This page is a work in progress.  Keep checking back.  Scroll down to find the month you want. Billy Bear's Holiday Pages have lots of good information and activities for your students! New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Pesach, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Birthdays!   Holiday Insights is a web site with a complete list of every holiday and special day in the year. January All About January:    Did you know that January is Hot Tea Month?  It is also . . . National Oatmeal Month, National Blood Donor Month, National Hobby Month and National Soup Month!  I can think of all kinds of units you could design around these themes! Special days in January include . . . National Hat Day, Penguin Awareness Day, Squirrel Appreciation Day, School Nurse Day, National Kazoo Day and more fun days listed for January! More on January here. February:  In addition to the more commonly known holidays such as Valentine's Day, Ground Hog Day, President's Day, it also includes Tell a Fairy Tale Day, International Polar Bear Day, National Weatherman's Day, Thi8nking Day, and more!  February also has other designations in addition to  Black History Month.  According to Holiday Insights February is also: American Heart Month An Affair to Remember Month Black History Month Canned Food Month Creative Romance Month Great American Pie Month National Cherry Month National Grapefruit Month National Weddings Month Valentine's Day k-12 mixed: The History of Valentine's Day PBS Kids Valentine's Day Page The Greeting Card Cards and Crafts for Valentine's Day Love Poems Valentine's Day Quotes Valentine's Day Crafts and Cooking Ideas Songs, Poems, Activities and more Valentine coloring pages, cards, games . . . Lesson Plans and Ideas for Valentine's Day Constructed by a classroom for other kids -  Valentine Symbols, Facts and Superstitions, Saint Valentine's Story, I Love You in languages from around the world, Valentine cards Coupons More Valentine's Day lesson resources Valentine's Facts and Fables For upper grades: Cupid and Mythology About Valentine's Day - from University of Kansas St. Valentine's Day Massacre - articles on Court TV web site Catholic Origins of St. Valentine's Day Also, see our web page on Candy and the Cooking Show. Black History Month The History Channel exhibit is incredible.  TV schedule, maps, speeches, biographies, video clips, resources and more! InfoPlease has many good links for Black History Month Black History Hotlist from SBC Education First Biography.com CNN Black History Month web site Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History. LSU web page for Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History KidsDomain.com - cultural activities, and more. Unit Plan:  Also see our unit on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. March To many, March is a huge month. It officially brings the arrival of spring. Spring and Saint Patrick's Day brightens up month. We are sure ready for some brightening up, after a long, cold winter. Saint Patrick's Day recipes.  Easter recipes.  See our Candy Unit Page for great lesson ideas, including the making of your own cooking show DVD! March Holidays and Events: 8 International Women's Day 9 Daylight Savings Begins at 2:00 a.m. 15 Ides of March 16 Palm Sunday 17 St. Patrick's Day 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox 20 International Earth Day 21 Good Friday 21 Purim begins at sundown. 23 Easter Sunday 25 Feast of the Annunciation More March holidays and special days This month in History: March 12, 1912- The Girl Scouts were founded. March 17, 1845 The rubber band was invented. Can you imagine life without them!?! March 29, 1886- Coca Cola is invented. Find more at More this Month Among other things, March is: National Nutrition Month National Women's History Month Irish American Month Music in Our Schools Month National Craft Month National Frozen Food Month National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995. National Nutrition Month National Peanut Month National Women's History Month Poetry Month Red Cross Month Social Workers Month Did you Know? March was named for the Roman God "Mars" Week Celebrations: 2nd Week National Bubble Week 2nd Week Crochet Week Each Day in March: 1 National Pig Day 1 Peanut Butter Lovers' Day 2 Old Stuff Day 3 I Want You to be Happy Day 3 If Pets Had Thumbs Day 3 National Anthem Day 3 Peach Blossom Day 4 Holy Experiment Day 4 Hug a GI Day 4 National Salesperson Day - first Friday in the month 5 Multiple Personality Day 6 Dentist's Day 6 National Frozen Food Day 7 National Crown Roast of Pork Day 8 Be Nasty Day 8 International (Working) Women's Day 9 Employee Appreciation Day 9 Panic Day 10 Middle Name Pride Day 11 Johnny Appleseed Day 11 Worship of Tools Day - guys, you can relate 12 Girl Scouts Day 12 Plant a Flower Day 13 Ear Muff Day 13 Jewel Day 14 Learn about Butterflies Day 14 National Potato Chip Day 14 National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi. 15 Everything You Think is Wrong Day 15 Ides of March 15 Incredible Kid Day 15 Dumbstruck Day 15 National Quilting Day - third Saturday of month 16 Everything You Do is Right Day 16 Freedom of Information Day 17 Submarine Day - the hero sandwich or the boat?? 17 Saint Patrick's Day 18 Goddess of Fertility Day 18 Supreme Sacrifice Day 19 Poultry Day 20 International Earth Day 20 Extraterrestrial Abductions Day 20 Proposal Day 21 Fragrance Day 22 National Goof Off Day 23 National Chip and Dip Day 23 Near Miss Day 24 Dyngus Day always the Monday after Easter 24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day 25 Pecan Day 25 Waffle Day 26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day 27 National "Joe" Day 28 Something on a Stick Day 29 National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day 29 Smoke and Mirrors Day 30 National Doctor's Day 30 I am in Control Day 30 Take a Walk in the Park Day 31 Bunsen Burner Day 31 National Clam on the Half Shell Day March Notes: Flower of the Month: Daffodil, Jonquil Birthstone of the Month: Aquamarine, Bloodstone Astrological Signs: Pisces Feb. 19 - Mar. 20; Aries March 21 - April 19 The Moon this month is called the Crow Moon, Lenten Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon. April 1 April Fool's Day 1 International Tatting Day 4 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday 15 Income taxes due 19 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days. 21 Patriot's Day Third Monday 22 Earth Day (U.S.) 23 Administrative Professionals Day formerly "Secretaries Day" 24 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday 25 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April More April holidays and special days September Ramadan: Sept. 24–Oct. 24 A month of prayer, fasting, and charity for Muslims   October Halloween Diwali - the Hindu festival of lights November Thanksgiving Day - last Thursday in November The History of Thanksgiving December Advent - begins Dec. 2, 2007 Hanukkah: Dec. 15–Dec. 22 The "festival of lights" celebrates Jewish triumphs Christmas - Dec. 25 Kwanzaa: Dec. 26 Honoring the values of ancient African cultures Winter Holiday Roundup by Infoplease -  New Year's Eve  -  Traditions, History, Celebrations, and saying "Happy New Year" around the world.