International Tea Day / National Cat Herding Day
International Tea Day
December 15
According to Wikipedia, International Tea Day is observed annually on December 15. It has been celebrated since 2005 in tea producing countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Uganda, India...
Fletcher And The Snowflake Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and the rabbits have moved to a new home in the forest. Fletcher is very excited about celebrating the holiday with them until he realizes Santa won’t know where to deliver their Christmas presents.
Fletcher...
Crystals For Christmas!
I just love STEAM activities. They are so engaging that kids don’t even know it’s “school stuff”! There are so many wonderful choices for STEAM fun, but today I chose one that has a holiday theme.
Crystal Christmas...
Crystals
Learning about crystals involves both science and math. You and your children can go outside on a crystal hunt or experiment with basic household items to create crystals of your own. The Sciencing website is an amazing...
STEAM Fun With Popcorn!
Tens of thousands of years before there were movies, there was popcorn! In fact, archaeologists have found 80,000-year-old corn pollen in Mexico that is almost exactly the same as modern popcorn pollen, which leads researchers to believe...
A Plump And Perky Turkey
What would it be like if there were no turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner? That is the dilemma the people of Squawk Valley were in when they couldn’t find a turkey for their Thanksgiving feast. The nearby turkeys...
Share Your Bounty With Family
As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s meaningful to reflect on the origin of the holiday –Native Americans and pilgrims sharing their bounty of food with each other. As you gather with your loved ones this year, perhaps you can...
The First Thanksgiving
The story of the first Thanksgiving is well-known and often the source of lessons, programs, Pilgrim and Indian costumes and artwork this time of the year. It’s a story of perseverance, hardship and friendship that defines the...
What’s Special About Today? …
Each day marks something interesting that has happened in the past, or celebrates something special or even funny and random! Here is where you will find out what happened each day of the year!
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