{"id":12887,"date":"2016-12-05T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T13:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12887"},"modified":"2024-10-26T12:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:20:27","slug":"christmas4kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/christmas4kids\/","title":{"rendered":"TESOL Webinar + 15 Ways to Celebrate the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bsjUTN_TEIc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s bring our young learners some Christmas and Holiday cheer. Explore various free online web tools and sites\u00a0for children to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Young learners can also explore how\u00a0children worldwide celebrate the holidays, and learn about the traditions of several December holidays. Topics include Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and other December Holidays.<\/p>\n<h2>Sites and Apps<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Children can create stories with themselves as the hero, play games, track Santa, and more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/northpole.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NorthPole site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Children can <a href=\"http:\/\/emailsanta.com\/email_santa.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">email Santa<\/a> and will receive an email back from him.<\/li>\n<li>With this <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/call-from-santa!-voicemail\/id933921849?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mobile app<\/a> (iOS) children can call and text Santa and receive messages back. If you have an Android, try this <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.retropixel.CallSanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free app<\/a> to receive calls from Santa.<\/li>\n<li>Adolescents can chat online with Santa with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santabot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Santa Bot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/explore\/winter-celebrations\/#WH-Tree-Lights16x9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Geographic for Kids<\/a> has several resources for children to learn how various holidays (Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah) are celebrated worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starfall<\/a> has various holiday-related games that teach toddlers and young language learners pronunciation and phonics.<\/li>\n<li>Get children sharing their Christmas lists, singing holiday carols in English, and sending holiday voice greetings with these talking apps \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/talking-gingerbread-man\/id483414593?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Talking Gingerbread Man<\/a> (iOS\/<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.fiplab.talkinggremlin&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Android<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/US\/app\/id407305249?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Talking Gremlin<\/a> (iOS), <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/talking-santa-3d-hd\/id531263519?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Playing Santa Claus<\/a> (iPad\/<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.christmas.talking.santa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Android<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/talking-funny-snowman-free\/id825021218?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Talking Snowman<\/a> (iOS\/<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.asasga.talksnowmanchristmas&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Android<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Children can create and send animated holiday greetings or digital stories with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edu.buncee.com\/buncees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EduBuncee<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Children can animate holiday characters and send them to friends or family members with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Voki<\/a>. Also find lesson plans to teach students about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas.<\/li>\n<li>Children can create holiday-themed digital books with <a href=\"https:\/\/storybird.com\/read\/?sort=noted&amp;tag=christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Storybird<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/christmas-fun-all-in-one-holiday\/id469813934?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christmas Fun HD<\/a> iOS app, children can join interactive sing-alongs, read interactive stories, and play dress-up and peek-a-boo games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s bring our young learners some Christmas and Holiday cheer. Explore various free online web tools and sites\u00a0for children to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. 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