I'm Betty Jo, a wife to my knight in (not so) shinning armor for nearly 22 years. We have 5 kids and another one that currently lives with us. We have been Christian home educators for 18 years with 8 more (at least) to go.
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.) Walking Day (1st Wed.) Walk to Work Day (1st Fri.) Birding Day (1st Sat.) Love Our Children Day (1st Sat.) Pillow Fight Day (1st Sat.) Garden Week (2nd week) Student Employment Week (2nd full week) Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse (2nd Sun.) Baby Massage Day (2nd Sat.) Slow Art Day (2nd Sat.) Boys & Girls Club Week (3rd full week) Coin Week (3rd full week) Boston Marathon (3rd Mon.) Patriot’s Day (3rd Mon.) High Five Day (3rd Thurs.) World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week (week of the 24th) Global Youth Service Days (3rd weekend) Auctioneers Day (3rd Sat.) Husband Appreciation Day (3rd Sat.) Karaoke Week (4th week) Princess Week (last full week) Sky Awareness Week ( last full week) Environmental Education Week (Mon. of last full week) Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (4th Thurs.) Pinhole Photography Day (last Sun.) Arbor Day (last Fri.) Save the Frogs Day (last Fri.) Eeyore’s Birthday (last Sat.) Frog Day (last Sat.) Go Birding Day (last Sat.) Sense of Smell Day (last Sat.) Veterinary Day (last Sat.) World Healing Day (last Sat.)
Special Days Without Set Dates
Explore Your Career Options Week Public Health Week Holy Week (sometimes March) Palm Sunday (sometimes March) Passover (sometimes March) Good Friday (sometimes March) Easter Sunday (sometimes March) Easter Monday (sometimes March) Library Week Library Day (Tues. during Library Week) Teen Literature Day (Thurs. of Library Week) National Gardening Week (UK) National Park Week Just Pray No! Weekend of Prayer and Fasting Money Smart Week Preservation Week Playground Safety Week Teach Your Children to Save Day Week of the Young Child Poem In Your Pocket Day Gathering of the Nations PowWow Fiddler’s Frolic Infant & Toddler Immunization Week
Special Days With Set Dates
April 1
April Fool’s Day
Atheist Day
Fun at Work Day
Golden Rule Week begins
Medication Safety Week begins
Poetry and The Creative Mind Day
Read a Road Map Week begins
Reading Is Funny Day
Tatting Day
US Air Force Academy Day
April 2
Author Hans Christian Andersen born 1805
Children’s Book Day
Ferret Day
Ponce de Leon discovers and claims Florida for Spain 1513
Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Reconciliation Day
World Autism Day
April 3
Chocolate Mousse Day
Don’t Go To Work Unless It’s Fun Day
Find a Rainbow Day
Scientist Jane Goodall born 1934
Johan Gutenberg 1st used movable type to print a book 1451
Author Washington Irving born 1783
1st Pony Express Mail Route 1860
Tweed Day
Weed Out Hate/Sow Seeds of Greatness Day
World Party Day
April 4
Hug a Newsman Day
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated 1968
NATO established 1949
Rat Day
Robotics Week begins
Author/Illustrator Glen Rounds born 1906
Tell a Lie Day
Vitamin C Day
Walk Around Things Day
April 5
Deep Dish Pizza Day
Easter Island “discovered” 1722
Go For Broke Day
Scientist Joseph Lister born 1827
Plum Pudding Day
Scientist Walter Sutton born 1877
Activist Booker T. Washington born 1856
April 6
1st Animated Cartoon was copyrighted 1906
Army Day
Fresh Tomato Day
North Pole discovered 1909
Artist Raphael born 1483
Sorry Charlie Day
Teflon invented 1938
Twinkie invented 1930
US Entry Into WWI 1916
April 7
Beaver Day
Caramel Popcorn Day
Metric System Day
No Housework Day
Poet William Wordsworth born 1770
World Health Organization Day
April 8
All Is Ours Day
Buddha born 563 BC
Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
Empanada Day
Roma Day
Zoo Lovers Day
April 9
Appomattox Day (US Civil War ends 1865)
Cherish an Antique Day
Winston Churchill Day (first person to become an Honorary Citizen of the United States 1963)
Georgia Independence 1991
Name Yourself Day
April 10
Farm Animals Day
Golfers Day
Salvation Army Founder’s Day 1865
Safety Pin patented 1849
Sibling Day
April 11
Apollo 13 Launched 1970
Barbershop Quartet Day
8-Track Tape Day
Pet Day
End of Revolutionary War 1783
Submarine Day
Teach Your Children to Save Day
April 12
Big Wind Day
American Civil War begins 1861
Author Beverly Cleary born 1916
D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read Day)
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
International Day for Street Children
Licorice Day
1st Human Space Flight 1961
