May Holidays - May 2012 Calendar of Events - Primary Teaching Ideas

MAY 2012
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 - May Day - Mother Goose Day - Hawaiian Lei Day - Worthy Wage Day - School Principal's Day - World Asthma Day	2 - Great American Grump Out - Nat'l Play Your Ukulele Day - Roberts Rule of Order Day - National Truffles Day	3 - Nat'l Day of Prayer - Nat'l Two Different Colored Shoes Day - Paranormal Day - Public Radio Day - World Press Freedom Day	4 - Star Wars Day - Nat'l Weather Observers' Day	5 - cinco de mayo - Children's Day (Japan) - Buddha's Bday - Join Hands Day - Nat'l Scrapbooking Day - Space Day
6 - No Diet Day - No Homework Day - Nurses Day - World Laughter Day	7 -Accountant's Day - Melanoma Monday - Children's Mental Health Awareness Day	8 - Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Day - Harry Truman Bday - No Socks Day - VE Day - World Red Cross Day	9 - Donate a Day's Wages to Charity - Nat'l School Nurse Day - Receptionists' Day	10 - Lurpus Day -Windmill Day - Clean Up Your Room Day	11 -Minnesota Statehood - Eat What You Want Day - Child Care Provider Day - Military Spouse Appreciation Day	12 -Limerick Day - Birthmother's Day - Hug Your Cat Day - Nat'l Nutty Fudge Day - Migratory Bird Day
13 - Mother's Day - Rural Life Sunday - Tulip Day	14 - Mothers at the Wall Day - Dance Like a Chicken Day - Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition	15 - Int'l Day of Families - Nat'l Chocolate Chip Day - Straw Hat Day	16 - Biographer's Day - Nat'l Sea Monkey Day - Nat'l Wear Purple for Peace Day	17 - Ascension Day - World Telecommunications Day - Pack Rat Day	18 - Bats Day - Int'l Virtual Assistants Day - NASCAR Day - Nat'l Pizza Party Day - Mother Whistler Day	19 -Armed Forces Day - Circus Day - Boys Club Day
20 - Eliza Doolittle Day - Neighbor Day - Weights and Measures Day	21 - American Red Cross Founder's Day - Victoria Day (CA) - Nat'l Endangered Species Day	22 - Nat'l Maritime Day - Wright Bros Patented the Airplane -Buy a Musical Instrument Day	23 - So. Carolina Statehood - Penny Day - World Turtle Day	24 - Brother's Day -Morse Code Day	25 - Nat'l Missing Children's Day - Cookie Monster's Bday - Nat'l Tap Dance Day	26 - Shavout
27 - Masking Tape Patented 1930 - Golden Gate Bridge Opens 1937	28 - Memorial Day - Whit Monday	29 - Rhode Island Statehood - Wisconsin Statehood - John Kennedy Bday	30 - Loomis Day - Nat'l Senior Health and Fitness Day	31 - What You Think Upon Grows Day - World No Tobacco Day

Weekly Observances

· Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week: 1-7

· Update Your References Week: 1-7

· International Wildlife Film Week: 5-12

· Be Kind To Animals Week: 6-12 (First full week in May)

· Children's Mental Health Week: 6-12 (First full week in May)

· Choose Privacy Week: 6-12

· Drinking Water Week: 6-12 (First Full Week)

· Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 6-12

· Goodwill Industries Week: 6-12

· Kids Win Week: 6-12

· NAOSH Week: 6-12 (First Full Week)

· National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 6-12

· National Family Week: 6-12

· National Hug Holiday Week: 6-12

· National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12

· National Occupational Safety & Health Day: 6-12 (Always 2nd Full Week)

· National Pet Week: 6-12

· National Wildflower Week: 6-12

· North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 6-12 (Always First Full Week)

· PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 6-12

· Children's Book Week: 7-13 (First full week starting Monday)

· National Correctional Officer's Week: 7-12 (First full week in May)

· National Stuttering Awareness Week: 7-13

· Teacher Appreciation Week: 7-11 (First Full Week)

· Work At Home Moms Week: 7-13

· Universal Family Week: 10-16

· National Tourism Week: 12-19

· National Nursing Home Week: 13-19

· Reading is Fun Week: 13-19 (2nd Full Week)

· Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 13-19

· National Return To Work Week: 13-19

· National Women's Health Week: 13-19

· National Bike to Work Week: 14-18 (3rd Full Week)

· National Etiquette Week: 14-18

· National Hospital Week: 14-19

· National Dog Bite Prevention Week: 15-21

· National Educational Bosses' Week: 15-21

· National New Friends, Old Friends Week: 15-21

· National Police Week: 15-21

· National Transportation Week: 15-21

· World Trade Week: 15-21

· EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week: 15-21

· American Craft Beer Week: 16-21 (3rd Week)

· National Safe Boating Week: 19-25

· National Medical Transcription Week: 20-26 (3rd Week)

· National Backyard Games Week: 21-25

· Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31

· Old-Time Player Piano Week: 25-28

Monthly Observances

· ALS Awareness Month (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)

· American Wetlands Month

· APS ( Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) Awareness Month

· Arthritis Awareness Month

· Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

· Awareness of Medical Orphans Month

· Better Hearing & Speech Month

· Borderline Personality Disorder Month

· Brain Tumor Awareness Month

· Carrots and Cauliflower

· Celiac Awareness Month

· Clean Air Month

· Community Living Month (Ontario, Canada)

· Creative Beginnings Month

· EcoDriving Month

· Family Wellness Month

· Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month

· Freedom Shrine Month

· Get Caught Reading Month

· Gifts From The Garden Month

· Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month

· Grapefruit and Kiwi Month

· Haitian Heritage Month

· Heal the Children Month

· Healthy Vision Month

· Huntington's Disease Awareness Month

· International Audit Month

· International Business Image Improvement Month

· International Civility Awareness Month

· International Victorious Woman Month

· Jewish-American Heritage Month

· Latino Books Month

· Lupus Awareness Month

· Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month

· Motorcycle Safety Month

· National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month

· National Barbeque Month

· National Better Hearing Month

· National Bike Month

· National Egg Month

· National Foster Care Month

· National Good Car Keeping Month

· National Hamburger Month

· National Hepatitis Awareness Month

· National Inventors Month

· Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka NF Month)

· (World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month

· National Meditation Month

· National Mental Health Month

· National Military Appreciation Month

· National Moving Month

· National Osteoporosis Prevention Month

· National Photo Month

· National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

· National Physiotherapy Month

· National Preservation Month

· National Salad Month

· National Salsa Month (the food)

· National Smile Month

· National Stroke Awareness Month

· National Vinegar Month

· National Youth Traffic Safety Month

· Older Americans Month

· Personal History Month

· Potatoes and Limes Month

· Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/13-6/17)

· React Month

· Revise Your Work Schedule Month

· Skin Cancer Awareness Month

· Strike Out Strokes Month

· Sweet Vidalia Onions Month

· Teen CEO Month

· Tennis Month

· Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month

· Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (5/15 - 6/15)

· Ultra-violet Awareness Month

· Women's Health Care Month

· Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month

· National Family Month (5/13 to 6/17)

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