Bold pink text indicates a live SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY link. Click on the links to discover more information. For more programming ideas, visit 1 ideas.demco.com/category/blog/. “Thoughts need words. Happy book birthday to Words need a voice.” This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson and Suzy Lee. Holiday — Sharon Draper, Out of My Mind Month/Week/Day/World Celebration Birthday Celebration 6 7 8 National Lighthouse Day Friendship Day Read Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Encourage kids to do something Snickett and Lisa Brown. In the Happy book birthday to nice for a friend today! Write a story, a goldfish ghost searches Little Red Riding Sheep by Linda Ravin note, help out with a project, or all about town for someone to Lodding and Cale Atkinson. go on an adventure. Or challenge keep him company until it finds kids to make a new friend today! something unexpected in a nearby lighthouse thought to be haunted. 13 14 15

Family Fun Month Left Handers Day On this day in 1969, the Woodstock This month is all about having Challenge kids to try going a day Music & Art Fair opened its doors fun with the family. Hold a family using their non-dominant hand. to participants and spectators. game night at your library and Discuss the challenges they Read aloud Snoozefest by Samantha encourage families to bring their experience. Berger and Kristyna Litten. favorite games to share. 20 21 22

Judy Schachner’s Birthday Sharon Draper’s Birthday Go on an adventure Visit SharonDraper.com to Happy book birthday to with Skippyjon Jones in learn more about the author and Creepy Pair of Underwear! by one of the many books in her books, including the award- Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown. Judy’s well-loved series. winning Out Of My Mind.

27 28 29 On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his Happy book birthday to Lisa Yee’s Birthday “I Have a Dream” speech to Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to Check out Lisa’s DC Super 250,000 people attending the His Daughter by Mark Gonzales Hero Girls series. March on Washington. View and Mehrdokht Amini. a captivating, animated presentation of the speech. Children’s Activity Calendar Children’s August 2017 Back to School Month | Get Ready for Kindergarten Month | National Peach Month | Family Fun Month

By Matthew Winner Follow him on Twitter @MatthewWinner WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 3 4 5 Watermelon Day Get Ready for Ask kids, “What do you think Sherri Duskey Rinker’s Kindergarten Month Ice Cream Sandwich Day would happen if you swallowed Birthday Here are a couple of Provide frosting gel and a watermelon seed? Would Read Mighty, Mighty Construction great tips to share from ice cream sandwiches for a watermelon grow in your Site and ask students what other the U.S. Department of kids to create tasty works of tummy?” Serve juicy slices of machines would make good Education for parents art on their frozen treats. watermelon and read aloud Greg partners. of kids getting ready to Pizzoli’s The Watermelon Seed. enter kindergarten. 9 10 11 12 Book Lovers Day Back to School Month S’mores Day United Nations International Ask students, “What’s your favorite Read First Day Jitters by Have you tried the Elvis? Or Youth Day book? What do you love about Julie Denneberg and Judy Love, how about some S’moreos? The focus of this year’s event it? Have you ever shared it with and talk about the ways students These 10 easy s’mores recipe is “Youth Building Peace.” Read someone else?” Encourage students can help each other overcome variations may entice you to aloud The Peace Book by Todd to carry a favorite book around butterflies when starting a turn every day into a s’mores day! Parr. today and show off their book love. new situation. 16 17 18 19 National Aviation Day National Peach Month In August of 1939, The Wizard of Sit in the cockpit of over 50 Eric Litwin’s Birthday Hold a screening of Disney’s Oz premiered in theaters. Listen historical airplanes and enjoy Read aloud Pete the Cat: Rocking James and the Giant Peach to this classic performance of a panoramic view with the in My School Shoes or The Nuts: and serve peach-flavored “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” National Air and Space Keep Rolling! refreshments. by Judy Garland. Museum’s multimedia gallery. 23 24 25 26

On this day in 1966, the Lunar Ask students, “What are your Women’s Equality Day Orbiter I returned the first favorite things to do in the sun?” Lane Smith’s Birthday Read Susan B. Anthony by photograph of Earth taken Have each student make a list Read Smith’s A Perfect Day. Have Alexandra Wallner, and access by a spacecraft from the vicinity and compare with a partner. students write a short story Equality Day celebration of the Moon. View the image How many did they do about their perfect day. resources from the National on NASA’s website. this summer? Women’s History Project. 30 31

Frankenstein Day Eat Outside Day Celebrate the birth of Frankenstein Take students outside for a picnic author Mary Shelley and her today. Encourage kids to take creation of one of the most iconic note of all of the different sounds monsters by making some Frank- they encounter while outside. inspired treats.

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