Category: Kids News

A chain of kindness, once grew 900 cars long at Dairy Queen. Someone at the drive-thru paid for the order of the car behind them, and the following customers kept paying it forward for 3 days, by taking care of the next car. Start your own chain of kindness, for Pay It Forward Day.

Today is Superhero Day. Wear your favorite superhero costume, or create your own secret identity. Don’t forget an outfit. Then read something by Shakespeare or Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou or Shel Silverstein, or another favorite poet. It’s Great Poetry Reading Day! And we can’t forget Blueberry Pie Day! Don’t stain your super-clothes with blueberries.

Have you ever been on a plane, and seen rivers or fields from high in the sky? Sometimes things look like letters. NASA has a neat app called Your Name In Landsat, that shows your name in satellite images of the Earth. My name is spelled using rivers, mountain ridges, and an ocean swirl.

Today is World Tapir Day. Tapirs are animals that look kind of like a pig, with a short trunk like an elephant. There are 4 different types, living in South and Central America, and in Southeast Asia. Tapirs are herbivores, and use their prehensile snouts to pick leaves and berries. That’s a talented nose!

Once upon a time, there were hundreds of thousands of whales in the ocean. People started hunting them, and the oceans got more polluted, causing them to become endangered. How will the story end? You can decide, for Tell A Story Day. Since it’s also Marine Mammal Rescue Day, I hope it’s a happy ending!

Do you have a dog, cat, or other pet? Give yourself a pat on the back, for being a responsible and caring pet owner. Today is Pet Parents Day, but don’t expect a present from your pet. Just be happy they don’t leave you a “package” that you have to clean up, ha-ha!

Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. That’s the code for SOS, the international signal for help. It’s Morse Code Day. Morse code assigned a pattern of short and long taps to each letter, to communicate by telegraph before telephones were invented. Use it to send messages by flashlight, or tapping on your desk.

Frogs are amazing amphibians. It’s fascinating to visit a pond, and watch tiny tadpoles, grow bigger and develop legs. Frogs are an indicator species, meaning land and water pollution, really affect their health. Frog populations suffer, when environmental health declines. Today is Save The Frogs Day, so let’s help all 2000 species.

Global Big Day is coming. On May 10th, the whole world will be watching birds, and recording observations at eBird online, or on the eBird Mobile app, to help study world bird populations. Prepare today, by celebrating Go Birding Day. Go exploring with binoculars, and learn to identify the birds you see and hear.

Here’s a fun experiment to try, since it’s Sense Of Smell Day. Hold your nose, then eat something. Could you taste it? The nose and mouth connect through the same passageway. That’s why sometimes when your nose is stuffed-up, you can’t taste anything. Now you know how to eat the yucky vegetables you hate!