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Are you tired of the same old activities for Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day? Do you have trouble finding activities for Grandparent's Day, May Day, Earth Day, Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, or Ramadan? Here, you get countless activities for 33 holidays, saving you from scouring through hundreds of books and activities trying to find appropriate material.
Each chapter contains a small history of the holiday, an annotated collection of the perfect books, poems, and activities (such as coloring pages, cut-and-tell pages, draw-and-tell stories, flannel board stories, and games). Loads of finger plays included in each chapter make this book more than a guide to finding storytimes. Songs and crafts will bring life and variation to your holiday programming.
This one-stop compilation is easy to use and very inclusive. But the best part is the amazing amount of resources! You get over 700 activities, and at least 2 crafts and 2 cut-out drawings for each chapter. If you want story time to be amazing, this compendium has everything you need to serve your users instead of reinventing the wheel every year.
Preface Acknowledgments
April Fools' DayArbor Day, Earth Day, and Tu B'Shevat Birthdays Chinese New Year Christmas Cinco de Mayo Columbus Day Diwali/Divali Easter Father's Day and Mother's Day Fourth of July/Independence Day and Flag Day Grandparents Day Groundhog Day Halloween Hanukkah Kwanzaa Martin Luther King Day May Day New Year's Day Passover Presidents' Day Purim Ramadan Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Saint Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Veterans Day and Memorial Day
Appendix A: Craft, Equipment, and Supply List Appendix B: Barbara's Gallery of Holiday Storytime Crafts Index About the Author