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 also know as:
- Foster Care Month
- Gifts from the Garden Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- National Barbecue Month
- National Bike Month
- National Blood Pressure Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Photograph Month
- National Salad Month
- Older Americans Month
The weeks are known as:
- Nurse’s Week – first full week of month
- Wildflower Week – week two
- National Bike Week – third week
- National Police Week – third week of month
- Emergency Medical Services Week – fourth week of month
(Links will be updated closer to the dates of each holiday.)
I found this list and more here:
May Day (1st)
**see May Day for more activities
Mother Goose Day (1st)
Brothers and Sisters Day (3rd)
**see National Sibling Day for more activities
Star Wars Day/May the ‘4th’ Be With You Day (4th)
**see Star Wars Day for more activities
Cinco de Mayo (5th)
**see Cinco de Mayo for more activities
No Socks Day (8th)
National Train Day– Saturday closest to May 10th
National Windmill Day – the second Saturday in May
Limerick Day (12th)
** see Limerick Day for more activities
Mother’s Day – second Sunday
** see Mother’s Day for more activities
National Chocolate Chip Day (15th)
** see Chocolate Chip Day for more activities
Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
** see Armed Forces Day for more activities
Lucky Penny Day (23rd)
National Missing Children’s Day (25th)
** see National Missing Children’s Day for more activities
Sally Ride Day (26th)
** see Sally Ride Day for more activities
Memorial Day last Monday of month.
** see Memorial Day for more activities
National Macaroon Day (31st)
Also check out:
Homeschool: May on Pinterest
Pollywog's Place Blog 