"I Know a Rhino" (Charles Fuge)
- 1 May 2010: Save the Rhino Day.
- 2 May 1844: Elijah McCoy Inventor (1844 – 1929).
- 4 May 1971: GreenPeace launched.
- 4 May 2010: National Weather Observer’s Day.
- Making a Daily Weather Chart in Se7en Steps.
- Weather Watch from Scholastic.
- Weather Whizzkids – great stuff!!!
- A list of weather Lesson Plans at Discovery Education.
- Weather Lesson Links from The Teachers Guide.
- 4 May 2011: International Firefighter’s Day.
- 4 May 2010: World Asthma Day.
- 5 May 2010: Cinco De Mayo
- 5 May 2011: Children’s Day (Japan).
- 7 May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster
- The Hindenburg at Awesome Stories.
- The Hindenburg Disaster at Kids.net.au
- The Hindenburg disaster on HowStuffWorks.
- 7 May 1840: Tchaikovsky’s Birthday (1840 – 1893).
- 7 May 2010: Space Day.
- 8 May 1884: Harry Truman’s Birthday (1884 – 1972).
- 8 May 1945: VE Day.
- What is VE Day? From Kids.net.au
- Have a look at a newspaper of the day from Exploring 20th Century London.
- Children of World War II on the History Learning Site.
- 11 May 1904: Salvador Dali’s Birthday (1909 – 1989).
- 11 May 1812: Edward Lear’s Birthday (1812 – 1888).
- 12 May 2010: Kite Day.
- We made kites for a Dr. Seuss Party and we got the plans from the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.
- Kite Trivia from kites for kids.
- Flight tips and basics from breeze chasers.
- Professor Kite.
- The virtual Kite Zoo.
- How Does a Kite Fly.
- A nice resource for little people with kites from round the world.
"Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale" (Gena K. Gorrell) - 12 May 1820: Florence Nightingale’s birthday (1820 – 1910).
- Visit the Florence Nightingale Museum.
- BBC schools Famous People.
- And Woodlands-Junior are totally fabulous for all the Florence Nightingale facts…
- This is lovely a click-through story of her life.
- Florence Nightingale paper doll.
- 14 May : Webster’s Dictionary First Published.
- 14 May 1804: Lewis and Clarke Began their expedition (1804).
- These worksheets form Class Brain are brilliant nd we always use them, whenever we study Lewis and Clarke.
- Lewis and Clark Map from EdHelper.
- An article from Time for Kids
- Lewis and Clark resources from around the web.
- This page from PBS is packed with fabulous resources.
- This site has great activities.
- Nice interactive link from National Geographic.
- 14 May: Thomas Gainsborough (artist) born, 1727
- Garden of Praise has some great links: puzzles, word searches and worksheets.
- Enchanted Learning Coloring Pages: Gainsborough’s “Blue Boy.”
- The Web Museum in Paris has a biography and a collection of his paintings to look at.
- A Wikipedia Biography and gallery of paintings.
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Signet Classics)" (L. Frank Baum) - 15 May 1856: L.F. Baum’s Birthday (1856 – 1919).
- 16 May 2010: National Chocolate Chip Day.
- 17 May 1874: First Kentucky Derby.
- 18 May 2010: International Museum Day.
- Visitor Information for Cape towns Collection of Museums.
- What’s on at Cape town Museums Today… The Treasure Hunt is next Saturday because of the storm.
- This is a great spot packed with online museum goodies from museums all over the U.K. – My kids love this site and roam here for hours.
- Create Your Own Museum from Wikihow.
- Create your own art collection form the Tate Modern.
- 18 May 1980: Mt. St. Helens Erupted.
- 19 May 2010: Circus Day.
- Katherine Marie is having a Clown Week this week…so cool.
- Se7en’s Quick and Easy Circus Party.
- A fun circus party from Amazing Moms.
- Tightrope Peg Man from Family Fun
- Circus printables from Family Fun.
- Quick and Easy Balloon Cupcakes from Family Fun.
- Circus Crafts from Show Mom The Money.
- Classroom resources from Teaching Heart.
- More circus crafts from Kids Crafts Magazine.
- 20 May 1927: Amelia Earheart’s TransAtlantic Flight.
- 21 May 1844: Henri Rousseau’s Birthday (1844 – 1910).
- 21 May 1927: Lindbergh Flight Day.
- 21 May 1799: Mary Anning’s Birthday (1799 – 1847).
- 22 May 2010: International Jazz Day
- 22 May 1570: First Atlas Published.
- Se7en do Geography – Heaps of Resources.
- Wonderful, kid friendly – map links to die for from National Geographic.
- National Geographic World Atlas for kids – fun!!!
- Fact Monster Atlas for kids.
