Explore & Grow: Holidays Around the World
ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP RESOURCE
Explore & Grow: Holidays Around the World: A Global Perspective (K–8) Celebrate culture through hands-on learning! This print-and-go packet guides students across Israel, Mexico, India, and Sweden with bite-size history, kid-friendly videos/read-alouds, and creative activities. Learners spin and make a dreidel, try traditional recipes (like latkes or sufganiyot), create rangoli and diyas for Diwali, weave Scandinavian hearts, explore Dala horses, and reflect with age-appropriate writing prompts—including 3-paragraph essays for grades 6–8. Perfect for classrooms, at-home learning, or a December cultural unit—choose pages by grade band and go.
What’s inside
Country spotlights with quick history + curated videos/read-alouds
Hands-on crafts & games (dreidel, rangoli, diyas, woven hearts, Dala horses)
Food explorations & simple recipes
Matching/vocabulary tasks and reflection prompts (K–8, with 6–8 extensions)
How to use Pick a country, preview the links, print the pages for your grade band, and finish with a short write-up or presentation comparing traditions.
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