Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is World Drummer’s Day. The wonderful thing about drumming, is that you don’t even need a drum! While playing on a drum kit, bongos, or a kettle drum, each make unique sounds, you can just use your hands on your belly, to drum out rhythms. Keep the beat going all day long!

Walking in straight lines is overrated. Today is Walk Around Things Day, so walk around every pebble, or walk around your mom. Walk around your cat, and walk around your dog. It’s also World Rat Day, so give all the rats a friendly wave, as you try to walk around them too!

Today is Vitamin C Day. Vitamin C is found in lots of fruits and vegetables, like oranges and spinach. It’s also Carrot Day, a good source of beta-carotene, which your body converts to Vitamin A! Eat your food outside, so your body can make Vitamin D from sunshine. Vitamins are the ABC’s of Health!

71% of the Earth is covered in water, and it’s full of animals. There are over 220,000 aquatic species that have been identified, but there could be 2,000,000 more undiscovered species. Today, on World Aquatic Animal Day, dream about all the unknown animals that humans have never seen, living deep in the ocean.

Today is Chocolate Mousse Day. One recipe of the light, chocolatey dessert, uses only heavy cream and chocolate. It’s also Official Fish Fingers And Custard Day, which will only make sense if you watch Doctor Who. It sounds revolting. I’m celebrating Burrito Day instead, by rolling my chocolate mousse up in a tortilla .

Today is Find A Rainbow Day. Rainbows in the sky are caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets. You can create your own rainbow on a sunny day by making a fine spray of water with a hose. Have a party when you find one; it’s also World Party Day!

Harper-Collins, one of the world’s biggest book publishers, has found that little changes can make a big difference. By slightly adjusting the layout and font style, they can shave a number of pages off every book. Since changing typefaces, they’ve saved hundreds of millions of pages, equaling thousands of trees, and lots of ink.

Scientists have developed a new way, to make saltwater drinkable, using solar energy. Powered by the sun, the system uses a process called electrodialysis, to separate the salt, leaving fresh drinking water. In communities where fresh water is scarce, it will make drinking water more abundant, and reduce water-borne diseases like cholera.

Today is Ferret Day. The popular pet is related to minks and weasels. They love to play! It’s also Peanut Butter And Jelly Day, as well as Children’s Book Day. Make a PB&J sandwich, and read your favorite kids books. Start with A Ferret Named Phil, by William Reimer, or Janet Nolan’s PB&J Hooray!

Today is Fact Checking Day. There were lots of wild stories yesterday, because it was April Fools Day, so maybe you didn’t believe them all. But people make up fake stories all the time, or spread news with bits of false information. Learning to check your facts, and use reliable sources, is essential.