- Online Atlas of world History from TimeMaps – so cool!
- Se7en’s World wide Map in se7en Steps.
- The Whole Wide World in Se7en Steps.
- 22 May 1844: Mary Cassatt’s Birthday (1844 – 1926).
- 23 May 2010: World Turtle Day.
- 24 May 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge Opened in 1883.
- 24 May 1844: First Morse Code Message Sent.
- 25 May : Missing Children’s Day.
- Around the World.
- In Europe.
- And Madeleine…
- In our South African news today.
- The last book in this post is all called “Protecting the Gift.” Every woman in the world should read this book – really! Go and read our review…
- 26 May : Blueberry Cheesecake Day.
- 26 May 1951: Sally Ride’s Birthday (1951 – ).
- 27 May 1907: Rachel Carson’s Birthday (1907 – 1964).
- 27 May 1964: Golden Gate Bridge Opened.
- 27 May : Masking Tape patented.
- 28 May 1959: MonkeyNauts Able and Baker in Space.
- 28 May 1859: Big Ben arrives in Westminster.
- 29 May 1953: Hillary and Tenzing conquer Everest.
- 29 May 1917: John F. Kennedy’s Birthday.
- You can’t beat this list of links from About.com
- Time for Kids – of course!
- From Garden of Praise – with links and worksheets.
- Photo History.
- Great snippets, puzzles and games from Apples for the Teacher.
"The Real Mccoy (A Blue Ribbon Book)" (Wendy Towle)
"Dear Greenpeace (Read & Respond)" (Simon James)
"The Kids’ Book of Weather Forecasting (Kids Can!)" (Breen, Mark, Friestad, Kathleen)
"Fiesta Time! (Celebrating Cinco de Mayo)" (Sandi Hill)
"Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars!" (Betty Reynolds)
"Inside the Hindenburg (Giant Cutaway Book)" (Mireille Majoor)
"Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers)" (Mike Venezia)
"Big and Busy Space (casebound) (Smart Kids)" (Roger Priddy)
"World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series)" (Richard Panchyk)
"Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear" (Sterling)
"Making Kites (Step By Step)" (David Michael)
"Gainsborough: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Fine Art Stickers)" (Thomas Gainsborough)
"The Mystery at the Kentucky Derby Teacher’s Guide (Carole Marsh Mysteries)" (Carole Marsh)
"Explorabook: A Kids’ Science Museum in a Book" (John CASSIDY)
"The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus)" (Joanna Cole)
"Peter Spier’s Circus (Picture Yearling Book)" (Peter Spier)
"Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator" (Shelley Tanaka)
"Henri Rousseau’s Jungle Book (Adventures in Art)" (Doris Kutschbach)
"Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero" (James Cross Giblin)
"Stone Girl Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning" (Laurence Anholt)
"Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities (For Kids series)" (Stephanie Stein Crease)
"The Most Stupendous Atlas of the Whole Wide World by the Brainwaves" ()
"Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures (Smart About Art)" (Jane O’Connor)
"Fun Facts About Turtles! (I Like Reptiles and Amphibians!)" (Carmen Bredeson)
"Brooklyn Bridge" (Lynn Curlee)
"Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing" (Candlewick)
"Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)" (Gavin de Becker)
"DK Children’s Cookbook" (Katharine Ibbs)
"Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars Great Lives Series (Great Lives (Fawcett))" (Sue Hurwitz)
"Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson" (Amy Ehrlich)
"Stick It!: 99 DIY Duct Tape Projects" (T.L. Bonaddio)
"Animals in Orbit: Monkeynauts and Other Pioneers in Space (First Book)" (Katherine McGlade Marko)
"Kids’ London (Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides)" (Simon Adams)
"Mount Everest and Beyond: Sir Edmund Hillary (Benchmark Biographies)" (Sue Muller Hacking)
"John F. Kennedy (DK Biography)" (Howard S. Kaplan)
That’s us – have a great week!!!
I just found your blog and it is so inspiring. Such wonderful ideas. I wanted to thank you for sharing all of your stories and information.
Soooo much going on this month! AND I THOUGHT May was a boring month! YOU make everyday seem like a holiday. I remember the moment when Mt. St. Helen’s went off—- I ran outside and saw all the smoke in the sky! I was ten or so? A lifetime ago!!!!
Hi Stephanie, Glad you found us!!! And thanks so much for stopping by to say hi!!! Have a wonderful day!!!
Oh KM, Would you tell me about MAY… I thought I would just do a quick calendar month and then it went on and on with all sorts of goodness!!! It literally took days until I said – enough already and hit publish… clearly there is a lot more to the month of May than meets the eye!!! Fun, fun, fun!!! And as for your pretty little flower collector… too sweet for words!!! Hope you have a totally fabulous day!!!