Winter Holidays

During the winter months, we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year!

During the winter months, we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year!

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Tree-mendous Angles!
Tree-mendous Angles!

Lesson

Grades: 3

This lesson helps 3rd graders explore angles (right, acute, obtuse) by designing Christmas trees with specific angle requirements using protractors. They'll also practice identifying these angles in...

SC State Christmas Tree | From the Sky
SC State Christmas Tree | From the Sky

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The holiday season in South Carolina hosts a blend of tradition, warmth, and festive spirit. Each year, the South Carolina State Christmas Tree embarks on a journey, starting as a carefully selected...
The Singing Christmas Tree (1985)
The Singing Christmas Tree (1985)

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Enjoy live performances with costumed dancers, and a medley of traditional holiday music and carols alongside a narrative of the first Christmas. This twentieth anniversary celebration was produced...
First Milo Moose Day Celebration (1988)
First Milo Moose Day Celebration (1988)

Video

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

Milo the Moose arrives home for the Christmas celebration on the Santa Express Train with Engineer Elf. Milo shares his tales of woe about not being a reindeer. Reindeers received all the attention...
The Gargoyle: Christmas Special (1982)
The Gargoyle: Christmas Special (1982)

Video

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

It's Christmas Eve, and the children are singing Christmas carols around a lighted tree in the courtyard below. In the bell tower of the cathedral is a small, lonely gargoyle who has for centuries...
Crack the Holiday Code with Smart Cat
Crack the Holiday Code with Smart Cat

Document

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

We asked Smart Cat to share his holiday favorites. Unscramble each of the words below by putting one letter in each box. Once you have all the words unscrambled, use the numbers below some of the...
12 Days of Kindness with Smart Cat
12 Days of Kindness with Smart Cat

Document

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3

The holidays are about family, fun, and kindness! Smart Cat is challenging you to complete all these kind activities! After you do each activity, color the light in. If you do everything listed, light...
What Does Your Family Like to Do?
What Does Your Family Like to Do?

Document

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2

Many families have Holiday traditions. Use this worksheet to tell Smart Cat about all the holiday traditions you have with your family and/or friends!
What Are you Thankful For – List the things
What Are you Thankful For – List the things

Document

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2

There are so many reasons to be grateful. What are you thankful for? Use the word ‘Thanksgiving’ to list the many things you are thankful for in this fun worksheet.
Hanukkah: Lighting the Darkness | Palmetto Scene
Hanukkah: Lighting the Darkness | Palmetto Scene

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Rabbi Hesh Epstein of the Chabad of South Carolina explains Hanukkah and why this festival of lights is so important to the Jewish faith. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights and...
Christmas Fern | The Cove Forest
Christmas Fern | The Cove Forest

Photo

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Polystichum acrostichoides) This evergreen fern commonly occurs in moist sites including ravines and rocky slopes. Only the leaves emerge above ground - the stem is underground. Like all ferns, it...