Category: Kids News

Today is Global Love Day. Start the day by loving yourself, because you’re awesome! Then find little ways, to show your family and friends how much you love them. Smiles are the best gifts, and they’re free! But since it’s also Chocolate Parfait Day, maybe you can also share some of your delicious dessert.

Happy May Day! May 1st is often celebrated as the beginning of spring. Give people flowers, and dance around a May pole! In Hawaii, it’s also Lei Day. Leis are beautiful flower garlands you wear around your neck. But first, go to the principal’s office. No, you’re not in trouble! Just wish them Happy School Principals’ Day!

Jazz is a type of music, that originated in African-American communities in the South, in the late 18 hundreds. By 1910, New Orleans Louisiana was known around the world, for its jazz. Musicians improvise together, playing what feels right in the moment. For International Jazz Day, explore how jazz has changed over the last 120 years.

Animal shelters are full of animals, waiting for a new family to love! Celebrate Adopt A Shelter Pet Day, by adopting a pet. If you can’t have pets, volunteer to walk shelter dogs. Maybe you’ll meet a rabbit named Bugs, for Bugs Bunny Day! The Wascally Wabbit made his first appearance, 87 years ago.

Today is Bubble Tea Day! The bubbles in the sweet milky tea, are tapioca balls. If you’d prefer your chewing on the side, it’s also Raisin Day, and Oatmeal Cookie Day. Multi-task, and eat an oatmeal-raisin cookie. Since it’s Honesty Day, tell the truth. Are you the one that ate all the cookies?

Some people have an unusual talent. They can relax the muscles around their eyeballs, and make them protrude from the sockets. William Martin Sanchez Lopez broke the world record, for farthest eyeball pop. He can pop his eyeballs out .74 inches, making him look like a shocked cartoon character. He loves to surprise people.

There’s a volcano in Antarctica, with a special talent. Along with volcanic bombs of molten rock, Mount Erebus spews out plumes of gas and steam, filled with flecks of gold. Scientists estimate it ejects about $600 worth of gold, every day. Gold dust has been found more than 600 miles away!

Today is We Jump The World Day, celebrating Parkour. Also known as free running, it requires impossible-looking jumps and catapulting off walls! It might be easier to celebrate International Dance Day, by dancing all day long! It’s also Zipper Day, so use your jacket zipper to create a funky rhythm.

Scientists working in techno-agriculture, find ways to combine technology and farming. They’ve been experimenting, by covering fields with canopies of translucent solar panels. The red light plants need for photosynthesis has longer wavelengths, and can pass right through. The blue light, with shorter wavelengths, is absorbed by the panels, and creates solar energy.

Did you ever forget, where you hid something? Mountain chickadees don’t have that problem. The tiny birds only have brains the size of a pea, but they have extraordinary memories. Chickadees stash thousands of pieces of food, in pine cones, tree bark, or dead leaves, then come back and eat them all winter long.