April is .. April Fools Day - Arbor Day & Earth Day - Holocaust remembrance National Poetry Month - Morse Code

• April Activities MiKids
• April calendar - ReadWriteThink.org - connected calendar
• April Holidays and celebrations - SueLeBeau - every day you'd want to know
• April showers - hotlist of ideas - EdTEch Center Kennesaw
• Calendar for April -Enchanted Learning - daily ideas - crafts, printouts, quizzes
• Connected Calendar ClassroomConnect-authors, curriculum-based research topics and more

National Poetry Month see also St. Joe's Poetry page with fun and games - and lesson plans

• Forms of Poetry for Children links by type of poetry
• National Poetry Month Scholastic with printable activities by grade level
• National Poetry Month FamilyEducation - quizzes, fill in the blank
• Poetry - Teacher's corner-links and lesson plans
• Poetry month lesson plans Teacher Vision
• Poetry for children Internet School Library Media Center
• Shel Silverstein - animated poetry page
  

International Children's Book Day - April 2nd (Hans Christian Andersen's birthday)

• Hans Christian Andersen.com - read fairy tales, play games
  • Grim Fairy Tales.com
• Hans Christian Andersen - list of fairy tales and information
• Hans Christian Andersen Center

April Fools Day

• Tricked by the calendar - Franklin Institute calendar explanation
  • Propose a new calendar??

Holocaust Days of Remembrance- Yom Hashoah
for more see Holocaust

• US Holocaust Museum
• America and the Holocaust: primary sources PBS
• Diary of Anne Frank webquest- by middle school students
• Documentary resources on the Nazi genocide and its denial
• Holocaust and Resistance - Edsitement - a history lesson for grades 9-12 that examines the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution
• Holocaust Worksheets - Teachnology - collection of free, printable worksheets related to the study and teaching of the Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945).
• Teaching the Holocaust - Education World links
• Washington State Holocaust Educational Resource Center

Earth Day(April 22) and Arbor Day (April 13)

• ArborDay.com
• ArborDay.org - National Arbor Day Foundation
• Celebrate Earth Day KidsDomain
• Doug the Slug - games and activities - click on dinosaur for thesaurasaurus
• Earth Day Compilation of resources, ideas Teacher.Net
• Earth Day Envirolink
• Earth Day - Environmental Protection Agency
• Earth Day Grocery Project
• Earth Day Network
• Earth Day links from KidsClick
• Earth Day - TeacherVision cross-curricular lessons and activities
• Greatest Earth Day Planet Pals
• Keeping our Planet Green Lin and Don Donn page of lesson plans, activities, resources

Morse Code - Samuel Morse, born on April 27

• CSS Sam's Operation Dit-Dah - beginner, intermediate, advanced code decoding -NSA (FLASH)
• Morse code converter (FLASH)
• Morse code translator

Easter fun

• Easter ABCTeach- reading, writing, mathematics, and art activities - early elementary
• Easter Printable pages - About.com
• What's all the EGG-citement about Education World

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