WEBSITE RESOURCES FOR CLASSROOM AND LIVING ROOM

Honey Bees
August 25, 2020 By Barbara Feldman
Honey bees are hard-working, useful insects that pollinate nearly one-third of all the food we eat and make our life sweeter with the honey they produce. In a single day, a single hive can pollinate four million flowers and make …[Continue]

Women’s Suffrage
August 18, 2020 By Barbara Feldman
Women’s right to vote (known as suffrage) was fought for for more than fifty years, until the Nineteenth Amendment become national law 100 years ago on August 26, 1920. The idea began to gather steam at the 1848 Seneca Falls …[Continue]

Kindergarten Readiness
August 11, 2020 By Barbara Feldman
August is “Get Ready for Kindergarten” month for almost two million American kids entering kindergarten in the fall. Today’s collection of websites include a mix of online and offline activities for parents to do with their preschoolers. But remember, although …[Continue]
Surfing the Calendar
- National Inventor’s MonthAugust
- Get Ready for Kindergarten MonthAugust
- Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf CoastAug 29, 2005
- Diana, Princess of Wale’s DeathAug 31, 1997
- National Honey MonthSeptember
- National School Success MonthSeptember
- National Piano MonthSeptember
- National Save A Tiger MonthSeptember
- National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education MonthSeptember
- Library Card Signup MonthSeptember
- National 5-A-Day MonthSeptember
- Save the Koala MonthSeptember
- D.A.R.E. LaunchedSep 1, 1983
- Titanic Wreck DiscoveredSep 1, 1985
- Great Fire of LondonSep 2, 1666
- US Treasury EstablishedSep 2, 1789
- General Sherman Enters AtlantaSep 2, 1864
- More Surfing the Calendar