Holi
Holi Activities for Kids - Activity Village
Holi crafts, colouring pages and printables of all sorts to help keep your children busy during the Holi festival, or to learn all about it!
Below are video links all about the colourful festival of Holi.
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Holi- Behind the News In this video a group of children in Australia tell us more about Holi and why it is important to them. Hindu people and others celebrate Holi around the world, not just in Australia. Many people in the UK celebrate too. Will you be celebrating this year?
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National Geographic Kids This video shows people celebrating in Holi in northern India.
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Cbeebies: Watch children preparing for and celebrating Holi in this video. This is more Suitable for EYFS/KS1 but lower KS2 may like it too: Cbeebies Watch children preparing for and celebrating Holi in this video. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/lets-celebrate-holi
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This is more suitable for KS2 In this video a brother and sister tell us how they celebrate Holi. We see them throwing colours but also hear the story of Prince Prahlad and his aunt Holika. We learn how Hindus mark the festival by building bonfires, which they believe, purify the air of anything evil. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks2-my-life-my-religion-hinduism-holi-spring-festival/zkkygwx
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Bitesize: Holi This is more suitable for KS2
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School Radio - Assemblies KS2 - Holi - BBC This is a primary school assembly with video celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi. It also has links to other interesting information about Holi.