1st Space Shuttle launch 1981
1st Union Jack Flag 1606
Walk On Your Wild Side Day
April 13
Cowboy/Outlaw Butch Cassidy born 1866
President Thomas Jefferson born 1743
Scrabble Day
Inventor Richard Trevithick born 1771
April 14
Citizen Science Day
Dolphin Day
Look Up At The Sky Day
Moment of Laughter Day
Pecan Day
Reach as High as You Can Day
St. Tiburtius’ Day
Websters American Dictionary of the English Language published 1828
April 15
Corrie Ten Boom born 1892
Artist/Scientist/Inventor Leonardo Da Vinci born 1452
Jackie Robinson Day
Rubber Eraser Day
Swallow Day
Take A Wild Guess Day
The Titanic sank 1912
April 16
Comedian Charlie Chaplin born 1889
Day of the Mushroom
Eggs Benedict Day
Save the Elephant Day
Stress Awareness Day
Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
Inventor Wilbur Wright born 1867
April 17
Bat Appreciation Day
Blah! Blah! Blah! Day
Cheese Ball Day
Ellis Island History Day
Haiku Poetry Day
1st Hershey Bar sold 1895
April 18
Amateur Radio Day
Animal Cracker Day
Juggler’s Day
Piñata Day
Paul Revere’s Famous Ride 1775
San Francisco Earthquake 1906
Zimbabwe Independence 1980
April 19
Bicycle Day
Garlic Day
Hanging Out Day
1st Free Fall Parachute Descent 1919
Primrose Day
The Shot Heard Around the World (Battle of Lexington and Concord) 1775
April 20
Chinese Language Day
Frog Appreciation Day
Marie and Pierre Curie Discover Radium 1902
Adolf Hitler born 1889
Look Alike Day
Volunteer Recognition Day
Weed Day
April 21
Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
Queen Elizabeth born 1926
Henry VIII Became King of England 1509
Innovation Day
Kindergarten Day
Naturalist John Muir born 1838
Rome Founded 753 BC
April 22
Earth Day
Girl Scout Leaders Day
Jelly Bean Day
Mother Earth Day
Roller Skates patented 1823
April 23
President James Buchanan born 1791
English Language Day
St. George’s Day
Homerun Day
Laboratory Day
Movie Theater Day
Picnic Day
Slay A Dragon Day
Take a Chance Day
Talk Like Shakespeare Day / Author William Shakespeare born 1564 (other sources say April 26)
Zucchini Bread Day
April 24
Dance Week begins
Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day
Farmer’s Almanac Founder, Robert Bailey Thomas born 1776
Special Days Archive – Direct links to the most recent Special Days and Resource lists for each month
I make my monthly special days lists 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 April calendars.
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 Awareness and Training International Ideas Irish American Heritage Kidney Kite Listening Awareness Mad for Plaid March Into Literacy Mirth Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Music In Our Schools On Hold
Play the Recorder Poison Prevention Awareness Problem Gambling Awareness Red Cross Save Your Vision Sing With Your Child Social Work Spiritual Wellness Umbrella Women’s History Women Inventors Youth Art
March Food Themes Bell Peppers Berries Broccoli Caffeine Awareness Celery Cherries Exotic Winter Fruits Flour Frozen Foods Green Onion Leeks Meatout Noodle Nutrition Peanut Sauce
March Special Days with Varying Dates
● World Math Day (1st Wed.) ● World Book Day (1st Thurs.) ● Day of Unplugging (1st Fri.) Dress in Blue Day (1st Fri.) ● World Day of Prayer (1st Fri.) ● International Festival of Owls (1st full weekend) ● Celebrate Your Name Week begins (1st full week) ● Namesake Day (Sun. of 1st full week) ● Fun Facts About Names Day (Mon. of 1st full week) ● Unique Names Day (Tues. of 1st full week) Discover What Your Name Means Day (Wed. of 1st full week) Name Tag Day (Thurs. of 1st full week) ● Middle Name Pride Day (Fri. of 1st full week) ● Descendants Day (Sat. of 1st full week) ● Read an E-Book Week (1st full week) Words Matter Week (1st full week) ● Newspaper in Education Week (1st Mon.) ● School Breakfast Week begins (Mon. of 1st full week) ● Share a Story – Shape a Future Week begins (1st Mon.) ● Women of Aviation Worldwide Week begins (week with March 8) ● Chocolate Chip Cookie Week (2nd week) Brain Awareness Week (2nd full week) ● Commonwealth Day (2nd Mon.) ● Organize Your Home Office Day (2nd Tues.) ● Kidney Day (2nd Thurs.) ● Girl Scout Week (week of 12th) ● Absolutely Incredible Kid Day (3rd Thurs.) ● Quilting Day (3rd Sat.) ● Button Week (3rd full week) ● Chocolate Week (3rd full week) ● Folktales and Fables Week (3rd Week) ● Act Happy Week (3rd Mon.) ● Wellderly Week begins (3rd Mon.) ● Cleaning Week begins (last week) ● Diabetes Alert Day (4th Tues.) ● Little Red Wagon Day (last Wed.)
