Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Chopsticks Day. These simple eating utensils have been used in China since 1200 BCE, where they now produce 80,000,000,000 disposable pairs-per-year. If you don’t know how to use chopsticks, ask someone to teach you. You might need to buy light-up light saber chopsticks, to practice. After all, reusable chopsticks are better for the environment!

Today is Bubble Gum Day, which encourages schools to let kids chew gum for a day, in exchange for a donation to charity. People have been chewing gum for more than 5000 years. They started by chewing blobs of wax, tree sap, or bark tar. The first bubble gum, Dubble Bubble, wasn’t invented until 1928.

It’s National Frozen Yogurt Day, and many yogurt shops are having buy one get-one free specials, like Sweet Frog, Pinkberry, TCBY, and 16 Handles. What toppings do you like on your fro-yo? It’s also Pay A Compliment Day. Saying something nice to someone, will make their day better. Your yogurt looks so pretty!

The Smithsonian Zoo in Washington D C, announced a new baby was born. Her mom’s name is Nhi Linh, and she’s an Asian elephant. Asian elephants are endangered in the wild. The elephant calf was walking on her own within 5 hours of being born! The pair will bond in an off-exhibit area for a few months.

Today we celebrate Fart Day, so remember this advice. Whoever smelt it dealt it, and whoever denied it supplied it. Actually, everybody farts, normally up to 25 times a day. Most mammals, except for sloths, also pass gas. So do snakes. Read the book, “Does It Fart?”, to see what other animals have flatulence.

Do you always look on the bright side of things? Do you see the glass as half-full instead of half-empty? Then today will be easy for you, because it’s Optimist Day. The rest of us will have to try a little harder, to be optimistic. Start by picturing yourself, getting an “A” on your next test!

Today is World Nutella Day. Nutella is a spread made from cocoa and hazelnuts, that tastes yummy on bread. It’s also Chocolate Fondue Day, which is melted chocolate that you can dip everything in. I think I’ll eat strawberries, spread with Nutella and dunked in chocolate! Now what will I have for dessert.

With the crazy temperatures some places have been experiencing, it makes you thankful for weather forecasts. Today is Weatherperson’s Day, so thank a meteorologist for letting you know whether to wear snow boots or flip-flops! It’s also Western Monarch Day. Plant some milkweed, to help the beautiful butterflies survive their annual 3000-mile migration!

Today is Create A Vacuum Day, but it doesn’t mean suck up all the snacks. A vacuum, is a space where there is no matter, or where the pressure inside a space is lower than the pressure outside of it. A suction cup creates a vacuum. Look online, for easy vacuum experiments to try.

Today is World Read Aloud Day. People can read books to kids who aren’t reading on their own yet, and that’s great, but don’t stop there! Whether someone reads a book to you, you read a book to someone else, or you listen to an audio book, make reading aloud part of your day!