May’s calendar is full of holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days, historic figures, artists and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and more! Whether you are looking for something special to learn about, celebrate, observe, or a food to add to the menu, thisSpecial Days in May list gives you an awesomevariety of choices!

Resources for teaching throughout the month, including a PDF of Special Days in May, can be found at the end of this list.

May’s Themes, Awareness, and Observances

• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
• Better Hearing and Speech
• Better Sleep
• Bikes
• Civility Awareness
• Clean Air
• Creative Beginnings
• Date Your Mate
• Eco Driving
• Electrical Safety
• Family
• Foster Care
• Get Caught Reading
• Gifts From the Garden
• Good Car Keeping
• Haitian Heritage
• Heal the Children
• Healthy Vision
• Homeschool Awareness
• Inventors
• Jewish-American Heritage
• Military Appreciation
• Older Americans
• Photograph
• Physical Fitness and Sports
• Preservation
• Recommitment
• Revise Your Work Schedule

Here’s the collection of themes, foods, historic and scientific anniversaries, awareness days, and famous birthdays for April.

A free PDF of Special Days in April and other teaching resources can be found at the end of this list.

April’s Themes, Awareness, and Observances

• Amateur Radio
• Arab American Heritage
• Astronomy
• Autism Awareness
• Car Care
• Card and Letter Writing
• Celebrate Diversity
• Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Confederate History
• Decorating
• Financial Literacy Month
• Frogs
• Garden
• Guitar
• Holy Humor
• Home Improvement
• Humor
• Jazz Appreciation
• Keep America Beautiful
• Kites
• Landscape Architecture
• Listening Awareness
• Math Education
• Military Child
• Pet 1st Aid
• Poetry
• Recycling
• School Library
• Straw Hat
• Stress Awareness
• Young Child
• Youth Sports Safety
• World Habitat Awareness

April Food Themes

• BLT Sandwich
• Celery
• Child Nutrition
• Cranberries
• Garlic
• Gooseberries
• Grilled Cheese Sandwich
• Pecan
• Soft Pretzel
• Soy Foods
• Tomato

Special Days With Varying Dates

Daffodil Sunday (1st Sun.)
Bat Appreciation Week (1st full week)
Sweet Tater Day (1st Mon.)

March is full of holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries, and more! Whether you’re looking for seasonal studies, trivia, a day to celebrate, or a food to add to the menu, this list of special days for March gives you plenty to choose from!

Resources for teaching throughout the month, including a PDF of March’s Special Days, can be found at the end of this list.

March Themes, Awareness, and Observances

Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig
Athletic Training
Brain Injury Awareness
Cerebral Palsy Awareness
Child Life
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness
Clean Up Your IRS Act
Colic Awareness
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness
Color Therapy
Craft
Credit Education
Deaf History
Developmental Disabilities Awareness
Diabetes Alert
Dolphin Awareness
Employee Spirit
Endometriosis Awareness

Ethics Awareness
Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering
Flower
Gender Equality
Hemophilia
Honor Society
Humorists Are Artists
Hypothermia…