Apples4theteacher Newsletter
Volume III, Issue 14
This issue contains:
1. Greeting
2. Become a Facebook Fan or Follow Us on Twitter
3. Topic - Holiday Party Games
4. Apples4theteacher Holiday Activities
5. Kids Printables and Christmas Activities
6. More Holiday Related Links
7. New Online Games for the Holiday Break!
8. Subscription Management
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1. December 11, 2010
Dear john,
Winter holidays start in less than 2 weeks and I thought I'd
remind you of some ideas from our website as well as point out
some new resources.
Enjoy!
Judy Miller
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3. Topic - Holiday Party Games
Holiday Party Games
When the family gets together during the holidays, anything is
bound to happen. All in attendance get a healthy dose of food,
fellowship, and fun. If your house is the site for this year's
family party, don't forget the games!
Games are great for challenging the mind and getting a little
friendly competition going between family members. Choose games
that will work for kids and some for the adults. Some games will
work for both. Here is a list of potential games that could liven
up your family celebration this year.
1. Santa Exchanges – This game is full of fun. The object is for
everyone to bring a wrapped gift and put it in a designated area
like under the tree or on a table. Then each person draws a
number from a hat. In turn, each person gets to pick a gift from
under the tree. When it is their turn, each participant has the
option to pick a gift from under the tree or take a gift from
someone who has already chosen. The catch is that once a gift is
chosen, the person has to unwrap it and show the group. All gifts
should be in the same price range but some will be nicer than
others. Also, the first person to go is the last person to get a
chance to exchange their gift. They get to choose from all the
gifts in the group. This game works best for adults. Younger
children may not appreciate the "exchanging" part of the game.
2. Timed Guessing Games – This includes naming the gifts on each
of the 12 days of Christmas, naming as many Christmas carols as
you can, taking a word and making as many words as you can from
it, and a Christmas word scramble. Kids and adults are good for
this one. You can find tons of printables at
Apples4theteacher.com to use for this game.
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3. Family Trivia – Who knows the most about their relatives? Let
each relative write down something that happened to them and give
them to the person in charge of the game. Everyone else gets a
piece of paper. After each question is read, all players write
down whom in the room each is referring to. The one with the most
correct answers at the end of the list wins.
4. Charades – This is a tried and true party game. All of the
puzzles have to relate to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or other
winter holidays. Some examples include a cartoon, movie, book,
song, or event. The team with the most correct answers wins.
5. Name that Christmas Carol – This is just like "Name that
Tune." Sing or play a CD with the first line or two of a
Christmas carol. The family contestant has to come up with the
next line correctly. Start off with easy carols and progress to
harder ones as you go up the ladder.
6. Snowman Scramble - Divide the children into two teams, with
one person from each team as the "snowman". Put the snowmen at
one end of the room, with a box of clothes and other things to
dress the snowman in. You could use hats, scarves, jackets, even
a nose on a string, like a clown nose. Have a relay race to see
which team can completely dress their snowman first.
7. Pin the Tail Variations - there are many variations of "Pin
the Tail on the Donkey" that could be played. Use a picture of
reindeer and play "Pin the Nose on Rudolph". Another way to play
is to put Santa's hat on his head. You could have a package that
needs a bow on top. If you want to make it more complicated, for
older kids, have a picture tree with several decorations that
need to be hung on the tree. Whoever gets the most on the tree
wins.
These are but a few of the great games you can come up with to
keep the family in stitches this holiday season. Enjoy the fun,
laughter and memories that will be made!
4. Apples4theteacher Holiday Activities
Hanukkah
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* Hanukkah - Learn about the origin and meaning behind the
holiday. Activities include crafts, printables, word jumbles,
word search puzzles, vocabulary worksheets, a thematic addition
mat, manipulative literacy games, a dreidel game, interactive
coloring pages, jigsaw puzzles, children's book reviews, party
game ideas and an interactive word search puzzle.
Winter
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* Winter - Learn about the season of winter. You will find an
index of activities that include coloring pages, printables, word
jumbles, word search puzzles, vocabulary worksheets, a thematic
addition mat, manipulative literacy games, animated jigsaw
puzzles, a snowflake factory (teaches symmetry), crafts,
children's book reviews, short stories, poems and an interactive
word search puzzle.
Christmas Fun
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* Christmas Fun - Learn about the origin of Christmas and the
symbols associated with the holiday. Activities include
interactive coloring pages, crafts, interactive odd and even
numbers printables, word jumbles, word search puzzles, vocabulary
worksheets, thematic addition mats, manipulative literacy games,
stocking stuffer ideas, craft books, animated jigsaw puzzles,
Christmas party game ideas, children's book reviews, poems,
recipes and cooking activities, songs, short stories, interactive
word find puzzle and a word jumble.
* Christmas Fun Printables - Christmas vocabulary word
magnets, alphabetical order worksheets, coloring pages, word
jumbles, word searches, secret phrase manipulative, and a
Christmas themed addition mats. Categories of games include
Christmas decor, Christmas gifts, Santa's reindeer, all about
Santa and Christmas treats.
Religious Christmas
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* Religious Christmas - Activities to remind us of the reason
for the season. Activities include interactive religious biblical
coloring pages, printables, word jumbles, word search puzzles,
vocabulary worksheets, a thematic addition mat, manipulative
literacy games, children's book reviews, poetry, crafts,
Christmas carols, plays and skits, Christmas prayers, religious
short stories and an interactive word search puzzle.
Kwanzaa
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* Kwanzaa - Learn about the symbols of Kwanzaa as well as the
holiday origin and celebration. Activities include interactive
coloring pages, printables, word jumbles, word search puzzles,
vocabulary worksheets, a thematic addition mat, manipulative
literacy games, children's book reviews, crafts and an
interactive word search puzzle.
5. Kids Printables and Christmas Activities
Need more ideas other than our f*ree printables offered above?
From the creator of "Making Math Fun," comes a new Christmas
digital download collection. Included in the download are
printable Christmas word puzzles, card games, board games, bingo,
dominoes, Christmas math worksheets, Christmas party games,
Christmas writing activities, Christmas mazes, Christmas cards,
gift tags, Christmas bookmarks and coloring pages.
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6. Holiday Related Links
Below are printable games from a different website if you haven't
found exactly what you're looking for:
More Kids Christmas Party Games and Printables - Bible Babies,
Christmas Riddles, Holiday Bingo, Christmas Bingo, Christmas Word
Search, Christmas Movie Characters, Word Scramble, Family Trivia,
Finish My Phrase, Tic Tac Toe, Cookies for Santa, Happy Birthday
Jesus, Cerebral Christmas Carol Match, The Twelve Days of
Christmas, Charades, Christmas Jeopardy, Placemats, Reindeer
Games, Recipe Cards, The Many Names of Santa Claus, Toy Trivia
and more...
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7. New Online Games for the Holiday Break!
We're busy restructuring our site to make it easy for you to find
games by various teaching activities. It's going to take us
awhile to cross reference everything. But in the meantime, enjoy
what we're building out!
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