Christmas learning skills on the web

As a matter of fact, this is one of the best times of the year to reinforce all that learning that has taken place from September until now.

Children can work on their reading skills and have fun on the sites featured below.

They won’t even realise all the skills they’re learning.

See how Christmas is celebrated all over the world by checking out http://www.whychristmas.

com/cultures/.

Just click on the flag next to the name of the country to find fun facts about the country.

Student get cool geography lessons when they pull up information by clicking green countries on a map.

The History Channel offers a site with essays and videos about Christmas carols, Christmas celebrations, Christmas gift giving, Santa Claus and the origins of the candy cane at http://www.history.

com/topics/christmas/ history-of-christmas.

Did you know that Santa used to wear many different coloured clothes until a Coca Cola advertisement in the 1930s dressed him in red? On this site, students learn a lot about Christmas history.

Following directions can mean the difference between success and failure in life and school. Christmas offers a fun way to teach this skill to children through holiday baking.

The site below offers baking projects for children. Children learn the gift of giving when creating an apple pie cookie kit in a jar. Making Rudolph shortbread cookies teaches mathematics skills. Mini elf doughnuts teach the concept of scale, melted snowmen teach creativity.

Each recipe is rated for difficulty and each recipe provides the amount of time it takes to make the treat.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.

com/recipes/collection/ christmas-kids Children can practise their reading skills with a fun, interactive