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Looking for ways to help your students honor their fathers and learn more about this holiday? This collection of resources offers several informative websites devoted to dad and the celebration of Father's Day. Find ideas for FREE gifts and more.

 

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Jigsaw Planet - Jigsaw Planet

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4 to 8
 
Jigsaw Planet is an online platform allowing players to create, share, and solve jigsaw puzzles using personal images. While the platform is accessible to participants of all ages,...more
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Jigsaw Planet is an online platform allowing players to create, share, and solve jigsaw puzzles using personal images. While the platform is accessible to participants of all ages, it's important to note participants must be 13 years or older to use certain features according to their Terms of Service. For younger students in grades 4-8, educators can guide them in creating puzzles using age-appropriate images, ensuring compliance with the platform's guidelines. This activity fosters creativity, enhances problem-solving skills, and provides an engaging learning experience.

tag(s): fathers day (14), holidays (193), mothers day (23), puzzles (149)

In the Classroom

Students upload their images or class photos to Jigsaw Planet and create custom jigsaw puzzles. They can choose meaningful images like family photos or classroom memories. Encourage students to create puzzles as personalized gifts for holidays like Mother's Day or Father's Day. They can print and present the puzzle pieces as thoughtful, interactive gifts. Teachers can create jigsaw puzzles using educational content, such as historical events, scientific concepts, or vocabulary words. Students can then solve the puzzle while learning about the topic. Create a trivia-based jigsaw puzzle where each piece corresponds to a question or fact about a specific topic (ex., animals, historical figures, or math concepts). Students solve the puzzle and answer questions as they go.
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Artsteps - Artsteps

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3 to 12
 
ArtSteps is a web-based platform that enables members to create immersive 3D virtual exhibitions and spaces. Educators can utilize ArtSteps to design interactive virtual galleries,...more
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ArtSteps is a web-based platform that enables members to create immersive 3D virtual exhibitions and spaces. Educators can utilize ArtSteps to design interactive virtual galleries, allowing students to showcase their artwork, historical artifacts, or project work in a dynamic online environment. The platform supports integrating images, videos, text, 3D models, music, and narration, offering a versatile tool for digital storytelling and creative expression. ArtSteps also facilitates guided tours within these virtual spaces, enhancing the educational experience.

tag(s): digital storytelling (155), fathers day (14), mothers day (23), portfolios (24), virtual field trips (132)

In the Classroom

Have students take photos of their artwork, poems, or special memories to create a virtual photo gallery on Artsteps as a Mother's Day or Father's Day gift. After creating the virtual gallery, students can write descriptive captions or short stories explaining the significance of each photo or piece of artwork. Organize a virtual "gallery opening" where students guide their family members through their online exhibitions using Artsteps.
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Father's Day Lessons - Education World

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K to 12
 
Education World offers language arts, social studies, and art activities that applaud the contributions of guys who enrich the lives of children--their dads! These lessons can be created...more
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Education World offers language arts, social studies, and art activities that applaud the contributions of guys who enrich the lives of children--their dads! These lessons can be created for important people in a child's life without a father figure. Examples include a grandfather, mother, or other adult. There are five suggested activities/lessons with little prep and maximum sentimental value.
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tag(s): crafts (74), fathers day (14), holidays (193), letter writing (20)

In the Classroom

Lesson plan activities include Father Knows Best (write gratitude letters), Dad's "Magnetic" Personality (make a magnet with the name of a caregiver), Father Time (make a memory book), Father's Day Windchimes (make windchimes), This is Your Life (three activities- a family tree, interview a family member, and share childhood treasures).
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Father's Day May Not Be Easy For Some Students - Share My Lesson

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K to 12
Not all children have fathers in their daily lives, and Father's Day can be difficult for them. This PDF resource shares ways to present Father's Day activities that are less ...more
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Not all children have fathers in their daily lives, and Father's Day can be difficult for them. This PDF resource shares ways to present Father's Day activities that are less likely to be difficult for students without fathers.

tag(s): fathers day (14), holidays (193), professional development (390)

In the Classroom

Share this resource or the PDF with fellow teachers, staff, and your administrators. You must be logged in and then click the download arrow on the right under Resources.
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Father's Day Activities - Share My Lesson

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K to 12
Share My Lesson presents several activities to honor fathers, father figures, or other significant persons in students' lives. Each lesson has the suggested grade level, and titles...more
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Share My Lesson presents several activities to honor fathers, father figures, or other significant persons in students' lives. Each lesson has the suggested grade level, and titles include Father's Day Fun Facts, Kid Lit Crafts and Activities for Father's Day, a writing activity, and more.

tag(s): fathers day (14), holidays (193)

In the Classroom

Choose an age-appropriate activity for your class and introduce it on your whiteboard. Include the activity on your webpage so parents can help students with ideas for the project.
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Father's Day - History

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K to 5
Learn the history of this holiday and learn why it took 58 years after Mother's Day became an official holiday. ...more
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Learn the history of this holiday and learn why it took 58 years after Mother's Day became an official holiday.

tag(s): fathers day (14), holidays (193)

In the Classroom

First, create a reading guide for your younger students and weaker readers using eMargin, reviewed here. Next, introduce this article to the class on your whiteboard. Engage students by reading the title Father's Day: Controversy and Commercialism. Then, pair stronger readers with a weaker reader to read both articles and create a timeline using one of Canva's Timeline Infographic Templates, reviewed here. For older students, you could also have them create an AI timeline using MyLens, reviewed hereto compare their timeline to the MyLens timeline.
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5 Father's Day Ideas for Elementary Students - HMH

