Category: Kids News

Did you know, some sunscreens are harmful to coral reefs? It’s World Reef Awareness Day, and these important ecosystems are in trouble. Plastic pollution in the ocean, harmful chemicals from tourists’ sunblocks, or rising water temperatures of only 2-4 degrees Fahrenheit, can cause coral reefs to eventually die. Let’s all work to save the reefs!

Remember your New Year’s resolutions? It’s New Year’s Resolution Recommitment Day, to let you try again to keep them. It’s also Dare Day, so I dare you to wear a dress, flip a coin, eat an olive, and drink some milk, to celebrate World Milk, Olive, Wear A Dress, and Flip A Coin Day.

Young paleontologists will be happy to know, it’s Dinosaur Day! Practice your excavation skills, by burying toy dinosaurs in a sandbox. Identify the species, then research when it lived. Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Period, like the brachiosaurus and stegosaurus, lived from 201,000,000 to 145,000,000 years ago. Tyrannosaurus rex lived later, in the Cretaceous Period.

Can’t find your shoes? Who cares! It’s Go Barefoot Day! Feel some lush grass, warm sand, or fuzzy carpet between your toes. It’s also Nail Polish Day, so paint your toenails. You could make them green, in honor of Oscar The Grouch Day. The loveable grump from Sesame Street turns 57 today!

You’re such a nice person! I like that shirt you’re wearing. Today is Say Something Nice Day. Complimenting someone can really brighten their day. Try it and see! It’s also Pen Pal Day. Texting and e-mail are easy ways to write to people, but sending a hand-written letter in the mail is something special.

Today is World Parrot Day. Parrots are very intelligent birds, who can develop large vocabularies. One African gray, knows more than 1000 words. Parrots sometimes use plants, as their own pharmacy. There are more than 350 different parrot species, many of them endangered. Some types of parrots, can live to be 100 years old.

Do you wear headphones or earbuds when you’re watching videos? Maybe you listen to loud music. Today, on Save Your Hearing Day, try to give your ears a rest. Go outside and listen to the birds instead, or reed a book and let your imagination furnish the sounds. Your ears will thank you!

Today is Speak In Complete Sentences Day. Your parents will be so surprised when they ask how your day was, and you don’t just answer, “Fine.” It’s also Smile Day. When you give someone a smile, they’ll usually give you one in return. Collect a bunch of smiles, and spread some happiness around!

Idaho man David Rush, breaks lots of world records that kids could also attempt. But his latest feat, was quite dangerous. He set the record for longest time balancing a running chainsaw on his chin. After just over 4 minutes, he was relieved to turn the chainsaw off without having amputated anything.

A coal mine in England that closed down 50 years ago, has been reclaimed by nature. The Chatterley Whitfield mine’s towers and buildings are still standing, but wild strawberries grow on the heaps of coal slag, owls roost in the towers, and foxes and badgers have dens in the mineshafts.