National Chocolate Eclair Day is a day to enjoy the tasty eclair. I will try to get my recipe box out and find my tried and true recipe, but I will have some listed below for you to try as well. Click here to learn more about this holiday. This is celebrated on June 22nd.
Here are a couple of recipes you can try for this day:
Cream puffs: pull the dough out into an oblong shape
Continue reading “Special Holiday Meals:National Chocolate Eclair Day”Finally Summer Day is a day to celebrate the arrival of summer. It is the longest day of the year so you can celebrate a more, if you like. Click here to learn more about this holiday. The date varies from year to year.
Below are some of the activities I found to celebrate this day:
(Use at your own discretion.)
Recipes:
Our Top 50 Recipes for Summer – EatingWell
12 Warm-Weather Recipes for the First Day of Summer
42 Summer (That’s Right, Summer!) Crock-Pot Recipes | Greatist
50 No-Cook Recipes for Summer – Savory Lotus
Activities:
50 Outdoor Summer Activities For Kids | Six Sisters’ Stuff
30 Summer Crafts for Kids to Make – hands on : as we grow
Summer Crafts for Kids – Activity Village
62 Summer Crafts for Kids – Care.com Community
35 Fun Summer Crafts to Make – Easy DIY Project Ideas for Summer
Videos:
Flag Day is the day to celebrate our flag. Click here to learn more about this holiday. It is celebrated on June 14th.
FLAG DAY MEAL
BBQ Ribs or Chicken
Potato Salad or Chips
Baked Beans
Macaroni & Cheese
Watermelon Slices
Sweet Tea
Lemonade
Fruit Pizza or Peach Cobbler
See this post for more ideas:
Special Holiday Meals: Patriotic Menus
Continue reading “Special Holiday Meals: Flag Day”
I will try to update this list with some fun activities as well. Feel free to click the links to find out more about the origins and meanings behind these special days. I plan to incorporate a few of these into our normal homeschool routine to add a little fun and excitement to our days. Have fun and maybe make up your own personal family holiday or tradition for the month!
This month is full of food days so as school finishes up this may be the perfect time to incorporate some cooking lessons into your day with your kids. Just be sure to keep it simple and have fun!
This month is also know as:
The weeks are known as:
(Links will be updated closer to the dates of each holiday.)
I found this list and more here:
Flip a Coin Day (1st)
National Doughnut Day (2nd) ** the first Friday in June
**see National Doughnut Day for recipes
Applesauce Cake Day (4th)
**see Applesauce Cake Day for recipes
World Environment Day (5th)
Hot Air Balloon Day (5th)
National Yo-Yo Day (6th)
**see National Yo-Yo Day for more activities
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (7th)
**see National Chocolate Ice Cream Day for more activities
National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day (9th)
**see National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day for recipes
Iced Tea Day (10th)
**see National Iced Tea Day for recipes
National Corn on the Cob Day (11th)
**see National Corn on the Cob Day for more activities
Red Rose Day (12th)
**see Red Rose Day for more activities
Flag Day (14th)
**see Flag Day for more activities (some of these may also work for July 4th)
Fresh Veggies Day (16th) /Eat Your Vegetables Day (17th)
**see Fresh Veggies Day for more activities
Father’s Day (18th) (third Sunday)
**see Father’s Day for more activities
Ice Cream Soda Day (20th)
**see Ice Cream Soda Day for more activities
Finally Summer Day (21st — date varies)
**see Finally Summer Day for more activities
National Chocolate Eclair Day (22nd)
**see National Chocolate Eclair Day for more activities
National Pink Day (23rd)
**see National Pink Day for more activities
National Catfish Day (25th) (Go Fishing Day is on June 18th)
**see National Catfish Day for more activities
Forgiveness Day (26th)
**see Forgiveness Day for more activities
Paul Bunyan Day (28th)
**see Paul Bunyan Day for more activities
Waffle Iron Day (29th)
**see Waffle Iron Day for more activities
Meteor Day (30th)
**see Meteor Day for more activities
Also check out:
Homeschool: June on Pinterest
Pollywog's Place Blog 