Note: Add some fun twists and turns to your game with the info in this post.
Waffle Challenge
Try and compare different brands of frozen, boxed mixes, homemade waffle recipes or some combo of your choosing. Give your opinion about the things you try. Try gluten free and regular versions (if possible). Write or video record your opinion or talk about it with someone else and get their thoughts about the taste test.
Alt: Make or buy waffles and try them with different toppings. Try something you have never thought to try them with. Do a quick image search to get some suggestion. Discuss what you like and dislike about whatever you try.
Waffle Word Search
Waffle Related Activities
Waffle Trivia
Waffles trace back to what culture?
When did waffle irons start?
When did the 1st waffle recipe appear in cook books?
Why Christmas: The History of the Yule Log – Learn how the Yule Log was used by various cultures and countries.
Learn Religions: Make a Yule Log – In addition to instructions for how to make a Yule Log centerpiece that can burn candles, and learn a little of the history and symbology of this historic tradition.
I personally think a dictionary is a very useful tool and was curious to know who was the first to take the time to create one. I also wondered if any other cultures had and used a similar idea. As it turns out, dictionaries go WAY back to ancient times in one form or another!
The modern English dictionary was invented by Samuel Johnson and published in 1755.
This is a documentary about Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man
YouTube Dictionary Playlist – These videos and others can be found in the playlist created for this topic.
🐞 For the Little Ones🐞
If you have a little one, go to the library and find some picture books and a child’s dictionary and check a few out. If you have a few of your own on hand already… Find words via the pictures included in the publication and read or talk about their meanings. Act out pictures and have fun with them. Make up a sentence using the actions you created while reading though the books together. Related Post: Dictionaries – Access all the days in one place!
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Timely: The Importance of Calendars – This article talks about some of the import reasons communities and individuals should keep calendars, along with the benefits.
Holidappy: Birth Symbols – Each month has its own bird, flower, tree, myth, etc. find out what they mean.
Ducksters: Today In History – Find out what happened today in history and scroll down to the bottom to find out about the rest of the month. Click on a month, then you’ll find out: That month’s birthstone, flower name, name meaning, most recognized holidays for that month, how to say that month’s name in different languages, and fun facts, plus you’ll see a calendar of days. Each day will tell you a few things that happened on that day, and the year it happened. Lifehack.org: The Evolution of the Calendar: How to Use a Calendar Today– This article talks about how calendar use has changed over the years and how technology has helped those changes along. The New York Times: Paper Calendars Endure Despite the Digital Age – This article discusses trends in paper and digital calendar usage.
Calendars That Feature: Events, Wacky Holidays, & Other Special Days
National Day Calendar – Main page – Find out what the day’s holidays, birthdays and events are and look at the whole month at a glance. Time & Date.com: Fun Holidays – Site offers a list of fun, wacky & trivial holidays. Click on the month you’re most interested in.
Homefires: Monthly Learning Calendar – This calendar changes from month to month automatically to keep you updated on interesting things to learn about.
Apples 4 The Teacher: Holidays – Scroll down to the month you want to look at to find out what special days there are for the month. Holiday Insights: Holidays – Daily holidays for each month. Click on the month you want to view. This site offers food days as well.
On This Day: Click on the area you want to know more about each day. Search by name, month, day, or event, birth, wedding, and death. Still Learning Something New: Special Days Calendars – Archive – You’ll get a nice long list of important days that that month offers, featured themes (ex: National Pizza Month), and featured food items/themes for that month.
National University of Singapore: Chinese Calendar (PDF) also Calendars in Singapore covers: The Islamic Calendar, Indian Calendar, and other information.
University Washington Dept of Education: The Chinese Zodiac– This informative site gives information about the Chinese Zodiac.
Mayan WebExhibits: Calendars Through The Ages: The Mayan Calendar – Information about the history of the Mayan calendar and how it works. NOTE: If you click on the link for Calendars Through The Ageslink, you will connect with other types of calendars that are in use and not in use to learn about.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: Living Maya Time: The Calendar System – Explains the Haab cycle. Native American
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center: The Lakota Moon Calendar – Find out how the moon played an important roll in keeping time and the name and meaning for each moon.
Crystallinks.com: Native American Calendars –Article offers information about how some Native American tribes kept track of days, months, and years.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center: Eclipse: Calendars – Includes: Intro, Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Julian Calendars
Calendar Zone: Cultural Calendars– Many of the links on this site are not working but the information about the dozens of different types of calendars of the world from various cultures offers many more choices and learning directions that can be studied.
Videos
YouTube: Calendars Playlist – Learn how the modern calendar evolved over the centuries. Here are one of the informative videos in the list.
Wikipedia: Bell– Etymology, history, styles of ringing, church and temple bells, bellfounding and more. Also, Campanology – The study of bells. Owlcation: Interesting Facts About the History of Bells – Article includes information about: Introduction of Bells Across the World, How Were Bells Made, Tuning of the Bell, What Are Handbells?, Bell Towers, What is Bell Metal?, and a list of Famous Bells Around The World. Site includes photos and videos.
