April

Themes By the Month: April
The Activity Idea Place proudly presents "Themes by the Month". Preschool themes are coordinated with the holidays and observances. To see the curriculum available on 123child.com, click on the links.

Monthly Observances	Related Theme
Alcohol Awareness Month	Say No to Drugs
Autism Awareness Month	Diversity
Foot Health Awareness Month	Feet
Frog Month	Frogs
Garden Month	Gardening, Flowers, Nature
Guitar Month	Music
Holocaust Remembrance Month	Diversity
Humor Month	Jokes, Humor
Keep America Beautiful Month	Keep America Beautiful, Recycling
Mathematics Education Month	Math, Science
Poetry Month	Poems, Mother Goose

Weekly Observances	Related Theme
Passover (Second Week)	Religious
Astronomy Week (Third Week)	Space , Sun, Stars,
Egg Salad Week (Third Week)	Eggs, See Easter, Farm, Food
TV-Turnoff Week (Third Week)	Turn off the TV
Week of the Young Child (Third Week)	All About Me

Daily Observances	Related Theme
April Fool's Day (Apr. 1)	Jokes, Humor, Feelings
International Children's Book Day (Apr. 2)	Books
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day (Apr. 2)	Peanut Butter and Jelly, Sandwitches, Food
Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday (Apr. 2)	Fairy Tales
Find-A-Rainbow Day (Apr. 3)	Rainbows
Palm Sunday (Vaires)	Religious
National Raisin & Spice Bar Day (Apr. 5)	Health, Food
North Pole Discovered, 1898 (Apr. 6)	North Pole, Polar Animals
World Health Day (Apr. 7)	Health
Encourage a Young Writer Day (Apr. 10)	Writing, Communication
National Sibling Day (Apr. 10)	Family
Easter (Varies)	Easter
Space Shuttle Columbia First Launched, 1981 (Apr. 12)	Space
National Eggs Benedict Day (Apr. 16)	Eggs, See Easter, Farm, Food
International Juggler's Day (Apr. 18)	Circus, Clowns, Sports
Pet Owner's Day (Apr. 18)	Pets, Cats, Dogs, Birds, Fish, Frogs
Patriot's Day is celebrated on the third Monday in April in Massachusetts	Patriotism, USA
Kindergarten Day (Apr. 21)	Kindergarten
Take Your Daughter to Work Day (Apr. 22)	Flip it around and make a Bring a Mommy/Daddy to Child Care Day
Home Run Day (Apr. 23)	Baseball, Sports
Astronomy Day (Varies)	Space, Sun, Moon, Stars
In most states, Arbor Day is observed the last Friday of the month	Trees, Plants, Nature
Pretzel Day (Apr. 26)	Pretzels, Food
Tell A Story Day (Apr. 27)	Communication, Books
Zipper Day (Apr. 29)	Zippers, Clothes
Andre Agassi's Birthday, Apr. 29, 1970	Tennis, Sports
National Honesty Day (Apr. 30)	Honesty, Feelings

Source for Observance Dates From: Butlerwebs.com