Love - and feed - thy neighbors!

Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors Porch Day

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This is a holiday about sharing. On August 8 every one who owns some zucchini should leave a basket full of them onto a neighbor’s porch. It was founded by Tom Roy from Pennsylvania, who has stated that “due to the overzealous planting of zucchini, citizens are asked to drop off baskets of the squash on neighbors’ doorsteps.” Of course, every one accepted this new way of offloading the zucchini reserves. In a good manner, however.

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Grab a loveable feline and hug away!!

Hug Your Cat Day

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People need hugging and cats need hugging. It brings well being so for those who allegedly have no time to hug their cats all over the year, they have to do that on 13 May or on any of the other days when this holiday is celebrated. If cat owners want to show more respect to their cats they can do a lot more on this day, like organizing cat party, for example. Believe it or not, it is celebrated worldwide.

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Oh yes... praise to the poultry!

International Respect for Chickens Day

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May is the International Respect for Chickens Month, but 4 May is the Day when people should show some respect to the chickens and all other domestic fowls. Probably you guess, vegetarians founded this holiday to raise awareness about the way these animals are used in food industry, science, entertainment, education etc.


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April 13 is Scrabble Day.

 


What a great way to have fun AND get in some spelling time!

Have a great scrabble day!

Get out your sketch pad!

April 8 is Draw a Picture of a Bird Day!!














Here's a few tips to help with your drawing... or you can just "wing it"... get it? Wing it? It's a pun. lol!!

 

It's Children's Book Day!!!

Children's Book day is a perfect time for show and tell (or write and read) about your student's favorite children's books.

Get ready for it!

Guess what? April offers all kinds of opportunities to have fun - and learn - with the kids!

Did you know April is:

1. National Poetry Month

2. National Library Month

3. National Mathematics Education Month?

Whew! I can think of several fun activities for each! If you have one - or a few - please send them in! (terrijeaphotography @ yahoo . com )

Also...

The first week of April also celebrates:

1. Library Week and

2. Read a Road Map week!

Can your students read a map?
Read some poetry and ask them to pick a favorite.
Write a poem made from the first letters of their name.
Go to the library and research famous poets.  

Look for a favorite poetry book.  Mine was Reflections on a Watermelon Pickle. I still have it!



There are LOTS of things to do this month! Plan a few today so you'll be all set coming tomorrow morning.

Cheers,

TJ

National Snowman Burning Day

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The spring comes at March 20, so the time for the Snowman to go away has come. However, he has no legs and must be burned. This is not a holiday of weird and aggressive people who like burning things, it’s just the way they send the winter in the past and welcome the sunny spring days. The idea is to melt the Snowman. The Swiss first started to celebrate this holiday, but it’s also accepted in US.


 http://urbantitan.com/10-weird-holidays/

Celebrate this crazy holiday!

Get Over It Day

www.getoveritday.com

Everyone has something to get over, so for those who missed to do so there’s an opportunity on 9 March. Ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends, job stress, embarrassing moments, and so on – all are set to be forgotten on this day. If you don’t know if you have something to get over, just ask your friends what they mostly hear from you.


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Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Happy SolMas HanKwa

Happy SolMas HanKwa !!

Why yes... I am Mad as a Hatter today!!

Mad Hatter Day

1. What Is It? MadHatterDay is a holiday in October. It fills the need for a second crazy day in the year, almost exactly half a year from April Fools' Day. The real spirit of MadHatterDay is turnabout: The nonsense we usually have to pretend is sane can be called madness for one day in the year; the superficially crazy things that really make sense can be called sane on MadHatterDay.
   
   MadHatterDay is 10/6. The date was chosen from the illustrations by John Tenniel in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, wherein the Mad Hatter is always seen wearing a hat bearing a slip of paper with the notation "In this style 10/6". We take this as inspiration to behave in the style of the Mad Hatter on 10/6 (which is October 6 here, although in Britain MadHatterDay occurs on June 10...but I digress...) Some astute observers have noted that the paper in the Mad Hatter's Hat was really an order to make a hat in the style shown, to cost ten shillings sixpence. However, it is well known that Time Is Money, and therefore Money Is Time, and therefore 10/6 may as well be the sixth of October.
   MadHatterDay began in Boulder, CO, in 1986, among some computer folk who had nothing better to do. It was immediately recognized as valuable because they caused less damage than if they'd been doing their jobs. It was announced that first year on computer networks. In 1987 it gained minor local recognition. In 1988, it was first recognized as an official holiday by an area business, and also received its first national press coverage by news services (who are always desperate for an unlikely story). It is almost certain that the national election also gave MadHatterDay a good boost in 1988.
   
   Detailed plans for this year's MadHatterDay observance will, of course, be announced on October 7. We have found that plans made after the fact are more accurate and much easier to have fulfilled. Or, as the Red Queen said, "sentence first, then the verdict!"
   
   
2. What Goes? What do people do on MadHatterDay? In general, we celebrate silliness. But what if your work involves something inherently silly -- say marketing, where you put on a three-piece suit (five or six layers of fabric) in the summertime, tie a piece of cloth around your neck to restrict blood flow to the brain, and set about trying to convince people to buy things they don't want and can't afford because this will give the country a Healthy Economy? In this case, doing something absolutely sane will have a more startling effect than you can possibly imagine.
   
