Plan special celebrations or teachable moments with this calendar filled with activities for days connected to Arbordale books! This month we celebrate: hobbies, creativity, brain teasers, and getting organized.
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| Happy New Year! Polar Bear Swim | 1 Motivation and Inspiration Day | |||||
2 Festival of Sleep Day Shh! celebrate today by taking a nap or play the quiet game and see who can not make a peep for the longest amount of time. To learn how aquatic animals sleep read: Water Beds, River Beds, or Animals are Sleeping. | 3 Trivia Day | 4 National Bird Day Eagles, owls, parakeets or cardinals, learn about birds large and small with these books about different types of birds. The For Creative Minds section and teaching activities have everything from coloring pages to classroom lessons! Read:The Sparrow and the Trees, The Ghost of Donley Farm, Animal Helpers: Raptor Centers, Baby Owl's Rescue, The Best Nest, Christmas Eve Blizzard, and Henry the Impatient Heron. | 5 Cuddle Up Day | 6 Old Rock Day Introduce your young children to the world or geology with pebbles and minerals in your own backyard. The USGS has a rock collecting guide, but get started by reading Julie the Rockhound. | 7 Earth's Rotation Day | 8 Static Electricity Day |
9 Houseplant Appreciation Day | 10 Step in a puddle and splash your friends day It's always fun to splash through puddles, but sometimes they contain more than water. Read Salamander Season to find out what wiggly creatures lurk in "wicked big puddles." | 11 Poetry at Work | 12 Make Your Dreams Come True | 13 International Kite DayDress up your Pet Day | 14 Hat Day | 15 Appreciate a Dragon Day Fire-breathing dragons get a bad name, and Komodo would argue that the lizard is under-appreciated too! Celebrate by reading Dear Komodo Dragon, and you will learn there is a lot to love about dragons. National Save the Eagles Day Did you know that the bald eagle was once in danger of becoming extinct? Today we see these birds flying high above because scientists worked to bring back the population. Read Animal Helpers: Raptor Centers to learn more about these majestic birds! |
16 Ditch Your Resolution DayKid Inventors Day | 17 Martin Luther King Jr. DayThesaurus Day Today Roget created a book of words, but not just any words, synonyms. Test your vocabulary and use the fanciest words you know! | 18 National Popcorn Day | 19 Penguin Awareness Day Learn all about our tuxedoed friends with Polar Bears and Penguins or read The Penguin Lady to learn about all the different types of penguins. Here are a few great activities too! | 20 Squirrel Appreciation Day SQUIRREL! A word that can put a dog on high alert, but also a furry little creature found all over North America! The National Wildlife Federation has a few ways to appreciate these nutty rodents today! Also, read In My Backyard, Count Down to Fall, or Habitat Spy for more squirrel facts. | 21 | 22 Handwriting Day |
23 Compliment Day | 24 Bubble Wrap DayOpposite Day Today just may be a crazy, mixed up day like the ones in My Even Day, My Half Day, and One Odd Day. | 25 Austrailia Day | 26 | 27 Fun at Work DayGlobal Community Engagement Day | 28 National Puzzle DayNational Cornchip Day Whether you dip your cornchips in salsa, guacamole, or just eat them plain, here is a recipe to make your own. Check out Burro's Tortillas For Creative Minds Section. | 29 National Seed Swap Day |
30 Backward DayInspire your heart with Art Day | 31 |
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