Monthly Activities
Throughout the year, NearPod, Flocabulary, and Book Creator highlight resources based on holidays. We've put together a collection of the resources dated in order by month. This list is updated periodically, but bear in mind that some holiday dates change from year to year. So some of the dates will be inaccurate but the resources for that holiday will still be good to use!
January Activities
Dates updated for January 2023
NearPod
1/11 - Morse Code Day (2-3)
1/16 - MLK Jr.'s Day (K12)
1/20 - Penguin Awareness (6-9)
1/27 - Holocaust Remembrance (K-12)
1/28 - Data Privacy Day (8-12)
1/31 - Inspire with Art Day (K-12)
Book Creator
1/31 - Inspire with Art Day
Flocabulary
1/1 - New Year's Day (K-5)
1/16 - MLK Jr.'s Day (3-8)
1/27 - Holocaust Remembrance (6-12)
1/28 - Data Privacy Day (2-5)
February Activities
Dates updated for February 2023
NearPod
2/1 - Teaching Black History (K-12)
2/4 - Rosa Parks Day (K-12)
2/7 - Periodic Table Day (2-12)
2/11 - Internet Safety Day (3-8)
2/12 - Superbowl (6-12)
2/14 - Valentine's Day Activities
2/21 - Mardi Gras
Book Creator
Flocabulary
2/1 - Black History Month (K-12)
2/9 - Internet Safety Day (3-12)
2/11 - National Inventors Day (1-5)
2/14 - Valentine's Day (K-3)
2/20 - Presidents' Day (K-5)
March Activities
Dates updated for March 2023
NearPod
3/14 - Pi Day (K-12)
3/14 - Learn about butterflies day (K-12)
3/17 - St. Patrick’s Day (K-12)
3/20 - International Day of Happiness (8-12)
3/21 - World Poetry Day (K-12)
3/23 - Ramadan (K-12)
Nearpod: Collaborate Board
How to use a Collaborate Board in a Nearpod Lesson
5 ways to create collaborative learning experiences in the classroom
Book Creator
3/1 - Be An Author Month
Flocabulary
3/1 - March Madness: Mean, Median & Mode (5-12)
3/1 - Women’s History Month: Maya Angelou (8-12)
3/6 - Dentist Day (K)
3/15 - Ides of March, Julius Caesar (9-12)
3/20 - First Day of Spring (K-5)
3/23 - Ramadan (6-12)
Flocabulary: Lyric Lab
Showcase Student Voice with Lyric Lab
April Activities
Dates updated for April 2023
NearPod
4/1 - Financial Literacy Month
4/3 - National Find a Rainbow Day (K-12)
4/7 - World Health Day (K-12)
4/12 - American Civil War Day (K-12)
4/18 - Tax Day (K-12)
4/22 - Earth Day (K-12)
4/23 - Talk Like Shakespeare Day (K-12)
4/24 - World Immunization Week (1-3)
4/25 - National DNA Day (K-12)
Nearpod: Quizzes
How to use Virtual Reality (VR) Field Trip
Creating your own Virtual Reality
The importance of visual language for ELLs
The Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships
Book Creator
4/23 - 4/29 - National Library Week
Flocabulary
4/12 - American Civil War Day (6-12)
4/18 - Tax Day (4-12)
4/22 - Earth Day (K-5)
4/23 - Talk Like Shakespeare Day (9-12)
4/23 - World Book Day-Ode to Librarians (3-12)
4/25 - National DNA Day (3-6)
Flocabulary: Quizzes
Build Vocab with the Vocab Game
May Activities
Dates updated for May 2023
NearPod
5/1 - Asian American Month (K-12)
5/3 - National Garden Meditation Day (6-8)
5/4 - Bird Day (K-12)
5/5 - Cinco de Mayo (3-5)
5/12 - Limerick Day (6-8)
5/13 - National Train Day (K-5)
5/19 - Endangered Species Day (6-12)
5/25 - African Liberation Day (6-12)
5/29 - Memorial Day (K-5)
Nearpod: Matching Pairs
How to use Matching Pairs during a Nearpod lesson
How to add activities from Activity Banks into a Nearpod lesson
Benefits of technology in the classroom for future careers
Book Creator
Flocabulary
5/1 - Mental Health Month (K-3)
5/2 - National Teachers Day (3-12)
