by Barbara Shelby (kidactivites.net)
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KidActivities.net is dedicated to school-age care professionals--additionally it's a great resource for pre-school thru high school educators, parents, grandparents, and baby sitters --in short ANYONE who loves engaging children!
KidActivities.net is dedicated to school-age care professionals--additionally it's a great resource for pre-school thru high school educators, parents, grandparents, and baby sitters --in short ANYONE who loves engaging children!
Make your monthly planning easy! Look at what's going on each day and do something to recognize or celebrate it. Put "what the day" is on your daily information board-- along with the rest of the plans for the day!
April's FLOWER is the Daisy~ the GEM STONE is the Diamond!
BIRTH SIGN...
Aries March 21 to April 20 and Taurus April 21 to May 21
THE MONTH OF APRIL IS ... • Autism Awareness Month
• International Guitar Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month
• Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Frog Month (See FROG THEME)• Garden Month (See GARDENING THEME)• Humor Month (See a good variety of seasonal jokes... Have fun with TONGUE TWISTER GAMES
• Math Education Month (See MIXING MATH AND FUN CATEGORY)
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THE WEEKS OF THE MONTH ARE...
WEEK TWO: Observe NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
WEEK THREE: NATIONAL TV TURNOFF WEEK ...
WEEK THREE: WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD~Begins April 22 ...APRIL 22 IS EARTH DAY! Celebrate it all month long!
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WHEN IS EASTER? (See EASTER CATEGORIES)
2012... April 8
2013... March 31
2014... April 20
2015... April 5
2016... March 27
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THE DAYS OF THE MONTH
•APRIL 1
April Fool's Day (See April Fool JOKES)One Cent Day
•APRIL 2
Artist Max Ernst's birthday, 1891
Author Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday, 1805
International Children's Book Day
•APRIL 3
Find a Rainbow Day-See RAINBOW THEME
Get Outside Day (See below) Also-Pony Express Established, 1860
•APRIL 4
First US Flag approved on this day in 1818 (See USA PATRIOTIC CATEGORY)Bonza Bottler Day! (See page bottom to learn about it)
•APRIL 5Road Map Day (See Mixing Geography & Fun for Map Ideas!)
•APRIL 6
Artist Raphael's Birthday, 1483
North Pole discovered
•APRIL 7World Health Day
No Housework Day!
•April 8
Easter; Ponce de Leon Day-Born in 1460; discovered Florida and searched for Fountain of Youth
•April 9First Public Library opened in Peterborough, NH
•APRIL 10Young Writer Day
Sibling Day
US Patent System was established on this day in 1790
•APRIL 11
US President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on this day in 1968
•APRIL 12Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday, 1916
•APRIL 13
USA President Thomas Jefferson's Birthday, 1743
•APRIL 14Webster's Dictionary first Published (1828)
Titanic struck Iceberg
•APRIL 15Artist Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday, 1452
First McDonalds opened in Des Plaines, IL, 1955
Income Tax Day USA
•APRIL 16Wilbur Wright's Birthday, 1867
Eggs Benedict Day
Slavery abolished in D.C. by Lincoln in 1862
•APRIL 17
Apollo 13 landed in 1970
Daffy Duck's Birthday
•APRIL 23-29...National 'Turnoff TV Week' starts today!
Pet Owner's Day--Celebrate by having fun with something in the ANIMAL THEME!Crossword Puzzle Day
Paul Revere Day--"The British are coming..." 1775
Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906
First Laundromat opened in Fort Worth Texas-1934
•APRIL 19
Humorous Day-Tell JOKES all day! See a good variety of seasonal jokes... Have fun with TONGUE TWISTER GAMES...
•APRIL 20Artist Joan Miro's birthday, 1893
Cuckoo Day
National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
•APRIL 21Kindergarten Day-first Kindergarten founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837
•APRIL 22
Earth Day(See EARTH AND GREEN CATEGORIES!) ; Jelly Bean Day (See page bottom for ideas)Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Fourth Thursday every year)
•APRIL 23William Shakespeare's birthday, 1564
International Sing-Out Day
Home Run Day-Hank Aaron hit his first home run in 1954--(Play a good game of baseball! )
•APRIL 24 Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day (See page bottom for recipes)
Artist Willem de Kooning's birthday, 1904
•APRIL 25 ...National Telephone Day (See page bottom)
Anzac Day-Australia and New Zealand... Click here to learn about it. You will be taken off site.Hubble Telescope Launched, 1990
•APRIL 26Hug a Friend Day
National Pretzel Day (See our PRETZEL CATEGORY) or just snack on pretzels!Artist Eugene Delacroix's birthday, 1798
Naturalist John J. Audubon's Birthday, 1785 (See BIRD THEME)
•April 27Tell a Story Day (See TELLING CREATIVE STORY Ideas--lower half of the category page)
Creator or Woody the Woodpecker-Walter Lantz's Birthday
•APRIL 28
Poetry Reading Day
US President James Monroe's Birthday, 1758
•APRIL 29
The zipper was patented on this day in 1913
•APRIL 30
Arbor Day
National Honesty Day--George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789
For more details check out the link: http://www.kidactivities.net/
BIRTH SIGN...
