St Andrew's Day Links
We have searched the internet to find the best websites offerings crafts,
printables and other activities for St Andrew's Day.
The Loch Ness Monster
We have a separate page of
activities and links about the Loch Ness Monster here.
Learn
Lots of clearly-written information about St. Andrew and the celebration of St.
Andrew’s Day.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/months/andrew.html
Some general information about St. Andrew and some crafts, all related to him
being a fisherman.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/scotland/standrew.htm
Find out about
the Vikings and Romans in Scotland, and learn about the Scottish landscape
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/5_9/index.shtml?sysm
More from the
BBC for older kids. Learn about Mary Queen of Scots, the Highland Clearances,
the Wars of Independence, and more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/9_14/index.shtml?as
Excellent
teacher guides about Scotland's historic sites - castles and abbeys. If you
can't visit them, read about them!
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/education_unit/resources/investigatingsites.htm
Blackline map
of Scotland
http://abcteach.com/Maps/scotland.htm
Make
General Scottish crafts, including a fun bagpiper craft.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/scotland/index.htm
Colour
Cute little Scottish dancer
http://www.raisingourkids.com/coloring-pages/printable/kids/006-coloring-pages-to-print.html
NEW!
Scottish piper to colour
NEW!
http://www.eparenting.co.uk/colouringpages/xmascolouringpages/bagpiper.html
Scottish pictures to colour including St. Andrews Flag.
http://www.coloring.ws/scotland.htm
Cute teddy with bagpipes to colour
http://www.bears.co.nz/games/colour/Bagpipes.htm
Boowa and Kwala in the land of the big green monster
Another coloring page of Boowa and Kwala in the land of the Big Green Monster
A Scottish piper to colour in
http://www.clangregor.org/art/coloringpage.pdf
Another fun
piper to colour
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/images/color1.jpg
Do
Can you find the Scottish foods in this wordsearch puzzle?
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/food_words.htm
Enjoy
Have fun
designing your own tartan fabric NEW!
http://www.houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/designer/index.htm
Here is another
online tartan designer - very different NEW!
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1231_vivienne_westwood/tartan.html
Here is a large
collection of illustrated children's stories set in Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/cows.htm
Listen in to this collection of Scottish children’s poems and stories.
http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/scots/children.htm
Sing along to
this huge collection of old Scottish songs
http://ingeb.org/catscot.html
Listen to some
well-known children's songs in the Gaelic language
http://www.gaelic4parents.com/g4p1/songs/index.htm
Try out these on-line Scottish themed games – try your hand tossing the caber
and curling among others.
http://www.scotgames.org/
Fun ideas for games and activities related to Scotland and St. Andrews Day –
perfect for a St. Andrews Day celebration.
http://guidinguk.freeservers.com/StAndrewsDay.html
Send a free e-card to celebrate St. Andrews Day.
http://www.123greetings.com/events/st_andrews_day/
Scottish clipart
http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/community/scottish_clipart.htm
"Flower of Scotland" anthem and lyrics
NB: please do not allow your children unsupervised on video sharing websites
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