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April Fool's Day

April Fool's - From Funology.

April Fool's Day - History, traditions, and foolishness.

April Fool's Day at Surfing the Net with Kids

April Fool's Day Ideas for Teachers - "How do you trick your students? We want to know! One T2T contributor tells us that she prints the morning lesson backwards so her students have to turn it over and hold it up to the light to read it! "

April Fool's Day - Origin and history.

April Fool's Day Jokes - Read a joke or submit one of your own.

April Fool's Jokes and Riddles - From Ribet Academy.

April Foolery - Word Search.

April Fool's in the News

April Fool's R Us

Fact Monster's April Fool's Day Page

Fifth Grade April Fool's Day Page

Happy April Fool's Day

Have a Fun April Fool's Day - Poems, activities, history.

Jest for the Fun of It - April Fool's Day

KidsLink - Kids write about April Fool's Day.

Marvelicious April Fool's Day

Origin and History of April Fool's Day

Tricked by the Calendar! - From the Franklin Institute

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Adventurous Bunny and Easter Island - Online story.

Alfy's Pick's for Easter and Passover - Don't miss this!

Basket Bonus - A guide for teachers or parents relating to creating a basket filled with Easter activities that will have your children intrigued for hours. 

Billy Bear's Happy Easter - Online games, crafts, the Easter Story, coloring book, and many other activities.

Black Dog's Easter Celebration - Games and activities, free stuff and downloads, and links to other Easter sites.

DLTK's Crafts - Easter crafts for kids.

Easter and Spring Crafts - These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. From Enchanted Learning.....cool! 

Easter at Alphabet Soup - Easter history, songs, poems, books, a couple of games, and more for Easter.

Easter at the Holiday Spot - Crafts, pictures to color, poems, send Easter Greetings, Easter fonts (free), and more. The music is a little annoying, but this site has some good activities.

Easter at PrimaryGames.com - This site has coloring pages, games, electronic Easter postcards, and more.

Easter at Woman's Day - There lots of activities here for you to use at Eastertime.

EasterBunny's Net - Songs, recipes, traditions, and more.

Easter Craft Projects - Fun and easy Easter craft projects for kids and grownups alike. There are free Easter graphics available too. 

Easter Egg Hunt - Online game...can you find all the eggs?

Easter Fun - Games, art, songs, fingerplays, and more.

Easter at Funology

Easter Links - Several good links to Easter resources from Debbie's Unit Factory.

EasterLinks.com - There's 241 links for you to choose from! Find everything you've been looking for this Easter!

Easter Magic - Easter games for kids.

Easter on the Net - Includes the story of Easter, why we have Easter eggs, some Easter goodies & coloring pages.

Easter Pages from Scotland Online - Send an Easter card, read some Easter jokes, play an Easter game and more.

Easter Recipes - An assortment of recipes for cakes, candies, cookie recipes, pies, and ideas for Easter dinners. 

Easter Seal Society - "Easter Seal people make a difference in the lives of the children and their families by providing direct services, programs, research, advocacy and public education." 

Easter Theme - Bulletin board ideas, activities, crafts, songs, and more.

Easter Theme - Art projects, recipes, and Easter songs.

Easter Time at Kids' Domain - Crafts, clipart, games, printables, puzzles, books, color pages and more!

Easter Worksheet - Interactive worksheet that your students will enjoy.

Eggcyclopedia - Everything eggs.

Eggs - My hotlist page on eggs.

Eggs-ellent Easter on Kate.net - Screen savers, wallpapers, word search puzzle, fun stuff and activities, and more.

Egg Theme - Includes using eggs in math activities, matching games, creating sounds, and songs to sing.

Egg Trivia Hunt - Your students will enjoy this scavenger hunt.

Everything Easter - Just what the name implies...you will find everything from Easter crafts and the History of the Easter Bunny to stories by Beatrix Potter, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Scroll down to see the pop-up menu.

Family and Kids' Easter Links - Great set of links.

From Egg to Chick - "Isn't it Eggciting? - Raising chicks and activities for the classroom with eggs".

Great American Egg Hunt - Internet project hosted by Hazel Jobe at Marshall Elementary School. (This project is not current, but you might get some ideas here.)

History of the Easter Egg

How to Decorate Easter Eggs - Directions for Blowing Out Eggs, Egg Molds, Swirled Eggs, Ukranian Easter Eggs, Dying Easter Eggs--the Natural way, Crepe Paper Dye, Food Coloring Dye, Spotted or Stripped Eggs, Marble Eggs, Sponge Painted Eggs, and Waxed Eggs.

How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs - This Web site will tell you everything you need to know about the basics of making pysanky (more commonly known as Ukrainian Easter Eggs)! 

Internet Activities for Easter and Passover - Great stuff here.

Lesson Plans for Easter and Passover - From Alfy.

One Little Rabbit - Online story....cute! Lil' Fingers storybooks are animated stories for parents to read with their kids. Stories are presented with large text and big buttons for little fingers to click on.

Not Just for Kids! Easter Basket - Easter poems/stories, Easter egg hunt, recipes, and more for kids!

Resources for Easter and Passover - From Alfy.

