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SMARTBoards and Some Christmas Notebook Files

I've had a few requests for placing all the Christmas word search puzzles and other Notebook files in one place. Here's are the links to the Notebook files found on the Christmas resource page. I've added a few others including some teacher-created files. Please share these with your fellow teachers.

Custom Christmas Word Search / Riddle Puzzles

* New * How do you say Merry Christmas in Irish? (Nollaig Shona Duit) Created by Rick Mulholland.

How many reindeer guide Santa's sleigh? (eight)

Polar Express: What advice does the conductor give? (Believe)

*Recommended* What do all these words help us achieve? (peace)

How long should a reindeer's legs be? (Just long enough to reach the ground)

Who sang praises from on high? (the heavenly host of angels)

Who are the "Six White Boomers" (Kangaroos pulling Santa's sleigh)

Who led Santa through the Wintery Snow to deliver packages to young children? (Rudolph)

Qu'est-ce que le Père Noël aime manger? (les buscuits)

What does Santa have that's red as a cherry? (his nose)

Wie heißt der Abend vom 24. Dezember? (Heiligabend)

In what country do people write letters to Father Christmas? (England)

Why is a SMART Board smart? (It's smart because no one is bored)

Something to think about other than gifts during the holidays (Your health)

Other Notebook Files:

ESL/ELL/Early Reading Christmas Flashcards

Christmas Theme Random Number Generators (Created by Carol Findlay, Jennifer Gibson, and Susanne Mattison)

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SMARTBoards and the Christmas Holiday Resource Page

Did you know that the all time most popular interactive resource on Teacher Online Training is Snow Line? Students use their finger on the SMART Board to draw a path so Santa can collect all the presents and make it to the finish line. This activity is so much fun and it never gets boring.

You can find this activity and lots more Christmas holiday fun on the Teachers Love SMART Boards Christmas Holiday Resource page.

In addition to all the great interactive activities that work great on a SMART Board, you'll also find lots of custom word search puzzles created by yours truly. They are all created in Notebook so feel free to download and use inside your classroom. I also created a fun ESL/ELL Christmas Flashcard activity in Notebook that's sure to please.

I'll be adding more activities to the resource page throughout the week so make sure you check back often.

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Get SMART with SMART Boards Podcast - The Holiday Edition

My good friend Harvey Almarode and I just recorded our Christmas Holiday SMART Board podcast.

In this episode of Get SMART with SMART Boards, Harvey and I have a contest for the finding the silliest and funniest flash file for the Christmas season. You be the judge of which one is more fun. I'm voting for Harvey's. What's great about these flash files is that they can be downloaded from the podcast website and inserted into Notebook.

As always, we also share some fun Notebook files. Harvey shares his Twelve Brats of Christmas Notebook application that challenges students to match up the right Christmas gift with each of the 12 brats. As for me, I thought it would be fun to point people to the Christmas Holiday resource page where I have lots of custom word search riddles to use on the SMART Board.

Finally, Harvey and I discuss how to instantly grab the students' attention from the very beginning of a lesson presented in Notebook.

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SMARTBoards and e-Learning for Kids

One of my very first blog posts talked about the non-profit e-learning site called e-Learning for Kids. That was over two years ago! I'm happy to say that this amazing website is still around and is only getting better.

I didn't really say too much about this site on that initial blog post...I didn't need to. It doesn't take long to realize what an amazing resource this is for the SMART Board classroom. The site contains over 100 courses covering Math, Science, Computer Skills, Language Arts, and English.

In addition, the site contains over 50 courses in Health and Life Skills. The courses in this area range from understanding how the body works to understanding things like depression, bullying, and preventing diseases. It is by far the most comprehensive collection of activities for learning and understanding about the human condition. 

The age-level for the courses ranges from 4 to 12 years old and the design of almost all the courses was done with Interactive Whiteboards in mind. It is truly a pleasure to see such wonderful educational content on the Internet free of advertising.

Firefox users should look into using the Flash Game Maximizer add-on to help enlarge the flash activities so they fill your entire SMART Board.

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