Aries March 21 to April 20 and Taurus April 21 to May 21
THE MONTH OF APRIL IS ... • Autism Awareness Month
• International Guitar Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month
• Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Frog Month (See FROG THEME)• Garden Month (See GARDENING THEME)• Humor Month (See a good variety of seasonal jokes... Have fun with TONGUE TWISTER GAMES
• Math Education Month (See MIXING MATH AND FUN CATEGORY)
___________
THE WEEKS OF THE MONTH ARE...
WEEK TWO: Observe NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
WEEK THREE: NATIONAL TV TURNOFF WEEK ...
WEEK THREE: WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD~Begins April 22 ...APRIL 22 IS EARTH DAY! Celebrate it all month long!
_________
WHEN IS EASTER? (See EASTER CATEGORIES)
2012... April 8
2013... March 31
2014... April 20
2015... April 5
2016... March 27
____________
THE DAYS OF THE MONTH
•APRIL 1
April Fool's Day (See April Fool JOKES)One Cent Day
•APRIL 2
Artist Max Ernst's birthday, 1891
Author Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday, 1805
International Children's Book Day
•APRIL 3
Find a Rainbow Day-See RAINBOW THEME
Get Outside Day (See below) Also-Pony Express Established, 1860
•APRIL 4
First US Flag approved on this day in 1818 (See USA PATRIOTIC CATEGORY)Bonza Bottler Day! (See page bottom to learn about it)
•APRIL 5Road Map Day (See Mixing Geography & Fun for Map Ideas!)
•APRIL 6
Artist Raphael's Birthday, 1483
North Pole discovered
•APRIL 7World Health Day
No Housework Day!
•April 8
Easter; Ponce de Leon Day-Born in 1460; discovered Florida and searched for Fountain of Youth
•April 9First Public Library opened in Peterborough, NH
•APRIL 10Young Writer Day
Sibling Day
US Patent System was established on this day in 1790
•APRIL 11
US President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on this day in 1968
•APRIL 12Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday, 1916
•APRIL 13
USA President Thomas Jefferson's Birthday, 1743
•APRIL 14Webster's Dictionary first Published (1828)
Titanic struck Iceberg
•APRIL 15Artist Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday, 1452
First McDonalds opened in Des Plaines, IL, 1955
Income Tax Day USA
•APRIL 16Wilbur Wright's Birthday, 1867
Eggs Benedict Day
Slavery abolished in D.C. by Lincoln in 1862
•APRIL 17
Apollo 13 landed in 1970
Daffy Duck's Birthday
•APRIL 23-29...National 'Turnoff TV Week' starts today!
Pet Owner's Day--Celebrate by having fun with something in the ANIMAL THEME!Crossword Puzzle Day
Paul Revere Day--"The British are coming..." 1775
Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906
First Laundromat opened in Fort Worth Texas-1934
•APRIL 19
Humorous Day-Tell JOKES all day! See a good variety of seasonal jokes... Have fun with TONGUE TWISTER GAMES...
•APRIL 20Artist Joan Miro's birthday, 1893
Cuckoo Day
National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
•APRIL 21Kindergarten Day-first Kindergarten founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837
•APRIL 22
Earth Day(See EARTH AND GREEN CATEGORIES!) ; Jelly Bean Day (See page bottom for ideas)Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Fourth Thursday every year)
•APRIL 23William Shakespeare's birthday, 1564
International Sing-Out Day
Home Run Day-Hank Aaron hit his first home run in 1954--(Play a good game of baseball! )
•APRIL 24 Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day (See page bottom for recipes)
Artist Willem de Kooning's birthday, 1904
•APRIL 25 ...National Telephone Day (See page bottom)
Anzac Day-Australia and New Zealand... Click here to learn about it. You will be taken off site.Hubble Telescope Launched, 1990
•APRIL 26Hug a Friend Day
National Pretzel Day (See our PRETZEL CATEGORY) or just snack on pretzels!Artist Eugene Delacroix's birthday, 1798
Naturalist John J. Audubon's Birthday, 1785 (See BIRD THEME)
•April 27Tell a Story Day (See TELLING CREATIVE STORY Ideas--lower half of the category page)
Creator or Woody the Woodpecker-Walter Lantz's Birthday
•APRIL 28
Poetry Reading Day
US President James Monroe's Birthday, 1758
•APRIL 29
The zipper was patented on this day in 1913
•APRIL 30
Arbor Day
National Honesty Day--George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789
For more details check out the link: http://www.kidactivities.net/
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