Here’s the October Special Days list!  It’s filled with holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries,  and even some spooky stuff!  If you’re looking for something seasonal and fun to include in your lesson plans, a day to celebrate, or special foods to add to your menu, this list will give you some awesome ideas!

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

October’s Themes, Awareness, and Observances

• Adopt a Shelter Dog
• AIDS Awareness
• Animal Safety and Protection
• Arts and Crafts
• Arts and Humanities
• Audiology Awareness
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Bat Appreciation
• Birds of Prey
• Bilingual Child
• Blindness Awareness
• Book
• Breast Cancer Awareness
• Bullying Prevention
• Children’s Magazine
• Chiropractic
• Church Library
• Class Reunion
• Clocks
• Computer Learning
• Co-op Awareness
• Crime Prevention
• Cut Out Dissection
• Cyber Security Awareness
• Dental…