May Links

May 1 is May Day

May Pole Dancing
May Day Origins
May Day Activities

 To learn more about Cinco de  Mayo click here

    Cinco de Mayo  

Be Kind to Animals Week
May 1-7 2011

Visit the American Humane Society website to learn more.

May is Physical Fitness and Sports Month

Are you ready to take the President's Physical Fitness Challenge? If so, click here to find out more.

May is Bike Safety Month
Kids and Bike Safety
Bike Safety Activities

May 2-8 is "Children's Book Week"

May 8 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/

 

In honor of the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22), who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories, visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum.

 

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

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.