Author: Lisa Mungovan

Don’t be surprised, if your teacher has some extra fun with mathematics today. It’s World Maths Day, so there are online math competitions for kids around the world. You could dress up as a famous mathematician, play math games, and practice equations using M&Ms. You can eat all the right answers.

Today is the United Nations’ World Wildlife Day. The theme this year, is Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet. What animals are native to your area? How are they important to the community? Sit outside quietly, and see how many animals you can spot in 15 minutes!

Today is I Want You To Be Happy Day, and Soup It Forward Day. Make a big pot of soup and give some away, and you can celebrate both days at once! It’s also What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day. I think they’d open the fridge, and get their own food!

Lee Brogan was surfing off the Yorkshire coast in England last year, when he wiped out, and watched his beloved surfboard wash out to sea. A month later, a couple in Scotland’s Shetland Islands found the board on the beach, 400 miles away. It only took the 1 day, to locate the grateful owner on Facebook.

19-year-old Daniel Robertson of Ontario Canada, loves soccer. While the pandemic has disrupted sports around the world, he’s collecting football scarves instead of going to games. Daniel is trading maple syrup for scarves, and has collected over 113 so far! He hopes to get a scarf from every country. 59 countries down, 134 to go!

I can’t wait to eat dessert, because it’s Banana Cream Pie Day! Find an easy recipe online, and tuck your bananas into a bed of custard. If you want to be really lazy, dip a banana in pudding, spray whipped cream on top, and eat it between 2 graham crackers.

Do you have any old stuff lying around the house? Gather it all up, because it’s Old Stuff Day! Play with your old toys, figure out which old clothes you’ve outgrown, and take a look at your old bad habits. Now get rid of anything you don’t need, and enjoy what’s left!

"When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle 
and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...
...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle."

It’s National Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. Seuss Day. Read Fox in Socks, or another Seuss favorite to celebrate his birthday!

The Swansea Police Department in Illinois were doing some serious police work, looking for the owners of a belligerent chicken last week. Someone pointed out that the bird in question, was actually a guinea fowl. Nonetheless, it was described as loud, non-cooperative, foul smelling, and won’t leave. Sounds like one tough old bird!

How embarrassing. When painting a large No Entry sign across a road in Britain, painters left out the “T.” Now it just says, No Enry, possibly confusing people named Henry. The Maldon District Council joked, “If you’re having a bad day, just know that someone else is having a worse day than you.”