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About
Labor Day
What is the background of Labor Day? When did it start? Why is it celebrated?
Labor
Day Coloring Pages
Celebrate Labor Day by using your interactive crayon with these fun color pages of Community Helpers: astronaut, baker, brick layer, business woman, chemist, disc jockey, farmer, glass blower, maid, mailman, nurse, yard worker, painter, photographer, plumber, policeman, road worker, surgeon and tailor.
Thematic
Reading List - Community Helpers
Labor Day book descriptions and reviews for elementary and preschool reading. Titles work well with the holiday or a study of community helpers. Books included are: A Job for Wittilda, Bruno the Tailor, Community Helpers From A-Z, Fireman Small, I Want to be a Police Officer, I Want to be a Teacher, Jobs People Do, Library Lil, My Daddy is a Soldier, Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sam Who Never Forgets, The Gardner, Tortoise Brings the Mail, Walter the Baker, What Authors Do, What Illustrators Do and What is a Community?
Short
Stories to share on Labor Day
Thematic reading that celebrates Workers. Classics include: Arachine, Bill Brown's Test, Hofus the Stone Cutter, The Champion Stone Cutter, The Choice of Hercules, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Hillman and the Housewife, The Little Gray Pony, The Metal King, The Nail, The Smithy and The Speaking Stone.
Community
Helpers Word Search Vocabulary word find for Labor Day. Can you find all these Community Helpers in the puzzle? Each time you play, the game is different. Community Helpers included are: accountant, aide, astronaut, baker, banker, barber, bookkeeper, busdriver, chef, chemist, clerk, cobbler, cook, cop, dentist, dj, doctor, farmer, fireman, judge, librarian, maid, mailman, nurse, painter, photographer, plumber, policeman, postman, principal, programmer, surgeon, tailor, teacher, teller, worker
Capture the Irish symbols. Earn points by whacking Irish
symbols with shamrocks on them. Stay away from the pot of
gold and shillelagh - the leprechaun takes points away!
Kids Educational Social Studies Games-> Irish Symbols
Kids Books - Ireland Related Thematic Reading List
St. Patricks Day book descriptions and reviews for preschool and elementary reading. These books are great to use in the classroom for a multicultural study of Ireland. Some of the titles reviewed are: Billy Beg and His Bull, Caitlin, the Irish Dancer, Children's Irish-English Dictionary, Clever Tom and the Leprechaun, Fair, Brown and Tremblin, Hooray for St. Patrick's Day, Irish Dance Recital Sticker Book, Jack and the Leprechaun, Jamio O'Rourke and the Big Potato, Leprechaun Luck, Look What Came from Ireland, O'Sullivan's Stew, Patrick - Patron Saint of Ireland, Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs, St. Patricks Day Alphabet, St. Patricks Day Parades, Shamrocks and Leprechauns, That's What Leprechauns Do, The Ancient Celtic Festivals, The Children of Lir, The Last Snake in Ireland, The Saint Patricks Day Shillelagh, This is Ireland, and Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk.
St. Patrick's Day Crafts
Are you a wee bit tired of looking for Irish craft ideas? Try a celtic cross, hanging trinity shamrock, an irish proverb sign, a leprechaun photo holder, leprechaun bookmarks, leprechaun goodie bags, a shamrock photo magnet, or some kids crafts that you can make and play.
Color Pages
Get out your interactive crayon to color these Irish symbols and cartoons. Coloring Pages include Ireland's flag, outline map of Ireland, several cartooned shamrocks, harp, celtic crosses, leprechaun, shillelagh, Blarney Castle, a claddagh, a triquetra symbol, a shamrock outline, an Irish fuzzy guy, shamrock tie, shamrock windsock, and a St. Patrick worm.
Scrambler Puzzles
Today is your lucky day! Unscramble these picture puzzles to study scenery or symbols of Ireland.
St. Patrick's Day Word Search
Can you find all these words associated with the Irish or St. Patrick's Day? Vocabulary words used in the puzzle:
blarney, bodhran, kells, castle, ceili, Celtic, claddagh, cross, druid, fiddlers, gaelic, green, harp, Ireland, irish, luck, March, gold, rainbow, shamrock, snakes, Patrick
St. Patrick's Day Word Search Challenge
Can you find all these words associated with the Irish or St. Patrick's Day? Vocabulary words used in the puzzle:
accordian, blarney, bodhran, Book of Kells, castle, ceili, Celtic, chieftains, claddagh, cross, Cuchulain, druid, Eire, fiddlers, gaelic, green, harp, Ireland, irish, leprechaun, luck, March, Newgrange, pot of gold, rainbow, riverdance, shamrock, shillelagh, snakes, Patrick
Concentration Memory Game
Flip these cards over to see all the Irish symbols. Find all the matched pairs and you will uncover a St. Patrick's Day surprise!
Coloring pages and printables about famous American historical
figures - Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross, and the
Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Presidents
of the United States Activities
President list can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically. Associated activity links for Presidents can be found here. This list links to activities for each President.
List of Presidents
- Politcal Parties
This list of Presidents shows what politcal party each President belonged to. List can be sorted alphabetically by President name or politcal party. This list links to activities for each President.
