Celebrate National Asparagus Month

May Holidays

The month of May brings flowers and lots of occasions to celebrate the newness of life and all it has to offer. Take the entire family outdoors, learn to play tennis and celebration National Tennis Month.

May is a good time to spruce up your car after the long winter months, enjoy asparagus — celebrate National Asparagus Month, and learn how to breathe easier this month — celebrate National Breathe Easy Month.

Get that camera out and start snapping pictures in celebration of National Photo Month, maybe even enter a contest or two.

In honor of National Egg Month, why not challege the kids to find a different way to prepare eggs for every day this month. Think you can do it?

Celebrate May Holidays

1.  
   • Mother Goose Day
     (started in 1987 by Gloria T. Delamar)
   • Save The Rhino Day
   • Chocolate Parfait Day
   • May Day
   • Loyalty Day
     (established in 2003)
2. • Astronomy Day
   • Baby Day
   • Brother/Sister Day
   • National Fire Day
3. • Lumpy Rug Day
   • World Press Freedom Day
     (established in 1993)
   • Garden Meditation Day
4. • National Candied Orange Peel Day
   • National Teacher's Day
   • Renewal Day
   • International Respect for Chickens Day
5. • National Hoagie Day
   • Oyster Day
   • Cinco de Mayo
   • Cartoonists Day
6. • Beverage Day
   • International No Diet Day
     (created in 1992 by Mary Evans Young)
   • National Tourist Appreciation Day
   • Great American Grump Out
   • Childhood Depression Awareness Day
7. • National Tourism Day
   • National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
   • International Tuba Day
   • Paste Up Day
   • National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
8. • Iris Day
   • No Socks Day
   • Have A Coke Day
   • International Women's Day
   • Cranmere Day
     (started in 1937)
9. • Mother's Day
   • Lost Sock Memorial Day
   • Fresh Pond Day
10. • Clean Up Your Room Day
    • Mother's Day
11. • Eat What You Want Day
    • Twilight Zone Day
12. • International Nurses Day
    • Limerick Day
    • Library Legislative Day
13. • Frog Jumping Day
    • Leprechaun Day
14. • National Dance Like A Chicken Day
    • Donate a Day's Wages to Charity Day
15. • National Chocolate Chip Day
    • Police Officer's Memorial Day
      (created and established by Congress)
    • National Sea Monkey Day
16. • Love a Tree Day
    • Wear Purple For Peace Day
    • National River Clean Up Day
    • Biographer's Day
17. • Pack Rat Day
    • Armed Forces Day
18. • International Museum Day
      (established in 1977)
    • No Dirty Dishes Day
    • Visit Your Relatives Day
19. • Boys Club and Girls Club Day
    • Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
    • Flower Moon Day
20. • Be a Millionaire Day
    • Pick Strawberries Day
    • Eliza Doolittle Day
21. • National Memo Day
    • National Waitresses/Waiters Day
22. • Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
23. • Penny Day
    • Declaration of the Báb (Baha'i holiday)
24. • National Escargot Day
25. • National Missing Children Day
      (established in 1983)
    • National Tap Dance Day
      (established in 1989)
    • Memorial Day
26. • Sally Ride Day
27. • National Grape Popsicle Day
    • National Senior Health and Fitness Day
28. • National Hamburger Day
29. • End Of The Middle Ages Day
30. • Water a Flower Day
    • My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day
31. • National Macaroon Day
    • Save Your Hearing Day
    • What You Think Upon Grows Day

Learning Calendars

• May Preschool Learning Calendar - Learning Through the Days of the Year
• Homefires May Learning Calendar - May Learning Calendar with DVD Resources

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