Month+By+Month+Celebrations

September Sept. 1 - Labor Day Sept. 16 – [|National Play Doh Day] Sept. 17 - [|Constitution day] Sept. 21 – [|International Peace Day (UN)] Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 2008 – [|Banned Book Week]

October: Oct. 6-10 – National Get Organized Week Oct. 6-10 – [|National Fire Prevention Week] Oct. 13, 2009 – Columbus Day Oct. 24 – [|United Nations Day] Oct. 31 - Halloween

November: Aviation History Month [|Native American Heritage Month] Nov. 4 – Election Day – VOTE! Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day / National Young Readers Day Nov. 17 – World Peace Day Nov. 20 – Great American Smoke Out (Third Thursday) Nov. 27, 2009 – Thanksgiving Day

December: Dec. 1 – World AIDS Awareness Day Dec. 7 – Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 15 – Bill of Rights Day Dec. 21 – Winter Solstice

January: January 19, 2009 – Martin Luther King’s Birthday January 26 – Australia Day

February: Black History Month February 2 – Ground Hog Day Feb 15 – National Gum Drop Day Feb. 16, 2009 – President’s Day Feb. 17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day

March: Music in Our Schools Month National Craft Month National Women's History Month March 2, 2009 – Read Across America Day March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day March 20 – Earth Day (yes there is also one in April)

April: National Poetry Month Holocaust Remembrance Month National Smile Month April 6-10 – Week of the Young Child - First Week April 13-17 –National Library Week – Second Week April 27 – May 1 – TV Turn Off Week / Reading is Fun Week April 1 – April Fools Day April 2 – International Children’s Book day / Hans Christian Anderson’s Birthday April 4 – School Librarians Day April 6 – Post It Notes Birthday April 15, 2009 – Thank Your School Librarian Day (Wednesday of National Library Week) April 18 – Paul Revere Day April 20 – Holocaust Remembrance Day April 22 – National Jelly Bean Day / Earth Day April 28 – Poetry Reading Day

May: National Safety Month National Physical Fitness and Sports Month National Scrapbooking Month May 4-8 - National Safe Kids Week - First Week May 4-8 - National Teacher Appreciation Week - First Week May 4- 8 National Music Week - First Week May 4- 8 - Cartoon appreciation Week - First Week May 11- 15 - National Etiquette Week - Second Week May 11- 15 - National Bike Week - Second Week May 1 – May Day / Mother Goose Day May 5, 2009 National Teacher’s Day May 10, 2009 Mother’s Day May 25, 2009 – Memorial Day