September Celebrations


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Celebrate September with poems and informational texts about holidays during the month and people whose actions have influenced our lives, from Johnny Appleseed to our own grandparents. Children will also enjoy the coloring pages, cross-curricular classroom activities, recipes, backpack riddles, and more.










Multicultural Math Fun


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Multicultural Math Fun celebrates math through 54 multicultural activities tied to holidays, celebrations, and events throughout the year. Students build problem-solving and reasoning skills, while making mathematical connections -- and having fun! A short list of the many activities and topics includes: Mexican Independence Day -- and the mathematics associated with creating a Mexican feast! Halloween -- with counting activities for the candy you collect! Hanukkah -- and the odds you face when playing dreidel! Groundhog Day -- and the art of measuring shadows! Summer Olympic Games -- and the matrices you can develop to count medals!




Celebrations; the Complete Book of American Holidays


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Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.




The Dot


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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.




Poems of Celebration & Romance


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Seasonal Celebrations


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Seasonal Celebrations targets 17 major historical and religious holidays. Each celebrative theme contains activities designed for the students and teacher. Each activity developes a particular aspect of the holidy whether it be historical significance or human values. The book is meant to bring students to a fuller understanding of these events and of themselves.




Fairies


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Greet the seasons with fairy games and crafts and party ideas that will delight kids--and grown-ups, too. Gorgeous illustrations and playful couplets, plus an all-new Fairy Box that turns into a little fairy house, have been dreamed up with enchantment in mind.