5/3 - National Garden Meditation Day (5-12)
5/3 - World Press Freedom Day (6-12)
5/5 - National Space Day (5-12)
5/12 - Limerick Day (5-8)
5/16 - Love a Tree Day (3-8)
5/26 - National Road Trip Day (7)
5/29 - Memorial Day (K-8)
Flocabulary: Mix
Create a Flocabulary Mix Lesson
How to teach comprehension strategies in the classroom with Flocabulary Plus
How to build student connections using music to teach in the classroom
June Activities
Dates updated for June 2023
NearPod
6/1 - Pride Month (6-12)
6/19 - Juneteenth (1-12)
6/20 - World Refugee Day (K-12)
Book Creator
Books to Help Students Transition Between Grades/Schools
6/1 - Audiobook Month
Summer Activities
Dates updated for Summer 2023
NearPod
Summer Learning Activities to Eliminate Summer Slide
Summer School Made Simple with Nearpod Webinar
Book Creator
September Activities
Dates updated for September 2023
NearPod
9/4 - Labor Day (K-12)
9/5 - International Day of Charity (3-5)
9/11 - 9-11 (3-8)
9/17 - Citizenship Day (K-12)
9/22 - Native American Day (K-12)
Book Creator
Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom
9/8 - International Literacy Day (K-5)
9/25 - Math Storytelling Day
Flocabulary
9/4 - Labor Day (3-8)
9/11 - 9-11 (6-12)
9/12 - United Nations Day (6-12)
9/29 - World Heart Day (5-12)
October Activities
Dates updated for October 2023
NearPod Flocabulary
10/6 - World Smile Day (K-5) 10/1 - Financial Planning Month (9-12)
10/9 - Columbus Day (K-12) 10/11 - Fossil Day (3-8)
10/11 - Fossil Day (3-12) 10/11 - Stop Bullying Day (4-8)
10/24 - United Nations Day (3-12) 10/24 - United Nations Day (6-12)
10/25 - Yom Kippur (K-12) 10/31 - Halloween (K-5)
10/31 - Halloween (K-5)
Book Creator
10/1 - National Book Month
10/16 - 10/20 - Digital Citizenship Week
Halloween Activities
Drag and Drop Poetry from Eric Curts - have students creating fun statements about how to stay safe and protect their privacy!
Build a digital Jack-o-Lantern and have students add audio to creatively warn others about appropriate use! (Use this for Thanksgiving too.)
Write a story about Halloween with emojis! Template here
How to locate and make a Halloween Buncee activity for students (Log into Buncee)
History of Halloween in Nearpod EL library (3) (log into Nearpod) (Building background knowledge activity)
History of Halloween (K-5) - Flocabulary lesson (log into Flocabulary)
November Activities
Dates updated for November 2023
NearPod
11/1 - Stress Awareness Day (K-12)
11/2 - Día de los Muertos (6-12)
11/5 - American Football Day (K-5)
11/5 - Daylight Savings Day (3-12)
11/8 - Election Day (5-12)
11/11 - Veterans Day (K-12)
Book Creator
Flocabulary
11/1 - Stress Awareness Day (6-12)
11/2 - Día de los Muertos (3-12)
11/8 - Election Day (5-12)
11/11 - Veterans Day (K-8)
11/12 - National Pickle Day (6-12)
December Activities
Dates updated for December 2023
NearPod
12/1 - Safe Toys & Gifts Month (6-8)
12/5 - 12/11 - Handwashing Awareness Week (6-12)
12/6 - 12/12 - Computer Science Education Week (6-12)
12/5 - World Soil Day (K-2)
12/7 - National Letter Writing Day (6-12)
12/7 - Remembering Pearl Harbor (6-12)
12/10 - Nobel Prize Day (6-8)
Book Creator
12/6 - 12/12 - Computer Science Education Week
Flocabulary
12/5 - 12/11 - Handwashing Awareness Week (K-2)
12/4 - International Day of Banks (9-12)
12/5 - World Soil Day (1-5)
12/7 - National Letter Writing Day (1-5)
12/10 - Dewey Decimal Day (3-12)
12/10 - Nobel Prize Day (6-12)
12/15 - Bill of Rights Day (5-12)
12/28 - Call a Friend Day (9-12)