Some Bunny Loves You - Lesson ideas.

Story of Easter Eggs - Read about the custom and traditions of Easter eggs.


Updated March 8, 2004
 

All Species Project - This project promotes conscientious art, thought, and action toward building thriving neighborhoods and communities in harmony with nature.

Alfy's Picks for Earth Day - Don't miss this!

Celebrating Earth Day with Students - A list of possible activities that you could do with your students.

DLTK's Earth Day Crafts - Several crafts you could use with your students.

Earth Day 2004 - From the Wilderness Society...The purpose of Earth Site is to get attention for the Earth Day Idea, the idea that can do the most for people and planet. 

Earth Day 2004 in Missouri - Earth Day activities, projects, and much more!

Earth Day at EcoKids Online - Wow! Great site.

Earth Day at Kids' Domain - Crafts, clipart, history, Earth Day songs, puzzles, books, color pages word searches and more!

Earth Day at Planet Pals - You don't want to miss this site...so much good information and so many things to do!!!! A great listing of Earth Day activities, teaching aids, and more!

Earth Day Canada - The motto here is "Protect and enjoy the third planet from the sun."

Earth Day Central - Pennsylvania's Earth Day with resources and links to fact sheets, activities, and other materials for educators, children, and parents. Kids, don't miss the Kids' Link at the bottom of the page.

Earth Day Challenge - This was one of Hazel Jobe's projects at Marshall Elementary School. There's a lot of resources for you here.

Earth Day Crafts and Projects - These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. From Enchanted Learning....cool!

Earth Day Energy Fast - "The Earth Day Energy Fast transforms the entertainment approach to Earth Day into a hands-on day of ACTION, asking people all over the world to cut back or go completely without manmade energy every Earth Day, and to apply energy saving techniques throughout the rest of the year."

Earth Day Fun - Art, snacks, science, songs, games, and more.

Earth Day Grocery Bags - Internet project.

Earth Day Grocery Bags Project Ideas and Plans - If you are planning to participate in the Grocery Bags Project, be sure to visit this site to get some great ideas!!

Earth Day in Your Neighborhood - "WHY DO AN EARTH DAY ON YOUR BLOCK? Because it's fun and it is good for the environment and the neighborhood."

Earth Day Network - Worldwide goals, events, activities, links and more. 

Earth Day Online - This site offers a variety of activities and resources for kids and adults....From tips, daily activities, a picture of the day, and a green buying guide. 

Earth Day Themes and Activities for Kids - From Child Fun.

Earth Day Trash Survey - Research unit for K-12. (Four lessons)

Earth Dog Site - The character Earth Dog was developed to help make learning about the environment FUN, interesting, and interactive. Check it out!

Earth's Birthday Project - Students and teachers, don't miss this site...there's something here for everyone!!

Environmental Education for Kids! - This electronic magazine is for kids in grades 4-8. Surf around and learn more about the great outdoors.

EPA's Curriculum and Resources Page - Explore these links and find creative ways to teach your students about the environment.

EPA Explorers' Club - There's a game room, an art room, a science room and much more for you to explore.

Greenpeace Kids' Clubhouse - Includes a quiz, earth facts, activities, and other resources to involve young people in protecting the planet. 

Happy Earth Day - An 11-page coloring book full of tips for making the Earth a better place. Requires Acrobat Reader.

Helpful Hints for Planet Earth - Find out how some first graders celebrated Earth Day. Be sure and read their book!!!

Internet Activities for Earth Day - From Alfy.

Keep America Beautiful - This organization focuses on waste management, litter prevention, and community beautification through projects, and providing information, resources and training to the educational and general community. The “Just For Kids” page has waste management tips, some puzzles and other fun activities. 

Keeping Our Planet Green - Activities, lesson plans, and resources from Mr. Donn's pages.

Kids' Corner - At Rain Forest Action Network.

Kids' Pages at NIEHS - Includes games, songs, surveys for kids, activities, jokes, pages to color, brainteasers, and more.

Kids' Stuff at World Wildlife - "The links on this page will take you to some of the parts of the Web site that we thought you'd like. Some are educational, some are fun, and all of these links should help you learn more about wildlife and issues that affect our planet."

Lesson Plans for Earth Day - From Alfy.

Lorax Save the Trees Game - Play this online game.

Make a Rain Stick for Earth Day - Step-by-step directions.

Recycle City - To get started, just click on any section of Recycle City that you want to explore, or click on the Dumptown Game. Create your own Recycle City scavenger hunt or go to the Activities area and see other ways you can put Recycle City to use. When you leave this place you'll leave knowing much more about what you can do to help protect the ENVIRONMENT.

Resources for Earth Day - From Alfy.

Virtual Field Trip - Getting Green - This is really cool. 

What on Earth Are You Doing for Earth Day? - A lesson planning article from Education World. Don't miss this...it is a gold mine for teachers....so many resources, activities, and lesson plans.

World Community of Old Trees - An Eco-Art Project in Progress.

 

Updated March 8, 2004
Jerrie S. Cheek
KSU - Educational Technology Center
Kennesaw, GA 30144
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