Alphabetical List of Vice Presidents of the United States
This President list can be sorted alphabetically by President name or Vice President Name. It can also be sorted chronologically by term. This list links to activities for each President.
President's
Day Coloring
Pages Use your interactive crayon to paint these fun "talking" President coloring pages. President friends help beginner readers and ESL students! Click on the words under the coloring picture to hear the sentence that describes the picture.
You may also be interested in Symbols of the United States or famous Americans in history. These collections include Betsy Ross, Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, Signing of the Declaration of Independence, Martin Luther King, the Liberty Bell, Washington Monument, flag of original 13 colonies, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam.
Poetry about the Presidents
Jingles to help recall order of Presidents or various facts about them. Also included are general poems about George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt.
President Word Search
Can you find all these last names of Presidents? Names used in the puzzle:
Adams, Arthur, Buchanan, Bush, Carter, Cleveland, Clinton, Coolidge, Eisenhower, Fillmore, Ford, Garfield, Grant, Harding, Harrison, Hayes, Hoover, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, Lincoln, Madison, McKinley, Monroe, Nixon, Obama, Pierce, Polk, Reagan, Roosevelt, Taft, Taylor, Truman, Tyler, VanBuren, Washington, Wilson
Find all the words in this Abe Lincoln word search
Can you find all these words associated with Abraham Lincoln? Vocabulary words used in the puzzle:
Abe, Abraham, assassinate, Booth, cabin, civil, Congress, debate, divided, Douglas, fireplace, Ford, Gettysburg, honest, Illinois, Kentucky, kind, lawyer, leader, Lincoln, memorial, nation, North, penny, President, read, Republican, Rushmore, sixteenth, slaves, smart, South, speech, stovepipe, theater, tophat, war, write
George Washington word search
Can you find all these words associated with George Washington? Vocabulary words used in the puzzle:
America, cherry, colonies, commander, country, dollar, father, first, Forge, General, George, hatchet, honest, leader, Martha, planter, President, quarter, Revolution, soldier, surveyor, thirteen, troops, Vernon, Virginia, Washington
Abraham Lincoln Activities
Biographies, Coloring Pages, Children's Book Reviews, Short Stories, Photographs, Timeline and Famous Quotes and Speeches
George Washington
Activities
Biography, Quick Facts and Trivia, Coloring Pages, Children's Book Reviews, Short Stories, Word Search, Jigsaw Puzzle, Timeline of Washington's Life.
Thematic Reading List
- Kids Books President book descriptions and reviews for preschool and elementary reading. Titles include: A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, A Picture Book of George Washington, Abe Lincoln Remembers, Abe Lincoln - The Boy Who Loved Books, Abe Lincoln - The Young Years, Abe Lincoln's Hat, Abraham Lincoln - The Civil War President, Don't Know Much About the Presidents, George Washington's Breakfast, George Washington's Teeth, If the Walls Could Talk, If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, My Teacher For President, The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln, and What Presidents are Made of.
Concentration Memory Game #1
Presidential portrait match. Match the portraits of the following Presidents: George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Richard M. Nixon, William J. Clinton, Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower
Concentration Memory Game #2
Presidential portrait match. Match the portraits of the following Presidents: James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Zachary Taylor.
Concentration Memory Game #3
Presidential portrait match. Match the portraits of the following Presidents: Warren Harding, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Andrew Johnson and Grover Cleveland.
Concentration Memory Game #4
Presidential portrait match. Match the portraits of the following Presidents: Benjamin Harrison, Chester Arthur, Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford B. Hayes and William Henry Harrison.
List of States in USA - Alphabetical and Chronological
A sortable table of states in the U.S. Click on the table heading to sort information by the date the state joined the Union, State Name, State Abbreviation or State Capital. Alphabetical columns will sort alphabetically. Number columns will sort chronologically. If you click the heading twice, you can reverse the sort order.
List of States and Capitals
A sortable table of states in the U.S. Click on the table heading to sort information State Name or State Capital. Columns will sort alphabetically. If you click the heading twice, you can reverse the sort order.
State Nicknames
A sortable table of states in the U.S. Click on the table heading to sort information by the date the state joined the Union, state name, state abbreviation or state nickname. Alphabetical columns will sort alphabetically. Number columns will sort chronologically. If you click the heading twice, you can reverse the sort order.
State Abbreviations
A sortable table of states in the U.S. Click on the table heading to sort information by the date the state joined the Union, State Name, State Abbreviation or State Capital. Alphabetical columns will sort alphabetically. Number columns will sort chronologically. If you click the heading twice, you can reverse the sort order.
State Word Searches
A collection of interactive word finds by state. These games are best played online. We have a different collection of printable word searches that you can find under "printables" for each state.
State Flags - Quick links to each state flag coloring page.
State Flowers - Quick links to each state flower coloring page.
State Birds - Quick links to each state bird coloring page.
Other State Activity Printables - Quick links to other state activity printables. Activities include acrostic poetry forms, diamante poetry forms, vocabulary word jumbles, state city word jumbles, vocabulary word search puzzles, state city word search puzzles, state quarter observation sheets.
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