August Week 2 | An Idea for Every Day
(Updated 7/19/2022) Welcome, leaders! We’re glad you’re here! You’re looking for engaging activities to excite and intrigue your leaners and we want to help! We’re pairing daily holidays with learning opportunities for your learner, and we try to only choose the ones we find intriguing. Here are this week’s featured holidays with a brief description of skills covered. Book Lover’s Day (August 9th Annually) - Join Goodreads! Smithsonian Day ( August 10th Annually) – Explore artists, read nonfiction leveled articles, discover history, join live science webinars or browse the archives (earth, life, paleontology and social studies), play online STEM games. Global Kinetic Sand Day (August 11th Annually) – Sensory play, following directions, reverse engineering STEM challenge, earth science, engineering, life science, creativity. Sewing Machine Day (August 12th Annually) – History, nonfiction text, diagram, fine motor skills, sewing, hand stitching, creativity, reusing objects,