Find A Rainbow Day – April 3rd
Activities:
Rainbow Water – All Ages
Shaving Cream Rainbow Clouds – All Ages
Rainbow Waking Water – All Ages
Books to Read:
Rainbows – Whitefield, David
It’s Not All About Rainbows – Von Innerebner, Jessika
Rainbow – A First Book of Pride – Genhart, Michael
Find a Rainbow Day:
The month of April brings spring showers. After those showers, the sun comes out and a rainbow often appears. This makes today, the perfect time to celebrate Find a Rainbow Day. We don’t always hope for rain in an already rainy month. But, to truly enjoy this day, you need rain to see a rainbow. And, if you are really lucky, you may see an uncommon double one. Make sure you have your camera ready, so you can capture the moment.
National Pet Day – April 11th
Activities:
Dog Sled STEM Challenge – School Aged
Harry the Dirty Dog Thaumatrope Printable – School Aged
Make a Miniature Animal Habitat – PreK – 2
Books to Read:
Pets – Berger, Melvin
Sir Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders – Pets – Robinson, Tony
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets – Higgins, Ryan T.
National Pet Day
According to Colleen Paige, the creator of National Pet Day, this April 11 holiday event celebrates “the special relationship between humans and pets, and the joy pets bring to our lives”. It also raises awareness, of the plight of all types of animal pets awaiting rescue and/or a permanent home. Maybe, that home will be yours!
Bat Appreciation Day – April 17th
Activities:
Flying Bats STEM Activity – PreK
The Science of Flight – Bats – School Aged
Flying Bat Straw Rockets – School Aged
Books to Read:
Bats – Biggest! Littlest! – Markle, Sandra
The Bat – Gravel, Elise
Night of the Bats! – Eliopulos, Nick
International Bat Appreciation Day
Let’s celebrate bats today!! No, we are not going batty. We just think that bats deserve a little respect. There are many varieties of bats, some as small as your thumb. Counter to what horror movies lead us to believe, these night flyers won’t bother you, if you don’t bother them. However, if you’ve got bats in your belfry, that’s a different matter altogether. So, head on outdoors after dark on this April 17 holiday, and enjoy Bat Appreciation Day.
Morse Code Day – April 27th
Activities:
Morse Code – School Aged
Morse Code for Kids – School Aged
Crack the Morse Code – School Aged
Books to Read:
Morse Code: SOS
Super Simple Telegraph Projects – Kuskowski, Alex
Samuel Morse – Davis, Lynn
Morse Code Day:
This special day centers around Samuel Morse, the communications code he created, and the magnetic telegraph machine that was first used to transmit this revolutionary means of communication from one distant location to another.
