It Happens in the Month of June

June is a special month. The days are long and full of sunshine, fireflies flash softly in the twilight, and people celebrate Flag Day and Father's Day. Did you know that Sally Ride, the frist American woman in outer space, flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983? Or that Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942? Readers who were born in June will delight iin discovering which birthstone, flower, and zodiac constellation are their special symbols. Come share in the excitement of June.

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Holiday & Seasonal Music Activities

Delightful activities add interest to music instruction. Topics include Singing in the New Year, Welcome Spring, Marching in Memorial Day, Flag Day, Baseball Day, Father's Day, Native American Day, Mickey Mouse Day, Christmas Carols and more.

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Holiday Volume (Four Unit Studies on 2 CD-ROMs)

All four holiday unit studies are contained in CD-ROM format in this Holiday package, totaling 16 weeks of studies! These titles are newly updated, with live Internet links, printable pages, book suggestions, and much more.

Patriotic Holidays -- written to help your children learn about patriotism, as well as the true history and meaning of our uniquely American patriotic holidays. It is packed with information that for studying Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day. It contains one-week unit studies for each of these four holidays.

Thanksgiving -- a time to give thanks to God for the many blessings He has bestowed upon us. This holiday encompasses historical events, commitment to faith, special traditions, and time together with family and friends. History will come alive as the story of the Pilgrims, Strangers and Native Americans unfolds before you and your family like a good novel. Enjoy the study of this special holiday as the day we choose to show our thanks to God and share our bounty with those around us.

Christmas -- a special time of praise and rejoicing as we celebrate the birth of our King, the Son of God. Just as the stars lit the sky on that night in Bethlehem long ago, this unit study will light your way back to that time, to walk the streets of that little town, and to stand it its fields and groves. Learn what the world was like at the time of Christ's birth. Use this study to help your children understand the significance that the coming of the Son had for so many people. Read about the prophecies that were fulfilled by His birth, and begin to clearly see God's hand in history since the very beginning of time.

Easter -- Christians celebrate the heart of their faith during Easter, and this unit study has been written to help parents and teachers share this important concept with their children. As we celebrate this season, we have the perfect opportunity to instill a better understanding of our faith and the reason for our joy at Easter. The holidays of Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter or Resurrection Day are included in the study, as well as the events leading up to Jesus' ascension to Heaven. The study includes the people and places involved, helping your students investigate and understand these events, as well as their history and meaning.

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Shape Stickers: U.S. Flag - 63 Stickers, 4 Designs

Colorful shape stickers to decorate graded papers, to give as rewards, to create games and activities with, or to brighten someone's day. Kids love to collect them too.

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Waving Flags Shape Stickers

Colorful shape stickers to decorate graded papers, to give as rewards, to create games and activities with, or to brighten someone's day. Kids love to collect them too! Package of 32.

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Flag Maker

Here in lyrical prose is the story of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that became the national anthem of the United States. This flag, which came to be known as the Star Spangled Banner, also inspired author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, who, upon seeing it at the Smithsonian Institution, became curious about the hands that had sewn it. Here is her story of the early days of this flag as seen through the eyes of young Caroline Pinkersgill, the daughter of an important flag maker, Mary Pinkersgill, and the granddaughter of a flag maker for General George Washington's Continental Army. It is also a story about how a symbol motivates action and emotion, brings people together, and inspires courage and hope.

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For Which it Stands: An Anecdotal History of the American Flag

Our national anthem celebrates it. Patriots wave it. Politicians of all kinds try to wrap themselves in it. It is saluted at baseball games, in parades, and on the most solemn of commemorative occasions. It was salvaged in the first hours following the dreadful events of September 11, and it stands outstretched just above the surface of the moon. It is, of course, the American flag, and there are few symbols as potent. With all the reverence and sacrifice and emotion it inspires, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that it is ultimately just a symbol. Why is it so powerful? Why does a piece of cloth resonate so loudly for so many? Why a flag, and why this flag, these stripes, those stars? In this book, his timely, comprehensive, and engaging "biography" of the American flag, Michael Corcoran examines those questions and more as he explores the evolution of our most cherished emblem, from the days preceding the Revolution through the nationwide resurgence of patriotism in the aftermath of September 11. Corcoran traces the entire life of the colors, holding forth on a number of engrossing topicsi.

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