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 | EnchantedLearning.com Monthly Activity Calendar: May 2008 Click on the activity to go to crafts, printouts, Label Me! quizzes, and other activities. | Today's Date is: |
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| 1 May Day Find an occupation for each letter of the alphbet Save the Rhino Day |
2 Color a painting by da Vinci. Elijah McCoy (inventor) born, 1844 |
3 First airplane landed at North Pole, 1952 Label the North Pole and other world features. Constitution Day, Japan |
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| 4 Space Day Write a page on a space adventure you would like to have. International Firefighters Day |
5 New Moon Color a page on the moon. Cinco De Mayo Children's Day, Japan |
6 National Teachers Day (Tuesday of the first full week of May) Write a page on what you'd do if you were a teacher. Sigmund Freud (psychoanalyst) born, 1856 |
7 Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel prize-winner, Hindu poet and composer) born, 1861 Label a map of India. |
8 V-E Day - Victory in Europe, Germany's surrender in World War II, 1945 Label a map of Europe. First Westminister Dog Show held, 1877 |
9 Europe Day Read about, color, and take a quiz on the EU flag. First Newspaper Cartoon (in the USA), 1754 |
10 Peace Day Make a dove, a symbol of peace. Independence Day, Israel |
| 11 Mother's Day 2nd Sunday in May Make a beautiful pop-up card. Salvador Dali born, 1904 Minnesota became a state, 1858 |
12 Manitoba became a province of Canada, 1870 Label a map of Canada. |
13 Republic of Ecuador was founded, 1830 Label a map of Ecuador. Tulip Day |
14 Color a painting by Gainsborough. Lewis and Clark began their expedition, 1803 |
15 International Day of Families Write a page about your family. |
16 First US Nickel Minted, 1866 Read about the nickel. |
17 Armed Forces Day, US (3rd Sat. of May) Label a world map. French and Indian War Began, 1756 Constitution Day, Norway |
| 18 Mount St. Helens Erupted, 1980 Label a volcano diagram. Flag Day, Haiti |
19 Victoria Day, Canada (Monday preceding May 25) Label a map of Canadian provinces. Sarah Peale (portrait artist) born, 1800 |
20 Full Moon Take a quiz on the moon. Flower Day |
21 Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the plane,"The Spirit of St. Louis," 1927 Label his journey from New York, USA, to Paris, France, on the world map. Mary Anning (fossil hunter) born, 1799 |
22 International Day for Biological Diversity Read about an endangered species. Mary Cassatt born, 1844 National Bike to School Day |
23 National Day (Amendment of the Constitution), Morocco Color, read about, and take a quiz on Morocco's flag. South Carolina became a state, 1788 |
24 First Morse Code Message Sent - from Washington DC to Baltimore, 1844 Read about Morse code, then write your name in Morse code. |
| 25 Africa Day Read about Africa, then take a quiz on Africa. President John Kennedy announced Apollo goal of going to the Moon, 1961 |
26 Memorial Day, USA Last Mon. in May Color a US Flag. Sally Ride (astronaut) born, 1951 |
27 Rachel Carson (ecologist) born, 1907 Label the Earth's oceans. |
28 Monkeynauts Able and Baker flew in space, 1959 Do a cloze activity on monkeynauts. |
29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, 1953 Label a map of Nepal. Rhode Island became a state, 1790 Wisconsin became a state, 1848 |
30 Mariner 9 was launched towards Mars, 1971 Label our Solar System. Lincoln Memorial Dedication |
31 National Save Your Hearing Day Label the parts of the ear. |
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