Linking You to 26 Sites About Hanukkah

December has arrived, and with it three holidays to celebrate. The first one on the calendar is Hanukkah, which has so many different spellings it is bound to confuse most kids. Joe Maller's site lists sixteen different spellings:

Hanukkah : 8,470,000 hits.
Chanukah : 3,390,000 hits.
Hanukah : 862,000 hits.
Hannukah : 677,000 hits.
Chanuka : 335,000 hits.
Chanukkah : 274,000 hits.
Hanuka : 192,000 hits.
Channukah : 128,000 hits.
Chanukka : 116,000 hits.*
Hanukka : 86,300 hits.
Hannuka : 51,400 hits.
Hannukkah : 37,300 hits.
Channuka : 33,600 hits.
Xanuka : 992 hits.
Hannukka : 686 hits.
Channukkah : 508 hits.
Channukka : 489 hits.
Chanuqa : 25 hits.

Here are 26 different sites with wonderful resources for Hanukkah:

AtoZ Teacher Stuff- coloring pages and crafts; sorted by grade level

Awesome Library- recipes, worksheets, activities

Billy Bear 4 Kids- crafts and games

Class Brain- coloring pages

ESL Holiday Lessons- has a few quizzes and fill in the blanks

Hanukkah- from History.com; information and video

Hanukkah Activities, Projects, and Lesson Plans- The Teacher's Corner

Hanukkah Celebrations Around the World- slideshow

Hanukkah Word Puzzles, Printables

Hanukkah Worksheets-  some sheets are for members only; some are free

Hanukkah Worksheets- from SuperTeacherWorksheets

Internet 4 Classrooms- games, songs, stories

Kids' Domain- coloring pages

Menorah Lighting Slideshow




The Story of Hanukkah- from 13 edOnline's Teaching Heritage page

The Story of Hanukkah- printable worksheet fro grades 3-5

Teachers First- traditions, learn about the menorah, games

Teacher Planet- lessons and worksheets

TeacherVision's List of Hanukkah Resources- lesson plans, printables, quizzes, slideshows

TeAchnology-worksheets, songs, writing paper, workbooks

Yahoo! Kids- cards, recipes, history, stories, poems, games