Apps For Kids

Today is Tourism Day, but it’s a long time until summer vacation. Instead, explore close to home, and be a tourist in your own town! Today is also the Day Of Forgiveness, so forgive the tourists who don’t know where they’re going. It feels better to forgive someone, than to stay mad at them.

Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day. Did any of your ancestors come from other countries? Make a family tree, label your parents and grandparents, and see how far back you can trace. Then go stomp a soda can for Crush A Can Day. It’s fun, plus it makes it more compact to recycle!

Attention! Chocolate milk does not come from brown cows! One study of 1000 adults, showed 48% of them didn’t know where chocolate milk came from, and 7% thought it only came from brown cows. For the record, chocolate milk is just milk with chocolate syrup added. Happy Chocolate Milk Day!

Today is Alpaca Day. The furry mammal is a camelid, and looks like a llama. They are native to South America, and were raised by the Incas for their soft fleece, 6000 years ago. Alpacas will use a common dung heap, so some people keep them in the house! You can also take alpaca-yoga classes.

Today is International Rabbit Day. The world’s biggest rabbit, Darius, is over 4 feet long! Do you have any photos of bunnies? Make a rabbit scrapbook. If they’re digital photos, make sure you’ve backed them up somewhere, since it’s also Save Your Photos Day. Don’t lose your pictures when you lose your phone.

Today is Seat Check Saturday. Car seats aren’t just for babies. They keep kids safe, until a car’s built-in seatbelts fit them properly. Kids should sit in car seats until they outgrow them, around age 7. Then they can use booster seats and seatbelts, until around age 12. Rear seats are safest.

Food is more fun, when it’s in an edible wrapper. If you roll fillings into a flour tortilla, like a burrito, and then fry it, you have a chimichanga. If you fold fillings into dough, then steam or boil them you have dumplings. Celebrate Chimichanga Day and Dumpling Day, with lots of yummy food.

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, the birthday of John Chapman in 1774. He traveled around the United States, planting orchards of apple trees. He ate out of his tin hat, which is why he’s often depicted with a pot on his head. It’s also Lumberjack Day, originally created as an excuse to eat pancakes!

Today is Save The Koalas Day. The adorable animals live in Australia, but their habitat is threatened by humans and bushfires. They only eat eucalyptus leaves, which also gives them nearly all their moisture. When the forests are cut down, the koalas have nowhere to live and nothing to eat. They need our help.

When some people hear the word lobster, they think of dinner. But lobsters are fascinating creatures. The oldest known lobster, was 140 years old! The large crustaceans have teeth in their stomachs, and brains smaller than a grain of rice. Lobsters have clear blood, and are sometimes blue in color. Happy Lobster Day!