. Manatee Appreciation Day (last Wed.)
. Brother and Sister Day (last Sat.) ● Earth Hour (last Sat.)
MarchSpecial Days Without Set Dates
● Iditarod Race ● Lent (Sometimes Feb.) ● Return the Borrowed Books Week ● Sleep Awareness Week ● Teen Tech Week ● Ta’anit Esther/Purim (Sometimes Feb.) ● Procrastination Week ● Agriculture Week ● Science and Engineering Week (UK) ● Tsunami Awareness Week ● Daughters’ and Sons’ Day ● Check Your Batteries Day ● Daylight Savings Time begins ● Napping Day (day after Daylight Savings Time) ● Brain Awareness Week ● Ag Day ● Fix a Leak Week ● Naw-Ruz ● Ostara ● Spring Equinox/ 1st Day of Spring ● Shakespeare Week ● Nano Days ● Mothering Sunday (UK) (3 weeks before Easter ● Consider Christianity Week begins (2 Sundays before Easter) Holy Week (week before Easter) ● Good Friday (Fri. before Easter) ● Easter
Special Days with Set Dates
March 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence 1992
Cheer-leading Week begins
Dadgum That’s Good Day
St. David’s Day
Fruit Compote Day
Ghost Writers Week begins
Horse Protection Day
Nebraska Statehood 1867
Ohio Statehood 1803
Peace Corps Week begins – established 1961
Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
Pet Sitters Week begins
Pig Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Save Your Vision Week begins
Share a Smile Day
Sock Monkey Day
Universal Human Beings Week begins
World Compliment Day
Write a Letter of Appreciation Week begins
Yellowstone National Park established 1872
March 2
Banana Cream Pie Day
Dr. Seuss Day – Author Theodor Geisel born 1904
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev born 1931
Jell-O invented 1897
King Kong (movie) premiered 1933
Old Stuff Day
Read Across America Day
March 3
Alexander Graham Bell born 1847
Cold Cuts Day
Florida Statehood 1845
I Want You To Be Happy Day
If Pets Had Thumbs Day
National Anthem Day (US)
Elvis Presley’s 1st TV Appearance 1955
Severe Storm Preparedness Week
Speech and Debate Education Day
Time Magazine launched 1923
World Wildlife Day
March 4
Courageous Follower Day
Primatologist Jane Goodall born 1934
Grammar Day
Holy Experiment Day
Hug a G.I. Day
March Forth – Do Something Day
Pound Cake Day
Scrapbooking Industry Day
Slinky patented 1947
Toy Soldier Day
US Constitution went into effect 1789
Vermont Statehood 1791
Composer Antonio Vivaldi born 1678
March 5
Absinthe Day
Boston Massacre 1770
Cheese Doodle Day
Map Maker Gerardus Mercator born 1512
St. Piran’s Day
March 6
Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning born 1806
Artist Michelangelo Buonarroti born 1475
Corndog Day
Dentist’s Day
Dress Day
Frozen Foods Day
Ghana Independence 1957
Oreo Cookies first introduced 1912
White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
March 7
Be Heard Day
Cereal Day
Crown Roast of Pork Day
Artist Piet Mondrian born 1872
No More Week begins
Roast Pork Day
Telephone patented 1876
March 8
Aardvark Week begins
Girls Write Now Day
Peanut Cluster Day
Proof Reading Day
Universal Women’s Week begins
March 9
Barbie Doll debuted 1959
Crabmeat Day
False Teeth patented 1822
Get Over It Day
Meatball Day
Panic Day
Explorer Amerigo Vespucci born 1451
March 10
Bagpipe Day
Blueberry Popover Day
International Day of Awesomeness
Mario Day
Pack Your Lunch Day
Ranch Dressing Day
Salvation Army Day
1st Telephone Call Made 1876
Harriet Tubman born 1820
Rings around Uranus discovered 1977
March 11
Dream Day
Frankenstein published 1818
Ken Day (the boy Barbie)
Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day
Plumbing Day
Rattlesnake Roundup begins
Worship of Tools Day
March 12
Baked Scallops Day
Genealogy Day
Girl Scouts Day
Alfred Hitchcock Day
Mauritius Independence 1968
1st Parachute Jump from an Airplane 1912
Plant a Flower Day
March 13
Coconut Torte Day
Comet Day
Commonwealth Day (Canada)
Donald Duck debuted 1942
Earmuffs Day (earmuffs patented 1877)
Ginger Ale Day
Good Samaritan Day
Jewel Day
K9 Veterans Day
Ken Day
Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
Uranus discovered 1781
March 14
Ask a Question Day
Children’s Craft Day
Scientist Albert Einstein born 1879
Casey Jones born 1863
Learn About Butterflies Day
Pi Day (3.14)
Potato Chip Day
Reuben Sandwich Day
March 15
Buzzards Day
Escalator patented 1892
Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Ides of March
