Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Cake Day! Will you make one from scratch, and practice all your measuring skills? You could use a boxed cake mix instead, and add some special ingredients, like chocolate chips or raspberries. You can even buy a cake, and focus on the best part of this special occasion, which is eating cake!

Today is Eat With A Friend Day. You probably eat with friends at school, but make a special effort for dinner. You could have a pancake or pizza party with some friends, where everyone picks out wacky toppings for their own plate. Or you could have a living room picnic, with sandwiches and snacks.

Today is Blasé Day. The French word for jaded, being blasé about something means you’re unimpressed. An impressive parfait will fix that attitude, especially since it’s Parfait Day! That’s also a French word, meaning perfect. The dessert has layers of cream, fruit, nuts, yogurt, or anything else you desire, to make it perfectly delicious!

This month, Kids News turned 8! Have you heard all 14,313 news stories? We love telling you about daily celebrations, science, dinosaurs, robots, kids, space, the environment, world records, animals, and more. We hope you enjoy listening every day. Happy birthday to us, and also to you, because we’ve all had birthdays this year!

Many birds migrate south for the winter. Late November is a good time to see lots of waterfowl like ducks and geese, flying overhead. The distinctive V formation helps them conserve energy for their long trip. Check the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdCast to see who is migrating near you.

For tens of thousands of years, humans have been leaving their mark, with drawings and handprints. But when did they first start writing? Researchers believe an ancient form of communicating using pictures, called proto-cuneiform, has been linked to Mesopotamian cylinder seals. That means the earliest form of writing, could be 6,000 years old.

Today is Sardines Day. Sardines, sometimes known as pilchards, are tiny fish that travel in large schools. It’s also the name of a type of hide-and-seek. One person hides, and as other players find them, they pack into the same hiding place, like sardines in a can. The last seeker gets to hide next.

Today is Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day. Have a talent show with your family and friends. No matter what your talent is, whether it’s playing an instrument or sport or video game, having loud burps or smelly farts, or making really tall piles of whipped cream from a can, be proud of your abilities!

Today is Eat A Cranberry Day. They’re quite tart, so many recipes add lots of sugar, but raw cranberries are super-nutritious! It’s also Cashew Day. These nuts are seeds formed on the bottom of cashew apples. Look up a picture of a cashew tree! Then celebrate Espresso Day, by sampling some strong coffee.

The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers, where the next number is found by adding the 2 numbers in front of it. 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, and so on. Keep the sequence going, for Fibonacci Day! Find the sequence in nature, by looking for spiral patterns in pine cones, sunflowers, or snails!