National Spaghetti Day – Jan 4th
Activities:
How To Build a Spaghetti Bridge – School Aged
Spaghetti Anyone? Building With Pasta (NASA Learning) – K-8
Build a Spaghetti Marshmallow Tower – PreK
Books to Read:
Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs: A Kid’s Menu of Feelings – Nemiroff, Marc A
Stick Dog Slurps Spaghetti – Watson, Tom
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are – Dismondy, Maria
National Spaghetti Day:
National Spaghetti Day is an annual celebration honouring one of the world’s favourite and
most versatile dishes, spaghetti. The Observance provides an opportunity for amateur
cooks and professional chefs alike, to appreciate the culinary delight that spaghetti offers.
Utilized in countless recipes across the globe, spaghetti ranges from simple comfort food to
gourmet extravaganzas, linking it to a wide array of cultural cuisines.
Winnie the Pooh Day – Jan 18th
(Celebrated on author A. A. Milne’s birthday, Winnie the Pooh Day celebrates the beloved honey-obsessed bear with readings and teddy bear’s picnics.)
Activities:
PreK- Bear More or Less Activity
Elementary – Science for Winnie the Pooh Day
All Ages – Polar Bear Science Experiment
Books to Read:
Winnie-the-Pooh by Milne, A.A.
365 Days With Winnie the Pooh by Ferguson, Don
The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh by Aalto, Kathryn
Interesting Facts About Winnie the Pooh:
The story was inspired by A.A. Milne’s son Christopher Robin
The real Winnie the Pooh was a female bear
Many of the characters in Winnie the Pooh were based on stuffed animals. The original stuffed animals can still be seen on display in New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