Brosamer’s Bells: Bell History – Offers a short article and a photo gallery of old bell information that includes pricing information, informative text, descriptions, part names, and more. Pictures can be viewed on line or downloaded.
History of Bells.com: History of Bells – Information about the cultural history of bells, and bell facts. There are more featured articles on the bottom of the page.
FreePatternsArea: Bell Shaped Christmas Decoration Craft Cut Out Pattern – Download the pattern, print it out, and cut it. Right click on your mouse to capture the pattern you want and save it to your computer or copy and paste it into a file graphic.
First Palette: Bells – Offers a page with 4, 2, and 1 bell to download and use.
YouTube: Bells Playlist – This list includes more than 30 bell related videos about the history of bells, listen to bell ringers, learn how to draw bells, and origami bells, and bell crafts. Here’s one of the videos in the list…
Exploratorium: Chocolate – Discover…..The sweet science of chocolate. This is an excellent place to begin your study of chocolate!
Science Museum of Minnesota: Where are cacao trees grown? Find out here. Field Museum: Chocolate – Just for Kids: History, activities, process of making and much more. Cornell University:Chocolate: Food of the Gods. There is a lot of information about chocolate on this site. Includes the history of the product, how it grows, health information and much more. Washington Edu: Discovering the Sweet Mysteries of Chocolate – Brief history and the science of chocolate for kids.
The Gourmet Chocolate of the Month Club: Chocolate History Timeline – Chocolate History Timeline from 2000 B.C. to 1938 WW II. Hershey: Our-Story – Discover Hershey: There’s more to Hershey then meets the eye. Find out who Milton Hershey was, and how chocolate is made.
Cadbury: Discovering Chocolate – The Great Chocolate Discovery – This article discusses how chocolate was discovered, how ancient Mayans and Aztecs used it, and its introduction into Spain and Europe.
Chocolate.org: Chocolate and the Aztecs – History of chocolate, the Aztecs, and the Spanish: Introducing Cacao, Meet the Aztecs, The Aztecs Were Followers, and Chocolate Lives On.
ICCO: International Cocoa Organization: The Chocolate Industry – Who are the main manufacturers of chocolate in the world?
FranW.com – Chocolate Activities – I offer more chocolate related posts, including resources and recipes such as a chocolate egg cream, chocolate covered pretzels, lip balm, bubble bath and a hot cocoa base here. Homeschool Share: Chocolate Unit Study – Free unit study.
Homefires: Chocolate Curriculum – This curriculum was designed for groups or individuals. I wrote it, I hope you enjoy it!
YouTube: Chocolate Playlist– How chocolate is grown and made, chocolate art, hot chocolate recipes, chocolate modeling clay recipe and how to, factory tours, how luxury chocolates are made, and other interesting chocolate related videos. Here’s one of the videos in the list…
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Ireland’s Eye: Hidden Ireland:A guide to Irish Fairies – Introduction– Look to the left of the screen for more information about Irish Fairies. This site offers short bits of info.
Project Gutenberg: Free, downloadable versions of the following books:
Wikipedia: Hawaii – Geography and environment, history, demographics, economy, culture and more. Also, Hawaiian Dishes.
Lonely Planet: Hawaii – Scroll down to view what the site has to offer in the way of experiences, launch an interactive map, read some articles, and see what activities Hawaii has to offer.
Hawaiian Words: Hear the Spoken Word – Listen to how Hawaiian words are pronounced. Learn how to say: Essential words, common words, the names of places, or scroll through the Hawaiian dictionary to see how words are spelt and translated.
Go Hawaii: This site can be used to plan a trip to Hawaii. It shows you the sites and activities available.
Hawaii.edu: Recipes – Choose a Hawaiian recipe to try!
FranW.com: Ukulele – Learn about the ukulele, a Hawaiian instrument.
YouTube: Hawaii Playlist– Check out some of the videos I’ve collected about Hawaii! Here’s a sample of one of the videos in my list.
History, including prehistoric Ireland, politics, economy, geography, flora and fauna, demographics, and culture. Information about the Government of Irelandcan be found on this site as well.
Includes a map, information about: its location, the capitol, languages, population, flag, climate, major rivers, high and low points, printables, and craft ideas.
Sign up for “Irish for Beginners”, a FREE one month course.
Omniglot: Irish (Gaeilge) Offers information about the language, including: The origin of writing in Ireland, the Ogham alphabet, with medieval manuscripts, modern Irish alphabet, pronunciation and more.
Rip.ie: Irish Wakes Information about traditional Irish wakes.
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, Stories & Drama
Luminarium: Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama There is a lot to choose from on this site. Literature, myths, folklore, stories, art, music, Irish fairies, saints, film and more.
for how to make a Yule Log centerpiece that can burn candles, and learn a little of the history and symbology of this historic tradition.
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