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Scandle Candles Donating to Arbor Day Foundation

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Scandle body massage candle

Scandle, a company that makes natural body massage candles is donating $1 from each sale for the month of April to the Arbor Day Foundation.

The Arbor Day Foundation is dedicated to educating people and planting trees. Arbor Day encourages and celebrates tree planting and is celebrated on the last Friday of April.

They’re donating to honor Earth Day, Arbor Day and Earth Month. Scandle’s products are made from natural ingredients like soy, essential oils and shea butter.

Their moisturizing massage candles come in refillable ceramic canisters, so you can simply purchase a refill rather than throw the containers out.  If you don’t want to wait to purchase a refill, consider making your own massage candles. See my previous post Find Massage Candles or Make Your Own for instructions and ideas.

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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!