Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Maple Syrup Saturday, which begins Maple Weekend at many parks. Visit a sugar shack, and see how sap from a maple tree, becomes syrup for your pancakes and maple sugar candy. If you still have snow, try making maple syrup snow cream, or maple candy popsicles, using recipes found online.

Do you have a favorite cozy quilt? Take a close look, at all the different fabrics, and the patterns in the tiny stitches. It’s Quilting Day, so maybe it’s time for you to start your own quilting project. Some people make quilts, from their old favorite T-shirts, creating a patchwork of memories.

Each spring, buzzards show up in Hinckley Ohio. The turkey vultures have returned to the cliffs and caverns of Whipp’s Ledges like clockwork every March 15th. Everyone in town loves watching for them on Buzzard Day! Vultures eat dead animals, so look for them along roadsides. They also soar in circles in the sky.

Some people think they know everything. They won’t appreciate Everything You Think Is Wrong Day! Leave decision-making for another day, since whatever you choose will be wrong. It’s also World Speech Day. Make awards for everyone in your family, then take turns giving acceptance speeches! Don’t forget to clap and cheer them on!

Beware the Ides of March. That’s today! But unless you’re Julius Caesar, you’re safe. Julius Caesar was a Roman leader, who was assassinated March 15th, in 44 BC. That line is from a play by William Shakespeare, when a soothsayer was warning Caesar that his life was in danger. It’s fun to say it ominously!

Do your parents wake you up too early on weekends? Here’s a fact, for World Sleep Day. Scientists say catching up on your sleep, will help you live longer! It might be impossible to get the sleep you require when school and activities interfere, but extra sleep on the weekends gives you a healthy balance.

Today is International Ask A Question Day. Go ahead, ask me anything! It’s also Learn About Butterflies Day, and Moth–er Day. Butterflies and moths are similar, but what things make them different? Do some research. Did you know butterflies like your salty sweat? Maybe they’ll enjoy Potato Chip Day with you!

Today is Holi, an ancient Hindu festival marking the start of Spring that dates back to the 4th century. People across India celebrate by throwing water and colored powder on each other. If you want to celebrate too, make sure you explain the holiday before you douse someone!

Today is Genius Day, in honor of famous scientist Albert Einstein. Improve your own intelligence, by celebrating International Day Of Mathematics, and Science Education Day. Combine your love of math and science, to count the legs on a spider, before setting it free, for Save A Spider Day. Maybe you’ll become an arachnologist someday!

Math and pastry fans unite, because it’s Pi Day! March 14th represents the first 3 digits of pi, an irrational number that never ends. Here let me show you while you eat some pie to celebrate! 3 point 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5 1 0 5 8 2 0 9 7 4 9 4 4 5 9 2 3 0 7 8 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 6 2 0 8 9 9 8 6 2 8 0 3 4 8 2 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 0 6 7 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 8 6 5 1 3 2 8 2 3 0 6 6 4 7 0 9 3 8 4 4 6 0….