CONTENTS -- JANUARY -- JANUARY 1: Happy New Year -- "Happy New Year" in Sign Language -- JANUARY 4: Jakob Grimm's Birthday -- A Hansel and Gretel Walk -- JANUARY 6: The Epiphany -- Giving Precious Gifts -- A Mitten Tree -- JANUARY 15: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday -- A Walk Back in Time -- JANUARY 17: Ben Franklin's Birthday -- An Electrifying Experiment -- It's Fun to Get Mail -- You Can Learn Anything at Your Library -- JANUARY 18: A. A. Milne's Birthday -- Winnie-the-Pooh's Honey Bears -- BETWEEN JANUARY 21 AND FEBRUARY 19: Chinese New Year -- Chinese Greetings -- Chinese Calendar-What Animal Are You? -- Chinese Paper Lanterns -- Lion Masks -- Chinese Dragons -- New Year's Parade -- Chinese Fried Rice-Chopsticks Lesson -- JANUARY 27: Lewis Carroll's Birthday -- A Mad Tea Party -- FEBRUARY -- FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH -- Black History Yesterday -- Black History Today -- FEBRUARY 2: Groundhog Day -- Paper Bag Groundhog -- Silhouettes -- FEBRUARY 5: Hank Aaron's Birthday -- Fun with Baseball -- FEBRUARY 6: Babe Ruth's Birthday -- FEBRUARY 7: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday -- Make Your Own Bread and Butter -- MARDI GRAS-FALLS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 3 AND MARCH 9 -- Carnival Masks -- FEBRUARY 11: Thomas A. Edison's Birthday -- A Lesson on Light -- Making a Recording -- FEBRUARY 12: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday -- Shining Pennies -- Pitching Pennies into Lincoln's Hat -- Penny Rubbings -- FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH -- Listen to Your Heart -- Eating for a Healthy Heart -- "I Love You" in Sign Language -- FEBRUARY 17: Marian Anderson's Birthday -- Sing a Spiritual -- FEBRUARY 19: Nicolaus Copernicus's Birthday -- The Copernican Universe -- FEBRUARY 22: George Washington's Birthday -- Tricorn Hats -- Design Your Own Dollar -- Your Presidential Proclamation -- MARCH -- Purim-The Feast Of Lots -- Hamantashen.

Pocahontas-Anniversary Of Her Death-March 1617 -- Indian Headbands -- MARCH 2: Dr. Seuss's Birthday -- Green Eggs á la Dr. Seuss -- MARCH 3: Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday -- Making Telephones -- Musical Telephone Numbers -- Emergency Telephone Skills -- MARCH 17: Ireland: National Day -- An Irish Greeting -- Irish Potatoes -- Irish Soda Bread -- MARCH 21: The Vernal Equinox -- "Spring" in Sign Language -- Lion and Lamb Bag Puppets -- Wind Streamers -- MARCH 22: Randolph Caldecott's Birthday -- Enjoy a Caldecott Winner -- MARCH 30: Vincent van Gogh's Birthday -- Sunflower Mosaic -- APRIL -- APRIL 2: Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday International Children's Book Day -- Advertise Your Favorite Book -- APRIL 7: World Health Day -- Tissue Craft -- APRIL 8: Buddha's Birthday -- Origami Flower -- APRIL 15: Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday -- Paint a Portrait -- APRIL 22: Earth Day -- Clean-up Walk -- Keeping Our Air Clean -- Reduce-Reuse-Recycle in the Classroom -- Reduce-Reuse-Recycle at Home -- APRIL 23: William Shakespeare's Birthday -- "A Play's the Thing" -- Be a Set Designer -- APRIL: Arbor Day -- Forests-Using Them vs. Using Them Up -- The Rain Forest -- APRIL 26: John J. Audubon's Birthday -- Bird Watching-Look and Listen -- Making Flying Birds -- Build a Nesting Box -- Write to the Audubon Society -- MAY -- MAY 1: Mother Goose Day -- Jack Be Nimble Jumping Fun -- The Real Humpty Dumpty -- Pat-a-Cakes -- Be Kind to Animals Week -- Pet Pictures -- MAY 5: Cinco De Mayo -- Piñata -- Serape -- Maracas -- Mexican Greetings -- A Mexican Fiesta -- A Taste of Mexico-Nachos -- A Taste of Mexico-Sangria -- MAY 9: Sir James Barrie's Birthday -- A Peter Pan Poll -- MAY 27: Rachel Carson's Birthday -- Insects-What Good Are They? -- Ladybug Bingo -- Painted Butterflies -- LAST MONDAY IN MAY: Memorial Day -- Tissue Poppies -- A Happy Memory -- JUNE.

