Teachers in Tiaras

This is an earlier post from back in May that sparked all the interest in more holidays for the school year. Enjoy!

As the weather warms up and the end of year is near, it is so easy for students (and teachers!) to get bogged down with school. An interesting way to keep up the pace in the classroom is celebrations! I found all of these bizarre May holidays online that you could celebrate in the classroom to keep the kids (and you) sane.

Month:

• National Barbecue Month
• National Blood Pressure Month
• National Hamburger Month
• National Photograph Month
• National Salad Month
• Older Americans Month

Weekly Celebrations:

• Nurse’s Week- first week of month (Get presents for the school nurse)
• Wildflower Week- week two (Take a break during class to pick wildflowers outside!)

Each Day:

• 1st- May Day, Loyalty Day, Mother Goose Day (this is GREAT for EC classrooms), and Save the Rhino Day
• 2nd- Baby Day, Brothers and Sisters Day
• 3rd- Lumpy Rug Day, National Teachers Day
• 5th- Cinco de May (have a fiesta!)
• 6th- Beverage Day (take a poll and bring in 2L of the most popular favorites), No Diet Day, and Space Day
• 8th- No Socks Day (allow bare feet in the classroom), World Red Cross Day
• 9th- Lost Sock Memorial Day (GREAT time to read Wayside School is Falling Down)
• 11th- Eat What You Want Day (bring in snacks), National Receptionist Day (make thank you cards for the office workers), School Nurses Day
• 12th- Limerick Day 
• 13th- Leprechaun Day, Frog Jumping Day, Blame Someone Else Day
• 14h- Dance Like a Chicken Day (Yes, this is real.)
• 15th- National Chocolate Chip Day
• 16th- Love a Tree Day, Wear Purple for Peace Day
• 20th- Be a Millionaire Day
• 23rd- Lucky Penny Day
• 25th- National Missing Children’s Day, Tap Dance Day

Those are just a few of my favorites out of the many, many ones available.

Monthly:

• National Humor Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month

Weekly:

• Week 1: Library Week
• Week 2: Garden Week
• Week 4: National Karaoke Week

Each Day:

• 1st: April Fool’s Day
• 2nd: Children’s Book Day, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• 4th: School Librarian Day
• 10th: National Siblings Day
• 13th: Scrabble Day
• 22nd: National Jelly Bean Day
• 26th: National Pretzel Day
• 27th: Tell a Story Day

Monthly:

• Music in Our Schools Month
• National Craft Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Women’s History Month
• Poetry Month
• Red Cross Month

Weekly:

• Week 2: National Bubble Week

Each Day:

• 10th: Middle Name Pride Day
• 12th: Plant a Flower Day
• 14th: Learn about Butterflies Day, National Potato Chip Day, National Pi Day
• 15th: Ides of March, Incredible Kid Day
• 17th: Saint Patrick’s Day
• 20th: International Earth Day
• 22nd: National Goof Off Day

Just as a side note, by NO MEANS should the classroom be made about only celebrating. These are just meant to make the classroom more fun. Some of the more obscure holidays should just be mentioned on the board for a silly fact or something subtle such as that.

Monthly:

• Black History Month
• Canned Food Month (Take donations for your local food bank!)

Each Day:

• 1st: National Freedom Day
• 2nd: Ground Hog Day
• 4th: Thank a Mailman Day
• 7th: Send a Card to a Friend Day
• 11th: Make a Friend Day
• 12th: Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
• 13th: Get a Different Name Day
• 14th: Valentine’s Day
• 17th: Random Acts of Kindness Day
• 21st: President’s Day
• 22nd: George Washington’s Birthday, Be Humble Day
• 26th: Tell a Fairy Tale Day (Have the students write their own original fairy tale or the “untold story” of an existing one. What a great day for creative writing!)

Monthly:

• National Hobby Month
• Hot Tea Month
• National Soup Month

Weekly:

• Week 2: Letter Writing Week

Each Day:

• 1st: New Year’s Day
• 4th: Trivia Day
• 13th: Make Your Dream Come True Day (This day would be a great day to have the students dress as their dream career and do a presentation on what their future life would be like.)
• 17th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday)
• 18th: Thesaurus Day, Winnie the Pooh Day
• 20th: Penguin Awareness Day
• 21st: National Hugging Day, Squirrel Appreciation Day
• 23rd: National Pie Day, National Handwriting Day
• 24th: Compliment Day
• 25th: Opposite Day
• 28th: National Kazoo Day
• 31st: Backwards Day, Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

Ok so first off, sorry if I am driving you all crazy with all of the holidays, but I have had several requests for specific months and holidays for every month. Anyway, here are more holidays:

Monthly:

• Bingo Month
• Write a Friend Month

Each Day:

• 1st: Eat a Read Apple Day
• 4th: Santas’ List Day
• 7th: Letter Writing Day, National Cotton Candy Day, Pearl Harbor Day
• 8th: National Brownie Day
• 13th: Ice Cream Day
• 16: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
• 18th: Bake Cookies Day
• 20th: Go Caroling Day (Carol for other classrooms and faculty around school)
• 25th: Christmas Day
• 31st: New Year’s Eve

Here are even more holidays to celebrate at the year goes on!

