A vast collection of photographs that highlight the life of Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her eightieth birthday. Click on 'Contents' then 'The exhibition' to access the photographs by decade.

In this lesson plan, surrounding a theme children love, their birthdays, learners will exercise, move and stretch in way you might while celebrating a birthday.

Two friends use their imaginations to have a pretend birthday party. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.

A simple story about the things you do at a birthday party. Includes audio narration in 14 additional languages with text in English.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how birthdays are celebrated in different countries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Lotus Lantern Festival celebrating Buddha's birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there's more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor...

Birthday Candle Counting is a fun educational game for kids to practice counting 1-10. Children are asked to count the number of candles to determine how old a child is. All questions are read aloud and verbal feedback is given for all...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about celebrating Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Birthday Problem, in which one calculates how many people must be in a group so that a birthday is "probably" shared. The solution to this problem is...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids: The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), includes an illustrated poem for each day of the birthday week.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book My Birthday Book by William and Robert Chambers (c1884), a children's novel about a girl's birthday.

The non-prose piece describes a thirtieth birthday candle being blown out and the thoughts surrounding this event.

Dr. Math demonstrates how the birthday problem - what are the odds that two people in a room have the same birthday - works. Several links are available for extended investigations of the problem.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book My Birthday Present by Thomas Nelson & Sons (c1884), a collection of illustrated reading passages.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids, or, The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), a picture book with a poem for children for each day of the week.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Lily Sweet-briar's Birthday, a book of children's poetry.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication Baby's Birthday and How It Was Spent, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Birthday Gift by Laura Valentine (1865), a collection of illustrated children's stories and poems.

This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 50 vocabulary words pertaining to Abraham Lincoln and his birthday. It also offers an extensive word list about him as well.

Here teachers and students will find many useful extension activities for the book "Ereth's Birthday."

A video of the book "Della Splatnuk, Birthday Girl", written by Lisa McCourt and Pat Porter. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.

A video of the book "Happy Birthday Dear Duck", written by Eve Bunting, and illustrated by Jan Brett. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.