JUNE IS NATIONAL DAIRY MONTH -- Milk a Cow -- Milkshakes -- JUNE 8: Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday -- Architect for a Day -- JUNE 10: Maurice Sendak's Birthday -- Make Your Own Prehistoric Wild Things -- Build a World for Your Wild Things -- Recyclesaurus-A Group Project -- JUNE 14: Flag Day -- Design Your Own Flag -- Ancestral Flags -- JUNE 22: Summer Solstice -- "Wish I Were Here" Postcards -- Watermelon Craft -- JUNE 23: Wilma Rudolph's Birthday -- Rudolph Relays -- JUNE 26: Babe Didrikson Zaharia's Birthday -- Practice Putting -- JUNE 27: Helen Keller's Birthday -- "Sign" Your Name -- Sight-I Spy -- Hearing-Whispering down the Lane -- Taste Test -- Touch-A Cooperative Collage of Textures -- Smell-Cupcake Flowers -- Five Senses Snack -- JULY -- JULY 1: Dominion Day-Canada -- Maple Leaf Art -- JULY 4: George M. Cohan's Birthday -- A Yankee Doodle Sing-Along -- JULY 4: Independence Day-USA -- A Patriotic Parade -- Fireworks Art -- Red, White, and Blueberries -- JULY 5: P. T. Barnum's Birthday -- Be a Clown -- Circus Stilts -- Tightrope Walking -- JULY 7: Tanabata Star Festival-Japan -- Japanese Haiku -- Constellation Star-Gazers -- WEEK INCLUDING JULY 20TH: Space Week -- Lunar Art -- Sun Prints -- Hands-on Planet Fun -- Astronaut Mission -- A Celestial Mobile -- JULY 24: Amelia Earhart's Birthday -- Making Paper Airplanes -- JULY IS NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS, HOT DOG, BAKED BEAN & ICE-CREAM MONTH -- Camping Out -- A Cookout -- Homemade Ice Cream -- JULY 28: Beatrix Potter's Birthday -- "Rabbit" in Sign Language -- AUGUST -- AUGUST 1: Herman Melville's Birthday -- Sailing Ships -- Whale Lovers' Scrimshaw -- Sailor's Knots -- Undersea Art -- AUGUST 6: Peace Day -- Doves for Peace -- A Modern Peace Symbol -- AUGUST 11: Alex Haley's Birthday -- Explore Your Roots -- A Family Portrait -- SECOND THURSDAY IN AUGUST: Baby Parade, Ocean City, New Jersey.

