Wayne McKenzie from Timiskaming First Nation created Pow-Wow-Opoly, the first Aboriginal Monopoly! This board game promotes awareness of Aboriginal peoples in Canada and bring families closer together. Discover, learn and have fun.
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Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web unit by a 2nd grade class
Charlotte’s Web Activities and Resources
List of 50+ ideas, tidbits and questions using Charlotte’s Web
EasyFunSchool’s Charlotte’s Web Unit Study
Multidisciplinary thematic unit is on Charlotte’s Web and Spiders
Charlotte’s Web lapbook from Hilltop Academy
Print a Charlotte’s Web lotto game
Amazon.com Widgets
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Mother’s Day Poem or Letter
Mother’s Day Gift Checks
Mother’s Day at Alphabet Soup
Mom’s Day Gift, Games & Activities
Gifts To Give
Mother’s Day at Crayola
Mother’s Day Unit, Crafts + More
DLTK’s Mother’s Day section
As Good As Gold
Mother’s Day Crafts
Everything Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Recipes
Recipes and Crafts For Mother’s Day
Mom’s Day Activities
M-O-T-H-E-R Poem
Mother’s Day coloring and craft projects
Junior Chefs Cook For [...]
As part of Earth Month 2008, Wal-Mart will be giving away a million custom-made reusable shopping bags on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8:00am Local Time.*
Plastic bags can take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. If you miss out on the free reusable shopping bag, don’t panic. Wal-Mart sells their reusable shopping bags made [...]
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is sponsoring an Earth Day photo contest for middle school students. Interested students are asked to photograph something that is changing in their local environment. They are to take the photo between Tuesday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 29. The change could be occurring in the student’s backyard, outside [...]
Celebrate Earth Day EPA’s Earth Day Web site offers you many tips and fun ways to protect the environment and your health every day. Check out the Earth Day Take Home Kit.
Earth Day Network find all the information you need to plan your event, get involved, and help protect the environment.
Planetpals Greatest Earth Day Pages [...]
Peter Rabbit.com
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter - Find the online version here for Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s tale.
Peter Rabbit’s Activities - Download printable student activities and connect to online learning games to complement your reading of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”.
Math worksheet for Peter Rabbit - How many items did Old Mrs. [...]
Color Easter eggs with dyes found in nature
Virtual Plant Tour for Peeps - In the interactive tour you will learn how the Peeps are mixed, deposited, coated with sugar and packaged. Did you know, Peeps celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003. For tour, go to About Peeps and click on Factory Tour. This one is [...]
Art Lessons and Info for Artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Claude Monet
Abstract Flowers View and discuss Georgia O’Keeffe’s flower paintings and then create your own drawings. Flowers Galore Observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower by studying the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Biography of O’Keeffe that includes quotes from the artist and some [...]
Aquarium In A Cup
SeaBed
Make an Ocean Diorama
Ocean And Undersea Life
Ocean Animal Calendar
Ocean Theme **Note: I would not use Styrofoam meat packages; instead I would use styrofoam veggie/fruit/dessert packages (due to disease causing bacteria.)
Arts & Crafts: Beach & Ocean
Sea World Songs
Shark Cam, Seal Cam & Coral Research Cam
The Amazing Fish Cam
Theme Topics: Beach & Ocean
Whales teacher [...]