ISBN The Ancient Celtic Festivals

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Travel 2,500 years back in time to find out where many of our modern holiday traditions originated. _x000D_
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• Charming full-color ink and watercolor illustrations throughout. _x000D_
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• This valuable resource for teachers and parents uses hands-on activities, natural science facts, and observations to explore the concepts of measuring time, making calendars, and marking seasonal celeations. _x000D_
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• Shows how our popular holiday traditions are rooted in nature, beginning as the seasonal festivals of an ancient society. _x000D_
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Children love holiday celeations but most don't know why they wear masks on Halloween or watch for the groundhog on Feuary 2. Now they can discover that many of our modern traditions started with the festivals of the ancient Celts. The Celts were farming people, so their festivals marked the important events of the agricultural year. Imbolc, in very early spring, celeated the birth of new lambs, while Samhain, in late fall, celeated the end of the growing season and the beginning of winter. If we look at our modern calendar, we'll find Groundhog Day falling where Imbolc did, Halloween where the Celts celeated Samhain, and a host of other holiday correspondences. That's because descendants of the Celts were among the first Europeans to settle in the New World, inging their holiday traditions with them. _x000D_
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In a world of electric lights and store-bought foods, The Ancient Celtic Festivals can help children make the connections to nature that their ancestors did. Whimsically illustrated activity pages invite them to bake a harvest corn ead, stage a spring festival, or warm up the cold depths of winter with hot spiced cider. Teachers, liarians, parents, and children alike will welcome this book as a fun-filled resource.