August has heaps of holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries,  and more!   If you are wanting  special studies,  occasions to celebrate, or some menu suggestions you can find it on my August  special days calendar.

August has these themes:

• Adventures
• Artist Appreciation
• Cactus
• Celery
• Fennel
• Golf
• Immunization Awareness
• Inventors
• Motorsports
• National Parks
• Orange
• Panini
• Papaya

Here is the list of special days in August!

Aug. 1

• Clown Week begins
• Simplify Your Life Week begins
• World Breastfeeding Week begins
• Anniversary of the World Wide Web
• Author Herman Melville born 1819
• Colorado statehood 1876
• Respect for Parents Day
• US Air Force Day

Aug. 2

• Author, Holling C. Holling born 1900
• Braham Pie Day
• Ice-Cream Sandwich Day

Aug. 3

• Columbus set sail 1492
• Mustard Day
• Watermelon Day

Aug. 4

• Assistance Dog Week begins
• Barack Obama born 1961
• Coast Guard Day
• Chocolate Chip Day
• Exercise With Your Child Week begins
• Farmers’ Market Week begins
• Friendship Day

Aug. 5

• Assistance Dog Day
• Waffle Day

Aug. 6

• Alexander Fleming born 1881
• Bombing of Hiroshima 1945
• Poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson born 1809

Aug. 7

• Lighthouse Day
• Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
• Purple Heart Day

Aug. 8

• Art Appreciation Day
• The Date to Create
• End of Ramadan (Eid-Al Fitr)
• Hobo Week begins
• Odie Day (the dog from the Garfield Cartoons)

Aug. 9

• Book Lovers Day
• Elvis Week begins
• Indigenous People Day
• Veep Day

Aug. 10

• Herbert Hoover born 1874
• Missouri statehood 1821
• S’mores Day
• Garage Sale Day

Aug. 11

• Daughters and Sons Day
• Play in the Sand Day

Aug. 12

• Persied Meteor Showers
• Vinyl Record Day
• Youth Day

Aug. 13

• Annie Oakley born 1860
• Left-Handed Day
• Persied Meteor Showers

Aug 14.

• Lizard Day
• VJ Day

Aug. 15

• Aviation Week begins
• Chauvinist Day
• Chef, Julia Child born 1912
• First Roller Coaster 1898
• Joke Day
• Lion Day
• Relaxation Day

Aug. 16

• Airborne Day
• Men’s Grooming Day

Aug 17

• Davy Crockett born 1786
• Geocaching Day
• Homeless Animals Day
• Thrift Shop Day

Aug. 18

• Bad Poetry Day
• Cupcake Day
• Mail Order Catalog Day
• Meriwether Lewis born 1744
• Serendipity Day

Aug. 19

• Aviation Day
• Bill Clinton born 1946
• Humanitarian Day
• Potato Day
• Root Beer Float Day
• Wilbur Wright born 1867

Aug. 20

• Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
• Benjamin Harrison born 1833
• Lemonade Day

Aug. 21

• Hawaii Statehood 1959
• Mona Lisa stolen 1911
• Senior Citizen Day

Aug. 22

• Be An Angel Day
• Tooth Fairy Day

Aug. 23

• Abolition of Slave Trade Remembrance
• Independence Day (Mexico)
• Sponge Cake Day

Aug. 24

• Bat Night
• Kiss and Make Up Day
• Mt. Vesuvius erupted 79AD
• Pluto demoted 2006
• Waffle Day

Aug. 25

• Banana Split Day
• Bat Night
• Be Kind to Humankind Week begins
• Kiss and Make Up Day

Aug. 26

• Safe At Home Week begins
• Daffodil Day
• Dog Day
• Woman’s Suffrage Day

Aug. 27

• Lyndon Johnson born 1908
• Mother Theresa born 1910

Aug. 28

• Cherry Turnover Day
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a dream” speech 1963
• Radio Commercials Day

Aug. 29

• More Herbs, Less Salt Day

Aug. 30

• Author/Illustrator Donald Crews born 1938

• Melted Marshmallow Day

Aug. 31

• Love Lawyers Day
• Trail Mix Day

Our official back to school date is set for August 5.  Our unit studies last left off at the end of the middle ages in Europe.  It’s my plan for us to jump a historic ship and set sail for American History.  I added statehood anniversaries and presidents birthdays to the special days calendar. We will take those days to study states, presidents, and other US history related special days as we move through our new school year.

I make my monthly special days calendars by using several sources including old calendars,  holiday books, newspapers, and the web. If you know of a special day that I do not have listed, please comment and let me know what it is so I can add it in.   Below are the links to my favorite online calendars.

http://www.se7en.org.za/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/

And for the cute calendar image at the top of this post click here http://www.justcalendar.org/august-2013-calendar-12.html

Happy August!

betty jo