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And the winner of the Kindle is ….

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Amazon Kindle Winner on CraftGossip

But first, some stats 🙂

Terrific response to our call to get us to 10000 fans before the 10th of March. We started this giveaway on the 22nd of Feb and after extending the end date by one day to 11th of March (due to server downtime), we reached the goal. We went from 8400 fans to 10102! That is around 95 new fans a day!

Thank you to everyone who entered. The condition of the giveaway was that you had to link to your Facebook profile (after liking our Facebook page) in the comment section of the giveaway post. We got 1006 entries. So, 1 in 10 fans actually applied to be in the giveaway.

After checking everything, and then checking some more, the winner is.. comment no. 875. Congratulations to Regina @ Chalk In My Pocket!

Regina, you have 5 days to contact us at [email protected] with your mailing address after which we will draw a new winner.

Thank you everyone and watch out as we have some great giveaways planned for the National Craft Month, including a new sewing machine fromJanome! That giveaway will start in the last week of this month.

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  1. Congrats Regina on winning the kindle and a Big Congrats to Craft Gossip for reaching over 10000 likes. This site is the best!!!!! LOVE IT!

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Hanukkah Unit Studies for Kids

Learning about Hanukkah is important for people of all faiths as a reminder that December isn’t just about Christmas and that their are many other important holidays that happen during this time. Hanukkah unit studies can give you ideas for incorporating the holiday into your holiday studies that happen in December, or to use at home for learning about people of different faiths.

Homeschool Superfreak has a lot of basic ideas for how to build a Hanukkah unit study, as well as FAQs about what Hanukkah is and why it is celebrated. This list is a good stargint point but doesn’t include all the details you’ll need. For example it says you can play the dreidel game but doesn’t explain how to do that or why it’s important. (If you need that information, this post from Mama Smiles is a good source.)

Teachers Pay Teachers has lots of great lesson plans and activities if you’re willing to pay a little bit to get some good content. Two I really like are this Hanukkah PowerPoint presentation from Shelia Melton, which provides a good overview of traditions, food and the history of Hanukkah; and a virtual field trip to Jerusalem from MagiCore, which includes lots of videos showing the city and activities like playing dreidel, drawing a menorah and making latkes. It’s a Google Drive folder and also includes writing activities and more for kids in second to fifth grade.

Kids Activities Blog has some simple printables with facts about Hanukkah and things kids can color in like a Star of David, sufganiyots (jelly doughnuts) and a menorah. These are great for learning the basics.

Homeschool Giveaways has a printable ebook about Hanukkah complete with questions kids can answer after they read. This would be a good one for older kids with good reading comprehension.

NurtureStore’s Hanukkah unit study includes a printable mini book, tons of crafts, as well as math and writing activities. I love the dominoes game that’s part of the unit.

And check out our previous posts for more Hanukkah crafts and learning activities!