January Ideas -- snowflakes -- Newbery -- Bookmark contest winners Bookmark contest rules

Happy New Year!! -

• New Year Traditions around the world - FatherTime.net
• New Year's customs around the world and quiz
• First Country to enter 2012
• Infoplease: 2011 people in the news

Epiphany - YouTube - digital version of the nativity

Caldecott and Newbery winners
"for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children"

• Newbery books ranked - Allen County PL
• Survey results on most read - Fairrosa Cyber Library (January)
• 100 Best Books for children - from National Education Association NEA
• 100 Top Children's novels - Fuse #8 Blog from School Library Journal 2010

Mock Newbery Award nominees Mock Newbery 2012ppt-- see also Cybils (Children and YA bloggers)

90 second Newbery videos by students, sponsored by James Kennedy
Caldecott PPT - historical review and list of past winners

Calendar activities

• January calendar - ReadWriteThink.org - connected calendar
• January days - books are links from a Log Cabin Librarian
  
• January is..... MI Kids
  
• January themes - ABC Teach
  
• Monthly Activity Calendar - Enchanted Learning
  
• Monthly Themes - EduPlace - New Years (coloring pages, crafts), Rain Forest
  
• Teacher's Calendar of Events - Education Oasis

Others

• Louis Braille birthday - Jan. 4th - games, activities, secret messages
• Inventors Day - January 17th
• Lewis and Clark - National day of commemoration (Jan. 18th)
• Winnie the Pooh Day (January 18th)
  • Just Pooh.com
  • Winnie the Pooh - celebrate 75 years
• Martin Luther King Day (January 21s - Sue LeBeau)) [see also Black History Month]
  • Martin's Big words - book read online at Bookflix (need SPL card#)
    • also Martin Luther King book
  • List of resources from Seattle Times
  • Quiz (online) from Seattle Times
• Snowflake fun -
  and check out Snowflake Bently book and Snowflakes on BookFlix (need Seattle PL card #)
  • SnowCrystals - pictures of snowflakes
  • Snowflake Fun - make a flake online
  • Snowflake Designer - create design online - ExplorELearning
  • Paper snowflakes - basic folding and cutting patterns shown
  • Paper Snowflakes for everyone - patterns, stencils, templates, science of, history of and more
  • Snowflake Science - seeing and making with borax
• Superbowl Sunday
  • National Football League
  • Profootball Hall of Fame
  • Seattle Seahawks
• Chinese New Year (January 23, 2012) Year of the dragon

Winter and Children's Literature (Carol Hurst)

Lesson ideas

• BillyBear's4Kids Winter lesson ideas
• Education World's Winter lessons
• Monthly Activity Calendar - Enchanged Learning - daily clickable activity: crafts, printouts, quizzes

Bookmark contest winners - Scholastic Book Fair

• 2011-2012 with pictures
• 2010-2011
• 2009-2010
• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008
• 2006-2007
• 2005-2006
• 2004-2005
• 2003-2004

Other months

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