President Andrew Jackson born 1767
Maine Statehood 1820
Pears Helene Day
Shoe the World Day
True Confessions Day
World Consumer Rights Day
World Speech Day
March 16
Artichoke Hearts Day
Curlew Day
Everything You Do Is Right Day
Freedom of Information Day
Lips Appreciation Day
1st Liquid-Fuel-Powered Rocket launched 1926
President James Madison born 1751
Panda Day
The Scarlet Letter published 1850
St. Urho’s Day
March 17
Corn Dog Day
Corned Beef and Cabbage Day
Rubber Bands invented 1845
St. Patrick’s Day
Submarine Day
March 18
Awkward Moments Day
Biodiesel Day / Inventor Rudolph Diesel born 1858
President Grover Cleveland born 1837
Forgive Mom and Dad Day
1st Space Walk 1965
Mount St. Helen erupted 1980
Oatmeal Cookie Day
Sloppy Joe Day
March 19
Chocolate Caramel Day
Let’s Laugh Day
Explorer/Missionary David Livingstone born 1813
Nurses Day
Operation Iraqi Freedom began 2003
Poultry Day
1st Space Walk 1965
March 20
Alien Abduction Day
Astrology Day
Great American Meat Out
Hugh of St. Cher’s Concordance 1263
International Day of Happiness
French Language Day
Author Bill Martin Jr. born 1916
Proposal Day
Ravioli Day
Snowman Burning Day
Tunisia Independence 1956
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published 1852
Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day (Fred Rogers born 1928)
World Frog Day
World Story Telling Day
March 21
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach born 1685
Common Courtesy Day
Reformer Thomas Cranmer Burnt at the Stake 1556
Down Syndrome Day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day of the Forests and the Tree
Fragrance Day
French Bread Day
Namibia Independence 1990
Renewable Energy Day
Single Parents Day
Spring Fairy Fun Day
Strawberry Day
World Poetry Day
March 22
As Young As You Feel Day
Carbonated Water invented 1733
Coq Au Vin Day
Education and Sharing Day
Goof-off Day
International Day of the Seal
Tuskegee Airmen Day
World Water Day
March 23
Chia Day
Chip and Dip Day
Ponce De Leon discovered Florida 1513
Patrick Henry delivered “Give Me Liberty” speech 1775
Lewis and Clark Expedition began the return journey 1806
Melba Toast Day
Meteorological Day
Near Miss Day
OK Day
Puppy Day
March 24
Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
Crossword Puzzle Week begins
Harry Houdini born 1874
King James Crowned 1603
Tuberculosis Day
March 25
Annunciation Day/Tichborne Dole/Lady’s Day
Democracy Celebration Day
Greek National Day/Greece Independence 1821
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
Lobster Newburg Day
Medal of Honor Day
Pecan Day
Tolkien Reading Day
Waffle Day
March 26
Bangladesh Independence 1971
Epilepsy Awareness Day
Nougat Day
Poet Robert Frost born 1874
Legal Assistants Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Spinach Day
March 27
Celebrate Exchange Day
Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
1st Radio Transmission 1899
Scientist Wilhelm Roentgen born 1845
Spanish Paella Day
World Theater Day
March 28
Accidents at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant 1979
Barnum and Bailey Day
Black Forest Cake Day
Something on a Stick Day
Washing Machine patented 1930
Weed Appreciation Day
March 29
Borrowed Days begin
Coca Cola invented 1886
Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
Mom & Pop Business Owner’s Day
Niagara Falls Runs Dry 1848
Pop-up Toaster patented 1919
President John Tyler born 1790
Week of the Ocean begins
March 30
Doctor’s Day
Grass Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day
I Am In Control Day
Pencil patented 1858
Artist Vincent Van Gogh born 1853
Take a Walk in the Park Day
Turkey Neck Soup Day
March 31
Scientist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen born 1811
Special Days Archive – Direct links to the most recent Special Days and Resource lists for each month
I make my monthly special days lists 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.
Our family’s favorite February theme has been “Birds” for several years. We have already started our bird labs and have begun attracting several species to our yard. Here’s the link to our resource list to help you with your bird studies and to be ready for the Great Backyard Birdcount (Feb. 12-15)
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