What are the National Days in May? Like every month, May has been divided into religious special days, cultural days, silly days and completely non-sensical days. We created FREE resources for four of these; Sun Awareness Week, Cinco de Mayo, World Bee Day and World Turtle Day.
So when are these National Days in May? Well Sun Awareness Week is from May 3rd to May 9th, Cinco de Mayo, as the name suggests is on May 5th. World Bee Day is on May 20th and Word Turtle Day is on May 23rd.
Sun Awareness Week (Technically 7 National Days in May)
Sun awareness is so important that one national day in May wasn’t enough, it demanded an entire week. Our Free Printable has activities for all of our age groups (1-11).
Sun Awareness Week Activities for Toddlers
Get dressed for a sunny day with your toddler. You can gesture that it’s hot out so they don’t need a jumper but that they do need water and a hat. Put on sun cream together. Why not let them do you and you do them?
Sun Awareness Week Activities for 4-7 year olds
Pack a bag for a sunny day out! What will they need? Learn the 5s of sun safety and make a poster displaying them to remind everyone in your home and to stay safe together. Play these great sun safety games for kids that we found.
Sun Awareness Week Activities for 8-11 year olds
We love film adverts in our house. Why not create your own sun safety advert? Go through the whole creative process from writing a script, storyboarding the scenes, costume production, prop creation, filming and the all important editing! Use our free sun safety printable to storyboard your advert.
Cinco de Mayo (Adding some Mexican flavour to our National Days in May)
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on the 5th of May in memory of the Battle of Puebla. Take a look at our recommended Cinco de Mayo activities for different ages below. Happy Cinco!
Cinco de Mayo Activities for Toddlers
Colour in or paint your very own Mexican flag. Explore the colours of the Mexican flag with our free printable and do a colour hunt around your home. Try some new tastes and textures with some classic Mexican food.
Cinco de Mayo Activities for 4-7 year olds
Try creating a mask. Jumpstart does have a nice Cinco mask activity. It involves using a utility knife so be sure to have parental supervision for this.
Cinco de Mayo Activities for 8-11 year olds
Learn some facts about Cinco de Mayo and Mexico as a whole with our Mexico reading comprehension in our free download. Try making one of these colourful piñatas .
World Bee Day (Our favourite of the National Days in May)
One of our favourite activities to celebrate this May national day is creating a bee garden. Please note that bee gardens can and often do, attract bees. As such, they are not recommended if anyone in your family has an allergy to bees or if you have an aversion to their presence. Bees have an important role in the eco-system and as with all animals, should be treated with respect. You can use our Premium “How to Grow Herbs” printable to get you started. We suggest planting herbs that thrive in pots, are attractive to bees, and can be used for your own cooking: chives, fennel, mint, lemon balm, rosemary, and sage.
World Bee Day Activities for Toddlers
Pots can be filled with different types of dirt and seeds for a unique sensory experience. They can use their hands or a tool to explore the difference between wet and dry dirt.
World Bee Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Learn to play the fun game “Pollinate” with our free World Bee Day activity. It’s a great, active game that teaches you all about pollination in an age appropriate way! (The older ones will love this too.) Create some fun recycled crafts and make your very own bees and bee hives from everyday household items! Our free World Bee Day printable has tutorials to show you how 🙂
World Bee Day for 8-11 year olds
Learn some awesome bee facts and do some research on these amazing creatures. Bumblebeeconservation.org also has some amazing free activities to check out. Don’t forget to play our free “Pollinate” game to learn all about pollination in a fun and active way.
World Turtle Day (Our National Days in May would not be complete without it)
The last of our National Days in May is May 23rd, also known as World Turtle Day!
World Turtle Day Activities for Toddlers
“Glued to my crafts” has created a great craft activity. With a little parental guidance this paper plate turtle activity is perfect for toddlers.
World Turtle Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Use our Free World Turtle Day activity to learn to draw your own turtle. For added difficulty, upgrade the patterns on the shell. Once you’ve learnt to draw a turtle, try writing your very own story featuring your turtle!
World Turtle Day for 8-11 year olds
Try this delicious and adorable turtle cookie recipe by cookpad.com. Why not research these majestic creatures and create a non-fiction book about them?
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