Monthly:

• Peanut Butter Lovers Month
• National Sleep Comfort Month

Weekly:

• Week 1: Chemistry Week
• Week 3: Game and Puzzle Week

Each Day:

• 2nd: Look for Circles Day (LOVE this for the EC classroom)
• 3rd: Sandwich Day
• 8th: Young Readers Day (second Tuesday of the month)
• 9th: Chaos Never Dies Day
• 10th: Forget-Me-Not Day
• 11th: Veteran’s Day
• 13th: Sadie Hawkins Day, World Kindness Day
• 16th: Button Day
• 17th: World Peace Day
• 20th: Beautiful Day
• 24th: Thanksgiving
• 25th: Black Friday

More holidays to celebrate as the school year goes on!

Monthly:

• Cookie Month
• National Pizza Month
• National Vegetarian Month
• Sarcastic Month
• Seafood Month

Weekly:

• Week 1: Get Organized Week
• Week 2: Fire Prevention Week

Each Day:

• 5th: Do Something Nice Day, World Teacher’s Day
• 6th: Mad Hatter Day
• 7th: World Smile Day
• 9th: Leif Erikson Day
• 10th: Columbus Day (second Monday of the month), National Angel Food Cake Day
• 11th: It’s my Part Day, Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day
• 14th: National Dessert Day
• 16th: Bosses Day, Dictionary Day
• 17th: Wear Something Gaudy Day
• 22nd: Make a Difference Day (fourth Saturday of the month)
• 28th: Frankenstein Friday
• 30th: National Candy Corn Day
• 31st: Halloween

Those are just a few of my favorites out of the many, many ones available.

More holidays to celebrate as the school year goes on!

Monthly:

• Classical Music Month
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Fall Hat Month
• International Square Dancing Month
• National Piano Month
• Self Improvement Month

Each Day:

• 1st: Emma M. Nuttt Day (The first woman telephone operator)
• 5th: Be Late for Something Day
• 5th: Cheese Pizza Day
• 5th: Labor Day (first Monday)
• 6th: Fight Procrastination Day, Read a book Day
• 9th: Teddy Bear Day
• 10th: Swamp Ideas Day
• 11th: Grandparents Day (first Sunday after Labor Day), Make Your Bed Day
• 12: Chocolate Milk Shake Day
• 13th: Fortune Cookie Day, Positive Thinking Day, Uncle Sam Day
• 15th: Make a Hat Day
• 16th: Mayflower Day, National Play Doh Day
• 17th: Constitution Day
• 18th: National Cheeseburger Day, National Women’s Friendship Day (third Sunday in September)
• 19th: International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Yes! I love this one!)
• 26th: Johnny Appleseed Day

Those are just a few of my favorites out of the many, many ones available.

Don’t forget to submit your original ideas to teachersintiaras.gmail.com to have a chance to win awesome goodie baskets for the upcoming school year! 

It is so easy for students (and teachers!) to get bogged down with school. An interesting way to keep up the pace in the classroom is celebrations! I found all of these bizarre August holidays online that you could celebrate in the classroom to keep the kids (and you) sane.

Monthly:

• American Adventures Month
• American Indian Heritage Month
• Orange and Papaya Month
• What Will Be Your Legacy Month
• National Picnic Month

Weekly:

• Week 1: National Simplify Your Life Week
• Week 2: National Smile Week
• Week 3: Friendship Week
• Week 4: Be Kind to Humankind Week

Each Day:

• 2nd: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
• 3rd: National Watermelon Day
• 7th: Friendship Day (First Sunday in August)
• 8th: Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day (Ew!)
• 9th: Book Lover’s Day
• 10th: Lazy Day
• 16th: National Tell a Joke Day
• 18th: Bad Poetry Day (Write the worst you can think of!)
• 31st: National Trail Mix Day

Those are just a few of my favorites out of the many, many ones available.

So since we have reached a huge milestone in followers recently, we have decided to do a giveaway for all you lovely people! So here are are the rules:

1. To submit an entry email your favorite, original idea to teachersintiaras@gmail.com (I will post all of the great ideas on here with credit for whoever submitted it)

2. For a second entry reblog this and include your tumblr name in the email with your submission.

We will pick out the top ten ideas and everyone who has reblogged will get a second entry in the drawing. The top three drawn will receive Back to School gift baskets filled with super fun teacher goodies! I can’t wait to hear the ideas!!