The calendar shares some of the things that are going on in the natural world, community and cultural events, and important dates in the history of childhood, education, culture, and the natural world. This calendar reimagines the interconnections between nature, culture and childhood to contribute to a new history of the present. Important sources for this calendar, including my own research and experience, are: Mary Holland, Naturally Curious https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/ ; The Zinn Education Project https://www.zinnedproject.org/; Slingshot Organizer and Calendar https://slingshotcollective.org/ ; Thought Company https://www.thoughtco.com/; and anyone who would like to make a suggestion as to what I should include!
February is the month of survival in New England, as animals struggle to find food and hold out until the first signs of Spring. Beavers, red foxes and raccoons mate,…
January, the Month of Endurance, the Full Wolf Moon, Maria Montessori starts her first Montessori school in 1907, Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Bear Cubs, Snow, Ice, Cold, and Increasingly…
December 2022, Nature, Culture Childhood Calendar December is the month where Fall turns into Winter and the natural world is settling into a long, cold winter. Plants are…
As Mary Holland points out in her magisterial Naturally Curious, November is at month of increasing “quiescence,” as many plants and trees become dormant, and some animals get ready for…
October 3rd is National Children's Health Day. The Full Hunter's Moon ( or Moon of the Falling Leaves) happens around October 9th. Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly Columbus Day, is acknowledged…