Vasant or Basant Panchami (2016): A Sikh/Hindu festival celebrating the start of spring and the Holi season. Hindus worship Saraswati Devi, while Sikhs sing Basant Raga. In Punjab there is the Basant Festival of Kites. Go here for more info.
1809 Charles Darwin born – Darwin Day. There is a Darwin game here and other activities here.
1809 Abraham Lincoln born – Lincoln Day and 1914 first stone laid for the Lincoln Memorial. List of activities here, or…
Build a log cabin:
Or make a Mount Rushmore out of Playdough:
Other events that might inspire your play today:
- 1938 Judy Blume born
- Georgia Day, US
- 1994 four men break into Norway’s National Gallery and steal Munch’s The Scream
- Red Hand Day (UN action against child soldiers)
- Myanmar Union Day (Burma – see 4th January)
Around the World with the Kids 