Calendars for the School Year
Here are some calendars to help you keep track of the special days and event during the year:
Michèle Henry has created this excellent calendar, with for each day a full page of links and ideas of activities.
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/celebramonth.htm
Pascale Catoire et Gilles Deletang have created this other one, with less links, but sometimes different things to celebrate.
http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/anglais-liens/sitecalendrier/index.htm
A US calendar of the US holidays, to find the precise dates of each holiday, and a short text to present it.
http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us.aspx
Some other calendars, with sometimes different celebrations
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/zcullinks.html
http://www.suelebeau.com/months.htm
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/holidays/l/blspecdays.htm
http://www.midgefrazel.net/dailycelebrations.html
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/fundaycalendars/Holiday_Calendar_Celebrate_Special_Days_Every_Month.htm
In the Calendar for September
Sunday September 2nd : The Great Fire of London 1666
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/LondonsBurning/
Monday September 3rd (first Monday of the month) : Labor Day
Sunday September 9th (first Sunday after Labor Day) : Grand parents’ Day
September 9th to 16th : “Christie Week”
Tuesday September 11th : Patriot Day
Thursday September 13th : Roal Dahl Day
Monday September 17th : US constitution Day / Citizenship Day
Friday September 21st : International Day of Peace
from September 16th to 22nd : Mobility week
Saturday September 22nd : World Car Free Day
Wednesday September 26th : European Day of Languages
and on these pages you find loads of Special Days in September (September 13th is also Chocolate Day, and September 11th is also “make your bed” Day!), and also special weeks (the fourth week is US national Dog week) and monthly celebrations (September is “better breakfast month”, “Honey month”, “Save the Tiger Month”, “Piano Month” and “US national courtesy month” !)
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blseptdayslong.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjhol/a/fundayssep.htm
