May 1 is May Day
May Pole Dancing
May Day Origins
May Day Activities |
Can you do it? The week of May 2-8 is Screen Free Week.
Screen Free activities, click here.
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Be Kind to Animals Week
May 2 - 16, 2021
Visit the American Humane Society website to learn more.
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 To learn more about Cinco deMayo click here
Cinco de Mayo
May 5
Here are some books about Cinco de Mayo for you to look for in your school or public library:
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by Carolyn Otto, 2008
Cinco de Mayo: day of Mexican pride by Amanda Doering, 2006
Celebrate! It’s Cinco de Mayo! = Celebremos! Es el Cinco de Mayo! by Janet Levy, Spanish translation by Miguel Arisa, 2006
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May is Bike Safety Month
Kids and Bike Safety
Bike Safety Activities
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May is Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Presidential Youth Fitness Program
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 May 8, 2022 is Mother's Day
Visit the sites below for Mother's Day activities:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/mom/index.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/mothersday/
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/mothers-day/ |
May 3 - 9, 2021 is "Children's Book Week"
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 May 18 is International Museum Day. Visit one of the following "virtual museums" without ever leaving home! Take your family with you!
Olympic Museum
National Women's History Museum
Colonial Williamsburg
Smithsonian Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Field Museum of Natural History
National Gallery of Art
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In honor of the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22), who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories, visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum.
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Featured authors with birthdays this month:
George Selden - May 14
Look for these books at your school or public library:
Cricket in Times Square
Chester Cricket's Pidgeon Ride
Chester Cricket's New Home
L. Frank Baum - May 15
To learn more about the author of The Wizard of Oz and to read his works online, click on his name above.
Eloise Greenfield - May 17
For a list of her books and to learn more about her, click on her name.
Margaret Wise Brown - May 23
She wrote Goodnight, Moon. To learn more about her and for a complete list of her books, click on her name.
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