Need another activity to round out your holiday celebration? Toss in some holiday-themed flash cards. Choose from several of the most popular holidays, each with its own set of color flash cards. Trade, mix-and-match, or play a memory game with them. The kids are sure to enjoy while they learn their seasonal vocabulary. Then throw the words into a story. The best stories can get written or shared verbally. Use these as a springboard for a whole lesson!

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Holiday Flash Cards

I know a lot of posts seem to ignore the religious segment of the educating world, be it sunday school, home schooling of religion, parochial schools, or just religious units of social studies classes, so this one should be a nice look at Good Friday and some activities to go along with it. There’s a time and a place for this one, and if you have it, whether you’re teaching your own kids, a class of them, or a small group on a Sunday, take a look at these Good Friday activities and coloring sheets to help you fill out your repertoire.

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Good Friday Worksheets

Want to add a little pizazz to your students’ final drafts? Want to make them earn the right to put their 2nd or 3rd drafts on nice paper, but don’t want to pay for it? Have Fun Teaching has some themed writing paper. Have them start on lined paper with their planning and pre-writing, then do drafts, peer corrections, and end with a pen-written finished product on one of these nice free border papers!

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Theme Border Writing Paper

Here’s another great national holiday commemorating our armed forces and what they have done for us. Formerly Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I, it was switched to Veteran’s Day in 1954. What a great way to remember Veterans who have made this country what it is. Try contacting your local VFW or American Legion. Many of them are happy to come out and do a flag-folding ceremony or something of that like for you. They have a lot to say and love to give back. As a way of showing appreciation, write letters and color pictures for them. They’ll love the effort and attention of any child that honors their time spent and sacrifices made on behalf of our nation.

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Veteran’s Day 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

You thought it’d be a post about Christmas today, didn’t you? Well, I fooled you there! We already did that one a little while back. I’m actually just going alphabetically through some holidays, and this one came up. Again, if you’re teaching Judaism, World Religions, Religions as part of a social studies class, or just want something Jewish to color and some activities to do, let me direct you over to have fun teaching for Rosh Hashanah.

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Rosh Hashanah 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

Another Christian Holiday of importance, this one comes from the Old Testament instead of the New. Remembering the story in Egypt when the people of Israel were spared the terrible wrath on the night of Passover, these free activities might be a good way to help supplement a sunday school lesson or religious class lesson for younger students.

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Passover Worksheets

One of the most important Christian Holidays of the year is Palm Sunday, when Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem. This is one of the most important days of the Lent Season, which leads up to Easter. At home for some Christian religious education, or at parochial school, or in a study of major religious holidays for a social studies class, this should definitely be covered. Whether it’s the coloring pages or activities, you’ll find what you need over at Have Fun Teaching.

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Palm Sunday Worksheets