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 The Twelve Days of Christmas
If you've never celebrated the twelve days of Christmas or aren't even sure which days are the twelve days of Christmas, we invite you to learn and plan you're own twelve days of Christmas. we've tied informational links to each verse of the song, as well as provided some fun activities to do based on the 12 Days of Christmas song. |
 A Christmas Greeting
There was a time when the spirit of Christmas was of the present. There is a period when most of it is of the past. There shall come a day perhaps when all of it will be of the future. The child time, the present; the middle years, the past; old age, the future.
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 Looking Into the Manger
I love to let my imagination dwell upon that scene. Sometimes I think wayfarers may have gathered in the tavern hard by and with music and play sought to while away the hours as travellers have from time immemorial. Perhaps in some pause in their merriment, a strange cry of anguish, borne by the night wind from the rude shelter without, may have stopped their revelry for a moment and one may have asked of another: "What is that?"
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 On Christmas Giving
By looking at what Christmas is not or shouldn’t be, Cyrus Townsend Brady helps us discover what Christmas should be. The notion of Christmas spirit today is rather vague and seems to center on feeling a happy holidays cheeriness. If you’re looking for true Christmas spirit, let Brady point you to the starting place kneeling in worship of our Savior King.
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 Focus - Just for Fun
Craft & Fun Time Recipes
Recipes for Play Dough, Edible Fun Dough, Enormous Bubbles, Fingerpaint, Silly Putty, Oobleck, Sidewalk Chalk, Gum for Home Made Stickers, and Glurch.
Ice Sun Catchers
A good project to teach children about water and its freezing point is to allow children to do an ice sun catcher. The fun thing about this is that if you live in an area that is below freezing, you can hang this outside and enjoy it until the temperature climbs to above freezing.
Domino Power
A game of dominoes is a terrific way to work math practice into family fun. There are many varied ways of playing dominoes. Start out simple and work up to more complicated games.
Just for Fun Eclectic Weblinks
Lots of fun places to visit online.
 Time Wasters
There are six years of time wasters posted. You can spend hundreds of hours doing nothing but have fun.
Editors Note: Beware! Some of these time wasters are addictive (example-Desktop Tower Defense) You’ll have to go find where that’s linked to in the time waster pages, because I don’t want to be any more responsible than I already am (which is a good deal) for keeping you from doing something more productive. I’ve spent way too many hours on that game and will probably continue to do so because I still can’t play the hard level.
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 Fun for Kids of All Ages
Stop by to find games, projects, country virtual tours, holiday play spaces, and more in the Eclectic Kids Learning & Play Space.
Projects in the Do-It-Yourself Project section include everything from asteroid potatoes to making your own quena flute. For spring we've added plant projects. |
I Resolve to... Rest
New Year’s is a time when man makes all sorts of resolutions – to lose weight, to organize the garage, to write the great American novel, to follow school plans religiously, to do a science project every week, to... Most of our resolutions require action, effort, and the expenditure of energy. No surprise, right? I challenge you to make a different type of resolution this year, one that will also require action of a sort, and will definitely require effort since it will likely involve breaking old habits. |
 A Year in Crafts
Crafts for December
NEW: Reindeer Treat Bag, Magnets for Winter Holidays
MORE: Make Your Own Snow Globes, Origami Christmas Ornaments, Christmas Goodie Cans, Christmas Ball Wreath, Christmas Card Mounter, “Sitting on a Fence” Fridge Magnet, Let It Snowflake & Snowman Danglers, Holiday Elf, Model Magic® Christmas Tree Ornament, Christmas Ornaments: Air Brushed, Animal Print, Beaded Box, Snowman, Reindeer, Gallery Glass, Etched Glass, Mosaic, and Redi-Lead; DecoArt™ Snowman, Nativity Set, Clay Pot Christmas Tree |
 Science Spot
Which element for Christmas?
What element would you like for Christmas? We asked the "Periodic Table of Videos" team, along with a few other people at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry! More periodic table videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos |
The Christmas Story
Read the Christmas story as told in Matthew and Luke with carefully selected masterpiece paintings that illustrate it.
Worth Reading Archive |
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New Reviews
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 Christmas Resources
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Eclectic Homeschool Curriculum Fair
This new section of the EHO website is designed to help you find the curriculum resources you wish to purchase. It's organized by publisher and curriculum series.
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New EHO Resource Center Sections
- Cars, Trucks, Trains, and Planes
That's toy cars, trucks, trains, and planes for the vehicularly minded youngsters on your shopping list.
- Laptops
EHO buys their computers through Dell, but if you're looking for an HP or even a Mac, look for bargains in our resource center links.
- Desktops
New Additions to Our Resource Center |
Just for Laughs
A little silliness to brighten your day.
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Eclectic Weblinks Index
Topical index of educational websites.
Our Gadgets
Things like a step-by-step math calculator and other cool things that can make life a little easier or educational. |
 EHO Booklists
Topical lists with title, author, and ISBN.
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