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January 2019

January is “Staying Healthy Month”

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Sun. Dec. 30

Mon. Dec. 31

Tue. Jan. 1

New Year's Day

Say “Happy New Year” in many languages, or make a pop-up card for the New Year.

Kwanzaa Ends

Betsy Ross' Birthday, 1752

US flag printout

Wed. Jan. 2

Forefathers Day, Haiti

Fill out a map of Haiti

Georgia became 4th US state, 1788

Read a page on Georgia, then take a quiz.

Thu. Jan. 3

Perihelion Day

5:20 AM GMT

The Earth is at its closest distance to the Sun. Label an orbital diagram.

J.R.R. Tolkien (author) born, 1892

Write a book report on your favorite book.

Alaska became 49th state, 1959

Read a page on Alaska, then take a quiz.

Fri. Jan. 4

Louis Braille born, 1809

Read a page on Braille, then take a quiz.

Utah became a state, 1896

Read a page on Utah, then take a quiz.

Sat. Jan. 5

George Washington Carver died, 1943

Read about this great scientist, then write a report on his life.

Sun. Jan. 6

Partial Solar Eclipse

1:28 AM GMT

Read about solar eclipses, then label a solar eclipse diagram.

New Moon

1:28 AM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

Joan of Arc born, 1412

Label a map of France.

New Mexico became a state, 1912

Read a page on New Mexico, then take a quiz.

Mon. Jan. 7

Galileo discovers Jupiter's 4 biggest moons, 1610

Print out a page on Jupiter and color it.

Tue. Jan. 8

Stephen Hawking's Birthday, 1942

Make a glitter galaxy.

Wed. Jan. 9

Connecticut became 5th US state, 1788

Read a page on Connecticut, then take a quiz.

Thu. Jan. 10

League of Nations formed, 1920

Pick the flag of a country and draw it.

Fri. Jan. 11

Amelia Earhart was first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California, 1935

Print out world map, label it, and trace her journey on it.

Sat. Jan. 12

John Hancock born, 1737

Practice your handwriting with these printouts.

Sun. Jan. 13

Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Write a page describing your fondest dream.

Mon. Jan. 14

First Quarter Moon

6:45 AM GMT

Read about the moon, then take a quiz.

Albert Schweitzer's Birthday, 1875

Label a map of Africa.

Tue. Jan. 15

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday

A printout on this great man.

Wed. Jan. 16

Dian Fossey (gorilla researcher) born, 1932

Read about gorillas, then take a quiz on them.

Thu. Jan. 17

Benjamin Franklin's Birthday, 1706

Read about Franklin, then take a quiz on him.

Fri. Jan. 18

Robert Scott reaches South Pole, 1912

Read about Scott and write a report on his life.

Sat. Jan. 19

Paul Cezanne's Birthday

Color a painting of Cezanne’s.

Sun. Jan. 20

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin's Birthday, 1930

Print, read, and color a moon page.

Mon. Jan. 21

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

3rd Monday in January

Take a quiz on MLK Jr.

Full Moon

5:16 AM GMT

Take an interactive quiz on the moon.

Total Lunar Eclipse

5:16 AM GMT

Label a lunar eclipse.

Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination introduced, 1799

Label a printout on the skin.

Tue. Jan. 22

British colonists reach New Zealand, 1840

Read about New Zealand’s animals, pick one, then print and color it.

Wed. Jan. 23

National Handwriting Day

Practice your handwriting.

Thu. Jan. 24

Voyager 2 passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus, 1986

Read about and color Uranus

James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, California, 1848

Read a page about gold and write a paragraph on the uses and properties of it.

Fri. Jan. 25

Burns Night

Honor Robert Burns by labeling a map of Scotland (and the rest of the British Isles).

First Winter Olympics, 1924

Print and color an Olympics Flag.

National Opposite Day

Fun activities about antonyms.

Sat. Jan. 26

Australia Day

Label a map of Australia.

Michigan became a state, 1837

Read a page on Michigan, then take a quiz.

Sun. Jan. 27

Last Quarter Moon

9:10 PM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born, 1756

Read about and take a quiz on Mozart.

Mon. Jan. 28

Arkansas makes the honeybee its state insect, 1973

Label a honey bee

Tue. Jan. 29

Galileo sighted what was later found to be Neptune, 1613

Read about and take a quiz on Neptune

Kansas became a state, 1861

Read a page on Kansas, then take a quiz.

Wed. Jan. 30

Adolf Hitler (Nazi tyrant) was named Chancellor of Germany, 1933

Label a map of modern Europe.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday, 1882

Read about FDR, then write a paragraph on him.

Thu. Jan. 31

Franz Schubert born, 1797

Print and label the C-major scale.

Jackie Robinson's Birthday, 1919

Print and take a quiz on African-American history.

Fri. Feb. 1

Sat. Feb. 2

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