   Your world is crazier than you think:
   
   
   • We travel around by taking the juice from hundred-million-year-old rotten dinosaur food and exploding it in a metal can.
   • A "sports fanatic" is not someone who participates in sports, but someone who sits indoors on a beautiful day, drinking beer while yelling at the picture on a little box. (Throw the ultimate football party: Forget the TV; just sit around eating and drinking with friends.)
   • As much as we say we like to "get away from it all", the more successful we are, the more we take it all with us when we go. (Take a vacation with all the comforts of home: Just stay home!)
   • We're so well-fed that we're getting food with intentionally reduced nutritional content--so we can take the trouble to eat without getting the benefit of doing so. (Enjoy the ultimate in fast-diet-food: Skip lunch.)
   • We've saved so much gift-giving for the Christmas season that it has entirely unbalanced the flow of cash and consu mer goods through the year. So merchants decided to start the season early to have something to do the rest of the year. (There's now only one major gift-giving holiday -- but it lasts for five months. Surprise someone with a MadHatterDay present.)
     
     
   ...and it goes. Take a look around you, drop your assumptions about what must be proper and normal, and see how much of it is just silly. Better yet, try to find something that does make sense.Don't hurt anyone. Save the pranks for April 1. This is "a Kinder, Gentler Fool's Day.
   And it's the day after Ari Rapkin's birthday. What better excuse?

Get ready for tomorrow's MAD HATTER DAY

Happy One Hit Wonder Day!!

Create a playlist of the following 20 songs and celebrate
ONE HIT WONDER DAY!!

20. Tainted Love by Soft Cell

19. Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega
18. Venus by Shocking Blue

17. Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus (Yes.. the dad from Hannah Montana!!)
16. Mickey by Toni Basil















15. I'll be Gone by Spectrum
14. Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
13. Counting the beat by The Swingers

12. Slice of heaven by Dave Dobbyn and the Herbs


11. Rocking Robin by Bobby Day



10. Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth

9. Don't worry, by happy   by Bobby McFerrin
8. 99 Luftballoons by Nena
7. Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum


6. Come on Eileen by Dexys midnight runners
5. Funkytown by Lipps Inc
4. Turning Japanese by The Vapors
3. Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
2. Born to be Alive by Patrick Hernandez

And the number one One Hit Wonder is....

1. My Sharona by The Knack!!!

Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!

Here's a few words and phrases to get start practicing..

Ahoy: Hey!

Avast: Stop!

Aye: Yes

Black spot: to be 'placin' the black spot' be markin' someone for death.

Booty: treasure

Buccaneer: a pirate who be answerin' to no man or blasted government.

By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!

Cat o' nine tails: whip for floggin' mutineers

Corsair: a pirate who be makin' his berth in the Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween Spain and Africa, aye!

Davy Jones' Locker: the bottom o' the sea, where the souls of dead men lie

Doubloons: pieces of gold...

Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin' when they die.

Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an' plunder.

Gentlemen o' fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!

Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise

Grog: A pirate's favorite drink.

Jack: a flag or a sailor

Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!

Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle-encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin' this.

Landlubber: "Land-lover," someone not used to life onboard a ship.

Lass: A woman.

Lily-livered: faint o' heart

Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk

Matey: A shipmate or a friend.

Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.

Me: My.

Pieces o' eight: pieces o' silver which can be cut into eights to be givin' small change.

Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power

Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.

Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!

Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.

Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a bastard son of a sailor

Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits

Squadron: a group of ten or less warships

Squiffy: a buffoon

Swaggy: a scurvy cur's ship what ye be intendin' to loot!

Swashbucklin': fightin' and carousin' on the high seas!

Sweet trade: the career of piracy

Thar: The opposite of "here."

Walk the plank: this one be bloody obvious.

Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin' to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.

Wi' a wannion: wi' a curse, or wi' a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!

Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter

Chinese New Year: 2012

The Year of the Dragon

Chinese New Year Dates 2010 - Feb. 14 2011 - Feb. 3 2012 - Jan. 23 2013 - Feb. 10 2014 - Jan. 31

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012.

Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.

Breathing Fire into the New Year

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in dragon years are innovative, brave, and passionate. Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Mary-Louise Parker were all born in the year of the dragon.

 

Fireworks and Family Feasts

At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom. Long ago, people in China lit bamboo stalks, believing that the crackling flames would frighten evil spirits.

 

The Lantern Festival

In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other's homes for visits and shared meals, most significantly a feast on New Year's Eve. In the United States, however, many early Chinese immigrants arrived without their families, and found a sense of community through neighborhood associations instead. Today, many Chinese-American neighborhood associations host banquets and other New Year events.

The lantern festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Some of the lanterns may be works of art, painted with birds, animals, flowers, zodiac signs, and scenes from legend and history. People hang glowing lanterns in temples, and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon.
In many areas the highlight of the lantern festival is the dragon dance. The dragon—which might stretch a hundred feet long—is typically made of silk, paper, and bamboo. Traditionally the dragon is held aloft by young men who dance as they guide the colorful beast through the streets. In the United States, where the New Year is celebrated with a shortened schedule, the dragon dance always takes place on a weekend. In addition, many Chinese-American communities have added American parade elements such as marching bands and floats.

Read more: Chinese New Year: 2012 — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html#ixzz267zRAhTa

I dedicate this day to Morgan Freeman.

Happy Play God Day!!
 

Woot! Woot!

It's Cuddle Up Day!!!

Let's celebrate!!

It's Bird Day, National Bird Day and Migratory Bird Day!!

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Question: What holiday falls on January 4th?

Give up.... it's TRIVIA DAY!!!

Happy Trivia Day everyone!!