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K to 8
Find a variety of Father's Day activities and lesson plans, including a list of books featuring fathers. These are intended for K-5 students but can easily be adapted for students ...more
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Find a variety of Father's Day activities and lesson plans, including a list of books featuring fathers. These are intended for K-5 students but can easily be adapted for students up to grade 8.

tag(s): fathers day (14), holidays (193), summer (28)

In the Classroom

Before school concludes, introduce this site to the class and let them know the link will be on your class website to share with their families after school is out. Try suggesting something interactive for the students to create besides the paper craft. For example, have students create online books about their fathers using Bookemon, reviewed here.
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All About the Holidays - PBS Learning Media

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K to 12
 
Learn about the history and significance behind many holidays through this video collection from PBS Learning Media. Begin browsing by choosing from fall, winter, spring, or summer...more
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Learn about the history and significance behind many holidays through this video collection from PBS Learning Media. Begin browsing by choosing from fall, winter, spring, or summer holidays. Each section includes short videos explaining the history of the holiday. Learn about holidays such as Yom Kippur, Oktoberfest, Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), Kwanzaa, Juneteenth, Father's Day, and many others! Each selection also includes links to standards along with additional links to supporting materials such as lesson plans or printable items. Not seeing a holiday you want such as 100 days of school? Use the search bar at the top!

tag(s): 100thday (9), back to school (55), chinese new year (5), christmas (38), cinco de mayo (10), easter (10), elections (82), fathers day (14), fire prevention (16), flag day (5), halloween (33), hanukkah (12), hispanic (36), holidays (193), july 4th (12), Juneteenth (22), kwanzaa (12), labor day (5), martin luther king (46), new years (5), pi (28), presidents (136), rosh hashanah (13), st patricks day (12), thanksgiving (24), valentines day (11), veterans (27), women (152), womenchangemaker (37), womens suffrage (52), yom kippur (15)

In the Classroom

Bookmark this site to use as a resource for teaching material during holidays throughout the year. For each holiday use a bookmarking site such as Wakelet, reviewed here, to organize and share lesson materials, videos, and game sites for your students. Instead of worksheets or written reports, enhance student learning by asking them to create infographics sharing information about any holiday. Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, is a very easy to use tool that includes pre-made templates. Don't keep student learning to yourself, share their knowledge through holiday podcasts for your entire school and community to hear. Spotify for Podcastors (was Anchor), reviewed here, features many kid-friendly tools to get you started with creating and sharing podcasts.
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Special Occasion Ideas for the Classroom: TeachersFirst Editors' Choices - TeachersFirst

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K to 12
Check out this collection for classroom ideas and custom-made gifts (both "hard copy" and electronic). Special occasions give students a chance to recognize special people: moms, dads,...more
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Check out this collection for classroom ideas and custom-made gifts (both "hard copy" and electronic). Special occasions give students a chance to recognize special people: moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, secretaries, school custodians, librarians, and more. Stretch your students' creative thinking, writing skills, and problem solving skills as they create projects to honor special people on special occasions or just as a surprise "thank you." Create memories for special people as your learners show what they know and how much they care.

tag(s): fathers day (14), mothers day (23), parents (56)

In the Classroom

Stretch your students' creative thinking, writing skills, and problem solving skills as they create projects to honor special people on special occasions or just as a surprise "thank you." Create memories for special people as your learners show what they know and how much they care. Share this collection as a link from your class web page for students and parents to use from home or during vacations and holidays.
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Happy Father's Day

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K to 8
 
This simple website offers information about the history of Father's Day, quotes about fathers, puzzles, cards, music, a countdown, and more. The music requires QuickTime. You can get...more
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This simple website offers information about the history of Father's Day, quotes about fathers, puzzles, cards, music, a countdown, and more. The music requires QuickTime. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.

tag(s): fathers day (14)

In the Classroom

Challenge your students to think about the meaning behind the various quotes. Have students create their own quotes about their fathers. Using a picture (or student drawing) use a program such as ThingLink, (reviewed here,) to have students narrate the picture (sharing their quote or a memory).
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Father's Day and Father Figure - Lesson to Honor - Education World

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K to 12
  
This site offers five "ready to go" lesson plans for Father's Day. Lessons include art, history, writing, and more. Standards are provided. There is also some general history of Father's...more
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This site offers five "ready to go" lesson plans for Father's Day. Lessons include art, history, writing, and more. Standards are provided. There is also some general history of Father's Day provided.

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In the Classroom

Take advantage of these FREE lesson plans to honor the dads in your students' life.
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Father's Day Crafts and Children's Activities - DLTK

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K to 3
DLTK has created this website that includes numerous crafts, poems, online puzzles, printable gifts, recipes and more. ...more
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DLTK has created this website that includes numerous crafts, poems, online puzzles, printable gifts, recipes and more.

tag(s): fathers day (14)

In the Classroom

Share this link on your class website for families to access over the summer months. Why not suggest something interactive for the students to create, in addition to the paper craft. For example, have students create online books about their fathers using Bookemon, reviewed here.
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Father's Day - TeacherVision

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K to 8
Although this site has some advertisements, if you take the time to navigate through - you will find a variety of lessons in social studies, science, art, language arts and ...more
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Although this site has some advertisements, if you take the time to navigate through - you will find a variety of lessons in social studies, science, art, language arts and interactive quizzes. The online "father" quizzes (both free trial offers) require no membership and are very challenging. There are also reproducible worksheets in a variety of subjects.

tag(s): fathers day (14)

In the Classroom

Get your interactive whiteboard ready and take advantage of the free online "father" quizzes. Both are sure to motivate your students to learn more about many famous "fathers".
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