getting away from the religious holidays, we go back into our nation’s holidays with President’s Day. Depending on where you’re from, this could either be just Washington’s birthday or a day to remember Washington and Lincoln. Regardless, this is a great piece of national pride and history in February, getting our minds of that candy-filled holiday just a week or so before. Teach your students about our first president or all of our presidents, using some quick little activities that would surely be a great part of a presidents’ booklet.

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President’s Day Worksheets

Continuing our holiday themed posts here, we’re talking this time about one of the most celebrated festivals in all of America, a very important cultural event for New Orleans and the southern half of the U.S.: Mardi Gras. More than just tossing bead necklaces around the classroom, you can delve into the social and cultural meanings behind the festival, and have a lot of fun coloring pages or doing activities with your students.

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Mardi Gras Worksheets

Labor Day, a day we mostly get off from school. So, what to do? How about on the Friday before, or the Tuesday after, starting off with some morning work or dismissal work about the holiday? Isn’t it only fair they do a little work about Labor Day? I don’t know if they’ll appreciate that sentiment, but a few short sentences or an essay about what they will do or what they did for Labor Day on the back of one of these activities would be a great way to tie in writing, too.

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Labor Day Worksheets

Not big on dressing up and making a fool of yourself for the fun of your students? Or, maybe you are, but want something for them to work on while they laugh at you in your Sesame Street or poor attempt at Pirates of the Caribbean costume? Check out these fun activities! Seriously, though, if your kids get into it, and you can go to school dressed like a ninja, why not? It’s the one day a year you can really be silly, so ham it up and have a good time with the kids.

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Halloween Worksheets

Need to know a bit more about Hanukkah? Admittedly, most of what I know comes from South Park, Adam Sandler, and other TV Shows. Sad, I know, but why not honor the holiday, especially as a social studies lesson or as a cultural awareness lesson? Or, when other students are doing their Christmas or Kwanzaa stuff, Jewish students could still participate in the holiday season with Hanukkah activities. I know I’m missing a few more winter religious holidays, and all together you could have quite holiday season of fun!

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Hanukkah Worksheets