Calendars for the School Year
Here are some calendars to help you keep track of the special days and event during the year:
Michèle Henry has created this excellent calendar, with for each day a full page of links and ideas of activities.
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/celebramonth.htm
Pascale Catoire et Gilles Deletang have created this other one, with less links, but sometimes different things to celebrate.
http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/anglais-liens/sitecalendrier/index.htm
A US calendar of the US holidays, to find the precise dates of each holiday, and a short text to present it.
http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us.aspx
Some other calendars, with sometimes different celebrations
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/zcullinks.html
http://www.suelebeau.com/months.htm
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/holidays/l/blspecdays.htm
http://www.midgefrazel.net/dailycelebrations.html
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/fundaycalendars/Holiday_Calendar_Celebrate_Special_Days_Every_Month.htm
In the Calendar for September
Sunday September 2nd : The Great Fire of London 1666
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/LondonsBurning/
Monday September 3rd (first Monday of the month) : Labor Day
Sunday September 9th (first Sunday after Labor Day) : Grand parents’ Day
September 9th to 16th : « Christie Week »
Tuesday September 11th : Patriot Day
Thursday September 13th : Roal Dahl Day
Monday September 17th : US constitution Day / Citizenship Day
Friday September 21st : International Day of Peace
from September 16th to 22nd : Mobility week
Saturday September 22nd : World Car Free Day
Wednesday September 26th : European Day of Languages
and on these pages you find loads of Special Days in September (September 13th is also Chocolate Day, and September 11th is also « make your bed » Day!), and also special weeks (the fourth week is US national Dog week) and monthly celebrations (September is « better breakfast month », « Honey month », « Save the Tiger Month », « Piano Month » and « US national courtesy month » !)
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blseptdayslong.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjhol/a/fundayssep.htm