A Baby Picture Parade -- AUGUST 14-16: Anniversary of Woodstock -- Tie-Dyeing -- Love Beads -- A Sixties Snack -- A Sign of the Sixties -- AUGUST 15: Transcontinental Railroad Completed-USA -- Playing Train -- Cooperative Train Craft -- AUGUST 27: Mother Teresa's Birthday -- Friends in Need -- AUGUST 31: Mario Montessori's Birthday -- Fraction Fun -- SEPTEMBER -- FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER: Labor Day -- Job Charades -- SEPTEMBER 7: Grandma Moses's Birthday -- Paint a "Primitive" Scene -- SEPTEMBER 8: United Nations International Literacy Day -- "Read" Around the World -- Library Cards -- WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY: School Begins Throughout the United States -- School Bus Safety -- Traffic Light Craft -- Traffic Light Song -- Traffic Light Game -- SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER: The Navajo Nation Fair -- Totem Poles -- Tepees and Hogans -- Canoes -- Indian Villages -- Navajo Dry Painting -- Indian Food -- SEPTEMBER 23: Autumnal Equinox -- Autumn Trees -- Leaf Matching Game -- Fall Placemat -- SEPTEMBER 26: John Chapman's (Johnny Appleseed) Birthday -- Apple Treats -- Apple Trees -- A Friend in Your Apple -- SEPTEMBER 26: George Gershwin's Birthday -- Skyline of the Big Apple -- FOURTH SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER: Good Neighbor Day -- A Neighborly Visit -- A Neighborly Treat -- OCTOBER -- OCTOBER 9: Anniversary of the Chicago Fire of 1871 -- "Fire" in Sign Language -- A Fire Experiment -- Stop, Drop, and Roll -- Fire Safety Posters -- OCTOBER 9: Leif Erikson Day -- A Viking Helmet -- A Viking Shield -- OCTOBER 10: Helen Hayes's Birthday -- Act It Out -- OCTOBER 11: Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday -- Your Own Declaration of Human Rights -- OCTOBER 11: Pulaski Day -- A Polish Greeting -- OCTOBER 16: Noah Webster's Birthday -- Different Kinds of Dictionaries -- Learn a New Word -- OCTOBER 24: United Nations Day -- You Are a U.N. Representative -- United Nations Feast.

OCTOBER 31: National Magic Day -- Learn a Magic Trick -- OCTOBER 31: Samhain -- Ghostly Windsocks -- Samhain Lanterns -- OCTOBER IS NATIONAL POPCORN POPPIN' MONTH -- Delicious Popcorn Treats -- NOVEMBER -- ELECTION DAY-FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER -- Exercise Your Right to Vote -- "Win" and "Lose" in Sign Language -- NOVEMBER 3: Sandwich Day -- Invent a New Sandwich -- NOVEMBER 4: Anniversary of the Discovery of King Tut's Tomb -- Egyptian Hieroglyphics -- NOVEMBER 4: Will Rogers's Birthday -- Lassos -- NOVEMBER 5: Guy Fawkes Day -- Make a "Guy" -- NOVEMBER 6: John Philip Sousa's Birthday -- A Marching Band -- NOVEMBER 15: Georgia O'Keeffe's Birthday -- Fantastic Flowers -- NOVEMBER 15: Shichi Go San -- Japanese Treat Bags -- Shichi Go San Treats -- NOVEMBER 18: Louis Daguerre's Birthday -- Photographic Fun -- WEEK INCLUDING THANKSGIVING: National Adoption Week -- Learn About Adoption -- NOVEMBER 30: Samuel Ciemens's (Mark Twain) Birthday -- Frog Jumping Contest -- DECEMBER -- DECEMBER 1: First Day of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere -- Summer Collage -- DECEMBER 2: Georges Seurat's Birthday -- A Pointillism Project -- DECEMBER 5: Walt Disney's Birthday -- Easy Animation -- DECEMBER 6: St. Nicholas Day -- St. Nicholas Staffs -- DECEMBER 13: St Lucia Day -- Crowns and Hats -- DECEMBER 22: Winter Solstice -- Keeping Warm in Winter -- Anytime Snow -- "Snow" in Sign Language -- Remember Our Feathered Friends -- DECEMBER 23: Anniversary of Publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" -- A Read-Aloud "Play" -- DECEMBER 25: Clara Barton's Birthday -- First Aid Kits -- DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 1: Kwanzaa -- A Kwanzaa Mkeka -- A Kwanzaa Muhindi -- A Kwanzaa Karamu -- DECEMBER 31: New Year's Eve -- Memories -- Noisemakers -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.