Friday, April 1, 2011

Integrating Holidays: April Showers

This month brings a lot of fun themes that can be brought into your home. It is said that "April Showers bring May flowers" and that is especially true with the amount of information you can shower your family as you connect life to books.

So, what does April bring?

National Poetry Month
Autism Awareness Month
National Frog Month
National Garden Month

Just to name a few, for more click on April Special Days
Already, my head is spinning. Frogs, poetry, gardens! The activities are endless.

Let's break April down day to day.
1: April Fool's Day
7: No housework day- A special day to me
9: 1st Public Library was opened (visit your local library)
11: Jackie Robinson
On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson became the 1st african-american in modern major-league baseball.
15: Income Tax Day
18: Passover begins at sunset on April 18 marking end of Jewish slavery in Egypt
22: Earth Day
23: William Shakespears Birthday
24: Easter-Celebration of Christ's resurrection
26: National Pretzel Day
28: Poetry Reading Day and Take our daughter's to work day

Enjoy the month of April!

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