When my kids were very small, we had monthly themes on our bulletin board, for our homeschool lessons, and to order our daily lives.
As the kids get older, the themes aren’t quite so vivid. I enjoy the liturgical calendar, the natural cycles of the world, and celebrating the flow and small events in our lives.
We loved these themed Calendar Connections.
Here’s a neat list of what’s on sale.
Fun Stuff: National Days
We love reading about Catholic saints and Celtic saints and sometimes do spiritual activities. And we also talk about how white saviors and missionaries weren’t the best for indigenous peoples.
Diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. It is celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika.
History: Racial Injustice Calendar and The Zinn Education Project.
All Saints’ Day on November 1, is an opportunity to honor all saintly people and to look forward to the upcoming festivals – Martinmas on November 11, and Saint Nicholas on December 6th.
November 2, All Souls’ Day, is an opportunity to remember family members and friends who have passed. People remember, tell stories, and pray to those who passed on to ask for blessings. Food is shared and sometimes left out overnight for the visiting spirits.
1st
Turn back the clocks!
Literacy Day
2nd
Ohio Day. We moved to Ohio a few years ago. See our Ohio notebooking pages and Ohio field trips.
Deviled Egg Day
3rd
Sandwich Day
5th
Doughnut Day
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November
Gunpowder treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Watch V for Vendetta!
6th
Nachos Day
7th
Play Outside! Day
8th
Cappuccino Day
STEM/STEAM Day
9th
Louisiana Day
10th
Vanilla Cupcake Day
11th
Veterans Day. See our Veterans Day Unit Study.
13th
Kindness Day
14th
Pickle Day
15th
Bundt Day
Clean out the refrigerator Day
Recycle Day. See How to Be More Sustainable at Home.
16th
Indiana Day
17th
Take a Hike Day
Homemade Bread Day
19th
Play Monopoly Day
20th
Child’s Day
21st
Gingerbread Cookie Day. See our Gingerbread Unit Study.
Adoption Day
23rd
Cashew Day. Try our cashew chicken!
Espresso Day
26th
Cake Day
Fourth Thursday in November
National Day of Mourning
Thanksgiving Day in USA
Day After Thanksgiving
National Native American Heritage Day. See my list of Books About Indigenous Peoples.
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Friday
Day of Listening
28th
French Toast Day
Monday After Thanksgiving
Cyber Monday
30th
Mississippi Day