It’s a brand-new year, chock-full of new opportunities!

We have compiled some exciting things happening in September.

 

Uncle Sam’s Birthday is in September 1813            September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day

 

September 6th is Read a Book Day                                                September 7th is Labor Day

September 8th International Literacy day                                       September 9th Teddy Bear Day

 

September 10th is Swap Idea Day                                                  September 11th will never be forgotten

 

September 12th is National Chocolate Shake Day      September 13th is Positive Thinking Day

Also on September 13th lets not forget our Grandparents!

 

September 14th, 1814  Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner

 

September 16th Mayflower Day                                   September 17th, 1787 the Constitution was signed

     

September 19th “Talk Like A Pirate Day”                     September 20th The First Railroad Station opened

 

September 21st InternationalPeace Day        September 22nd, 1789 First US Post Office opened

 

September 23rd First Day of Autum              September 25th, 1513 Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean

 

September 1825 First Steam Locomotive runs             September 29th, 1775 U.S. Army established

 

September 30th, 1849 Safty Pin invented

 

 

 

It is hard to believe it is August already.  I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and getting a well deserved break.  The Tonas Graphics Team is enjoying the summer and very excited to start the new school year with many great updates and additions to our EDUCATOR Plus package.  Stay tuned for the exciting news later in August.

Below are some historic events that happend in August.  

AUGUST 3, 1492 

Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, heading west through uncharted seas.  Over two months later, on October 12, his three ships landed in the Bahamas.  Did you know that even the largest of the ships, the Santa Maria, was less than 100′ in total length – far smaller than most modern luxury yachts.

 

AUGUST 9 – National Book Lovers Day

Grab a good book and find some shade!

 

AUGUST 13 – International Left Handers Day

Some things you can do to help your left-handed students fit into a right-handed world: 

– Seat “lefties” on the left side of shared writing spaces to avoid bumping elbows with right-handed neighbors.  – Be aware that left-handed learners will sometimes form letters in a different direction from right-handed learners. – And remember that they may need extra attention in mastering a correct writing grip.  

AUGUST 18, 1920 – 19th Amendment Passes

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.<br

AUGUST 18 – Bad Poetry day

Bad Poetry Day is celebrated on the 18th of August each year. There are several reasons why this holiday came into existence. The main reason however that is it is a day when a person can fight back and throw bad poetry at the very people who forced them to write or listen to good poetry. Your old high school English teacher, for example.

AUGUST 21, 1959- Hawaii Becomes the 50th State

   

AUGUST 29th – International Bat Night 

Celebrated in over thirty countries since 1993.

Bat Conservation International (www.batcon.org) has “bat trunk” lesson kits available to educators.                                    

May is an exciting time in the classroom. Many schools are wrapping up state testing and wrapping up the year.

Here are just a few things going on in May.

 

May 1st, Mother Goose Day

Motto: “Either alone or in sharing, read childhood nursery favorites and feel the warmth of Mother Goose’s embrace.”

Mother Goose Day was founded in 1987 by Gloria T. Delamar in tandem with the publication of her book, Mother Goose; From Nursery to Literature (MFarland Pub.). The day is now listed in many calendars of events and celebrated throughout the United States. It has been noted by municipalities, a cereal producer, banks, etc. and has a particular appeal to Kindergarten-Primary grades, libraries, and nursing homes.

The preface to The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (1843) showed an illustration of an old crone patting two toddlers on the head. Underneath were the words:

https://www.librarysupport.net/mothergoosesociety/tips.html

May 4th-8th, National Teachers Week

Teachers give us so much. And though we know we can’t ever thank them enough, we can take a moment during National Teacher Week to share our appreciation for the special educators in our lives

 

May 6th, National Nurses Day

 

May 10th, Mothers Day

May 14th,

Beginning of Lewis and Clarks Expedition 1804

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May 1804, from near St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast.

May 16th, Armed Forces Day

May 25th, Memorial Day