Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Sunday, April 16th, is Easter...
Easter is nearly here... Doesn't seem like the year should be going this fast, but it is. With Easter, we often start to feel like Spring is finally getting here. At least this year, we are getting some nice weather in Minnesota for Easter.
Did you know?:
Easter is nearly here... Doesn't seem like the year should be going this fast, but it is. With Easter, we often start to feel like Spring is finally getting here. At least this year, we are getting some nice weather in Minnesota for Easter.
Did you know?:
- Easter accounts for 12 percent of the dollar volume for holiday flowersales, according to the Society of American Florists. More than 10 million lilies, the most popular Easter flower are sold each year.
- Americans are expected to spend $1.18 billion on candy this Easter,according to the National Confectioners Association. Easter ranks second incandy sales after Halloween.
- Easter is the fourth most-popular holiday for sending greeting cards, behind Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day, according to the Greeting Card Association.
- Sales of Easter decorations reached over $440 million per year, according to the Unity Marketing "Gifts & Decorative Accents" Report.
- More than 60 million chocolate bunnies, 2 million marshmallow chicks per day, and 15 billion jellybeans will be produced for Easter, according to theNational Confectioners Association.
- Adventurous Bunny and Easter Island - Online story.
- Alfy's Pick's for Easter and Passover
- Basket Bonus - A guide for teachers or parents relating to creating a basket filled with Easter activities that will have your children intrigued for hours.
- Billy Bear's Happy Easter - Online games, crafts, the Easter Story, coloring book, and many other activities.
- Black Dog's Easter Celebration - Games and activities, free stuff and downloads, and links to other Easter sites.
- DLTK's Crafts - Easter crafts for kids.
- Easter and Spring Crafts - These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. From Enchanted Learning.....cool!
- Easter at Alphabet Soup - Easter history, songs, poems, books, a couple of games, and more for Easter.
- Easter at the Holiday Spot - Crafts, pictures to color, poems, send Easter Greetings, Easter fonts (free), and more. The music is a little annoying, but this site has some good activities.
- Easter at PrimaryGames.com - This site has coloring pages, games, electronic Easter postcards, and more.
- Easter at Woman's Day - There lots of activities here for you to use at Eastertime.
- EasterBunny's Net - Songs, recipes, traditions, and more.
- Easter Craft Projects - Fun and easy Easter craft projects for kids and grownups alike. There are free Easter graphics available too.
- Easter Egg Hunt - Online game...can you find all the eggs?
- Easter Fun - Games, art, songs, fingerplays, and more.
- Easter at Funology
- Easter Links - Several good links to Easter resources from Debbie's Unit Factory.
- EasterLinks.com - There's 241 links for you to choose from! Find everything you've been looking for this Easter!
- Easter Magic - Easter games for kids.
- Easter on the Net - Includes the story of Easter, why we have Easter eggs, some Easter goodies & coloring pages.
- Easter Pages from Scotland Online - Send an Easter card, read some Easter jokes, play an Easter game and more.
- Easter Recipes - An assortment of recipes for cakes, candies, cookie recipes, pies, and ideas for Easter dinners.
- Easter Seal Society - "Easter Seal people make a difference in the lives of the children and their families by providing direct services, programs, research, advocacy and public education."
- Easter Theme - Bulletin board ideas, activities, crafts, songs, and more.
- Easter Theme - Art projects, recipes, and Easter songs.
- Easter Time at Kids' Domain - Crafts, clipart, games, printables, puzzles, books, color pages and more!
- Easter Worksheet - Interactive worksheet that your students will enjoy.
- Eggcyclopedia - Everything eggs.
- Eggs - My hotlist page on eggs.
- Eggs-ellent Easter on Kate.net - Screen savers, wallpapers, word search puzzle, fun stuff and activities, and more.
- Egg Theme - Includes using eggs in math activities, matching games, creating sounds, and songs to sing.
- Egg Trivia Hunt - Your students will enjoy this scavenger hunt.
- Everything Easter - Just what the name implies...you will find everything from Easter crafts and the History of the Easter Bunny to stories by Beatrix Potter, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Scroll down to see the pop-up menu.
- Family and Kids' Easter Links - Great set of links.
- From Egg to Chick - "Isn't it Eggciting? - Raising chicks and activities for the classroom with eggs".
- Great American Egg Hunt - Internet project hosted by Hazel Jobe at Marshall Elementary School. (This project is not current, but you might get some ideas here.)
- History of the Easter Egg
- How to Decorate Easter Eggs - Directions for Blowing Out Eggs, Egg Molds, Swirled Eggs, Ukranian Easter Eggs, Dying Easter Eggs--the Natural way, Crepe Paper Dye, Food Coloring Dye, Spotted or Stripped Eggs, Marble Eggs, Sponge Painted Eggs, and Waxed Eggs.
- How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs - This Web site will tell you everything you need to know about the basics of making pysanky (more commonly known as Ukrainian Easter Eggs)!
- Internet Activities for Easter and Passover - Great stuff here.
- Lesson Plans for Easter and Passover - From Alfy.
- One Little Rabbit - Online story....cute! Lil' Fingers storybooks are animated stories for parents to read with their kids. Stories are presented with large text and big buttons for little fingers to click on.
- Not Just for Kids! Easter Basket - Easter poems/stories, Easter egg hunt, recipes, and more for kids!
- Resources for Easter and Passover - From Alfy.
- Some Bunny Loves You - Lesson ideas.
- Story of Easter Eggs - Read about the custom and traditions of Easter eggs.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:27 PM 
