Free Printable Mother's Day Craft Activities

Mother's Day, celebrated the second Sunday of May, is a perfect holiday for children to enjoy making crafts, cards and presents for mom. Here's a whole list of free printable crafts, greeting cards, decorations, activities, games and presents for Mother's Day. Make cute crafts for moms, grandmothers, aunts, God-mothers, teachers, day care providers, any woman that you want to remember this Mother's Day. Moms will love the homemade, kid-created gifts of love.  Free Printable Mother's Day Craft Activities 

Free Printable Educational Crossword Puzzles for Holiday Parties

Looking for free printable crossword puzzles for classroom lesson plans, homeschool, homework, holiday parties, church and social groups and just for fun? Don't lose this link because there are over 3,000 free printable crossword puzzles available on it. Be sure to bookmark this website because there are literally thousands of free printable crossword puzzles on all sorts of subjects. You can print science, literature, social studies, math, fine arts, history, geography and other lessons. Free Printable Educational Crossword Puzzles: All Grades, Subjects, Content Areas 

Free Printable Poetry Frames, Poem Templates for National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. Poetry is one of the most expressive and unfettered forms of creative writing. Writing poetry can be daunting for beginners, though. I'm a teacher and former homeschooler. One of the best parts of education is finding ways to empower students' inner poet. Here are free printable poetry frames and poem templates to break the creative ice. What are poetry frames and poem templates? Frame poems and poem templates are patterns for poems that creative writing students and aspiring poets can use to guide their writing. Depending on the age and maturity of the poet frame poems provide more or less structure.  Free Printable Poetry Frames and Poem Templates

Free Printable Lenten Lessons and Activities

Lent begins each year with the Imposition of the Ashes on Ash Wednesday, which in the western calendar for 2008 will begin very early on February 6. Lent begins a 40 day journey of fasting, acts of mercy and spiritual pilgrimage. We try to live, in our poor humble human way, in solidarity with Our Lord as he fasted in the desert for 40 days and made his final pilgrimage to Jerusalem. A Roman cross, torture and crucifixion awaited Him. But so did the glory of Easter, the Resurrection. Lent is a season for intense and deep personal and spiritual reflection.
Here are several well researched websites in line with the Magisterium (the teachings of the Holy Roman Church), the Holy See (seat of Peter) and the catechism. I try to make sure that all Catholic materials have the Nil Obstat and Imprimatur (these are seals of approval from the bishops and of the church that this material does not deviate in any way from Catholic doctrine). Here are lessons to explore Lent:  Free Printable Lenten Lessons and Activities 

Jewish Passover lessons and activities for families

Passover, or Pesach, is a seven-day Jewish holiday observance. It generally falls in April in the western calendar. In 2012, Passover will be celebrated beginning at sundown Saturday, April 6 and lasting through Friday, April 14. On the Hebrew lunisolar calendar (which is based on both moon phases and solar cycles), Passover is celebrated on Nissan 15-22. Here are resources for Jewish kids and parents to explore and celebrate Passover more fully. These activities can help non-Jewish families understand and experience Hebrew traditions, too. Read more at Jewish Passover lessons and activities for families

Free Printable Jewish Purim Activities

The Hebrew celebration of Purim begins at sundown on March 9, 2009. Each year Jewish observances fall on different days, because our Hebrew brother and sisters do not follow our western Gregorian calendar. Purim celebrates the bravery and wisdom of a simple Jewish girl, Esther who became queen to Ahasuerus, King of Persia. King Ahasuerus's first wife Queen Vashti was very beautiful. One night the King demanded that Vashti parade naked in front of all his guests. She refused and was executed. Here are activities, lessons and crafts for this sacred Jewish holiday. Read more at Free Printable Jewish Purim Activities

Free Printable Lent and Catholic Easter Coloring Pages

For Catholics and Christians, Easter is about more than just bunnies and candy. Easter is about the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here are free printable stations of the cross, rosary, saints and Easter bible story coloring pages. The Catholic and Orthodox churches, and some protestant Christian churches, observe the season of Lent for forty days before Easter. Lent "follows" Jesus's during forty days of fasting in the desert when He was tempted by Satan. in preparation for His sacrifice on the cross. During Lent, we pray, fast and do acts of mercy, almsgiving and penance to imitate Jesus. We follow the "Way of the Cross" or Stations of the Cross and pray the rosary. Read more at Free Printable Lent and Catholic Easter Coloring Pages

Free Printable President's Day Coloring Pages, Activities, Lessons,Games

Looking for great free printable President's Day lessons, activities, coloring pages? I wrote this article for 4th of July, but the activities will work for President's Day, too. These American patriotic feature lessons on many presidents including George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln. Here are free printable games, coloring pages, homeschool and classroom activities to enjoy. Use as party invitations, party games and party decorations. Use these free printables in conjunction with my other 4th of July backyard articles. Read more at 4th of July Free Printable Coloring and Games

Free Printable Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities

Free Printable Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities Carter G. Woodson created the idea of Black History Month in 1926, but it wasn't until 50 years later when the first February Black History Month was celebrated during the United States bicentennial. Here are free printable black history lessons. Black History Month explores the history, culture, struggles and contributions of the African diaspora (displaced or forced immigration population) in the US, Canada and UK (they observe African-American history month in October). Use these activities in your classroom or homeschool. For 2012, MLK Jr. Day falls on Jan. 16. Read on...

Free Printable New Year's Craft Activities

Free Printable New Year's Craft Activities One of our New Year's traditions is the hanging of the new calendar. Just in time for back-to-school after holidays, here are free printable New Year's calendars, writing prompts for resolutions, games, planners and activities. I've tested these links and they user-friendly. For best results, set your printer preferences to 'fast,economical'. You can save lots of money on printing ink and still get a nice quality print-out. Here are links...