| August 1st Sunday: Friendship Day 8: Dollar Day: Money: U.S. dollar was created. 13: Olympics (Sports) 19: National Aviation Day Water Quality Month |
September - National Honey Month (Honeybees) 1st Monday: Labor Day 11: Patriot Day (US) Grandparent's Day (1st Sunday after Labor Day) 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) Celebrate Hispanic Heritage @ Scholastic 4th Week: National Dog Week 23: First Day of Autumn Note: You can do these themes: Fall: Leaves, apples, etc. (In 2008, it will be on the 22nd.) 4th Friday: Native American Day Native American Games |
October International Dinosaur Month Family History Month 8-14: Fire Prevention Week: NFPA 1st Monday: Child Health Day (Health) 9: Leif Erikson Day 11: Columbus Day (2nd Monday): Spain; Pirates 3rd Week (Starting on Monday): World Rainforest Week 31: Halloween |
| November Good Nutrition Month - American Indian Heritage Month National Museum of the American Indian 11: Veterans Day / Remembrance Day - Harvest U.S. Thanksgiving Day |
December 9: Hanukkah 17: Aviation Wright Brothers Day Pan American Aviation Day 21/22: First Day of Winter 25: Christmas 26: Kwanzaa |
January National Eye Care Month 1: New Year's Save the Eagles Day 11: Amelia Earhart Day Penguin Awareness Day 13: Stephan Foster Memorial Day American Experience | Stephen Foster 17: Benjamin Franklin's Birthday Martin Luther King 26: Australia Day: Kangaroos, Koala Bears, etc. |
| February - American Heart Month - Dental Health - Black History Month 2: Groundhog's Day Country: China: Chinese New Year / Giant Panda Bear (Chinese New Year's Day is usually in February; sometimes it is in January.) 14: Love or Valentine's Day's; Arizona Day (1912) Near the End of the Month: President's Day 27: International Polar Bear Day |
March Save Your Vision Week (first week) Eyes 1: Pigs (National Pig Day) 2: Dr. Seuss 17: Saint Patrick's Day - Country: Ireland 20/21, etc.: First Day of Spring Easter (It's either in March or April) National Nutrition Month Adar/Purim |
April Mother's Day Cancer Control Month Easter (It's either in March or April) 13: Thomas Jefferson National Wildlife Week Astronomy Week & Day (depending on the year) Earth Day / Recycling Arbor Day (Trees) |
| May Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month National Bike Month Astronomy Week & Day (depending on the year) 5: Space Day National Pet Week Mother's Day (2nd Sunday) Nurses Day 15: Police Week National Transportation Week (3rd week) 19: Circus Day Memorial Day National Salad Month |
June Pet Appreciation Week (2nd week) National Zoo and Aquarium Month National Safety Month 14: (week of) Flag Day/Week 15: In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered the lightening rod with his Kite Experiment. Father's Day (3rd Sunday) 21: First Day of Summer 25: Eric Carle's Birthday: Read his books and other day's throughout the week. 26: Toothbrush Invented / Dental Health 30: Sky Day |
July 1 Canada Day (Most years are on the 1st) 4: U.S.A. Independence Day 20: Moon Day 24: Pioneer Day Parents' Day (4th Sunday) |