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Two Jewish celebrations--Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, and Passover, a holiday celebrating freedom and renewal--are presented to children through illustrated stories, puppets, and songs. At a Hanukkah celebration, youngsters learn about the miracle of the Menorah as they light candles, play games, and sing songs to commemorate the holiday. As part of an introduction to Passover and the traditional Seder meal, a group of children visit a matzo...
5) Earth Day
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Combines traditional music, illustrated folk tales, creative animation and interactive arts and crafts segments to teach students about Earth Day. Earth Day celebrates the many things that we can all do to help keep the Earth clean and healthy. Students will learn the story behind the first Earth Day in 1970, and different ways to celebrate it, from recycling to composting to planting trees.
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Princess Elena has saved her magical kingdom, Avalor, from an evil sorceress and must learn to rule as its crown princess. Elena's adventures will lead her to understand that her new role requires thoughtfulness, resilience and compassion. Join in a selection of episodes that focus on celebrations.
Únete a la Princesa Heredera Elena mientras, junto a su familia y amigos, honran el pasado, disfrutan del presente y reciben el futuro con música,...
8) Halloween
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Explores several folk traditions from Costa Rica, Mexico and Ireland to explain some Halloween symbols, the origin of costumes and the custom of trick-or-treating. Children learn that, despite the many rituals surrounding the holiday, Halloween is a time to celebrate and honor the memory of loved ones past, and can be a time to talk about death and other subjects that may be frightening to them. The importance of Halloween safety is discussed.
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Good things begin to happen when an act of kindness by a poor farm boy unmasks a scary pumpkin, a witch's mysterious spells are finally broken, a blue jay and a squirrel provide an exciting re-telling of the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving, and a young turkey's adventures teach him that he can't be anything other than a turkey.
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When Crusher sends Santa's gifts all around Snowball Mountain, Turbo Sled Blaze needs your help to save the holiday! Plus, race to rescue a little bunny trapped on top of a melting glacier, slide on ice from Crusher's Slippery Ice Machine, and team up with Ninja Blaze to save Crusher and Pickle stuck on an icy mountain!
11) Arbor Day
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Teaches children about the importance of respecting and maintaining the splendor and resources of our environment. Explores the importance of trees to the pioneers. Children can discover their own passion for nature as they learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed and the real-life sotry of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day.
12) Valentine's Day
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Explores the history behind Valentine's Day, and explains how certain traditions came to be associated with love and the rebirth of spring.
13) Christmas
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Focuses on both the legendary and religious stories of Christmas. Explores Christmas around the world, with emphasis on similarities of American traditions.
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As winter melts into spring and the meadow burst forth with new life, Little Nutbrown Hare sees a rare sight, a pure white fawn, dancing in the moonlight. Nobody in the meadow has ever seen a white fawn so his friends think he's making it up. But little White Owl tells of a place of mystical white creatures in the next valley, so the friends go on an adventure, across the streamy stream, and through the woody woods to search for the mythical white...
15) Trolls holiday
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When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on the delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken.
16) Ramadan
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Children experience the beauty of the month-long religious observance as they construct their own Ramadan diorama and hear the exotic sounds of live Islamic and Middle Eastern music. They discover the religious significance of song and prayer, as well as the principles and traditions that mark the holiest of the Islamic holidays.
18) Thanksgiving
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Children learn the story behind the first Thanksgiving celebration. They visit Plimoth Plantation. Nanticoke tribe dancers re-create the sense of excitement and wonder the Pilgrims must have felt upon meeting Native Americans. Children learn an Abnaki tribe myth on the origin of corn that teaches the importance of sharing resources.
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