| September |
- Good Manners Month:
Living in Our World (Signature Program); Safe &
Sound
- Internet Safety Month: Call for our Internet list.
- Library Card Sign-up Month: Use our lending library;
sign up for Animals ALOUD! |
October |
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
Breaking the Cycle of Violence
- Halloween: Bats!: Beasts or Benefactors?
- Fire Prevention Month: Family Studies Series
- Sparky the Fire Dog
- Animals ALOUD! activities occur every day during
this month
- Character Counts Week: Celebrate the Six Pillars of
Character (Trustworthiness, Respect,
Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship): All
of our programs “count”. |
November |
- Child Safety and Protection Month:
Childproofing Your Pet/Petproofing Your Child
- Election Day: Animal Civics
- National Children’s Book Week: Animals in
Children’s Literature; A Home for Nathan
- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: Signature
Program |
December |
- Holiday Safety Program
- UNICEF Month: Flora & Fauna as Seen on Coins
and Stamps
- First Day of Winter: Urban Wildlife; Survival in
Winter |
January |
- Albert Schweitzer’s and Martin
Luther King’s birthday: Heroes of Compassion
- Louis Braille’s birthday: Service Dogs Welcome!
- “The Raven” published in 1845: Write a
poem or story about an animal
- A A Milne’s birthday: Animals in Children’s
Literature
- Have you borrowed any of the Snyder Foundation’s
lending sets? |
February |
- Celebrate President’s Day, and
the birthdays of Susan B. Anthony, Frederick
Douglass and Rosa Parks: What’s In the News?;
Civil War and the Animals that Lived
Through It
- Groundhog Day; Weather Person’s Day: It’s
Raining Cats and Dogs!; Survival in Winter
- Spay Day USA /Prevent a Litter Day: Animal Protection
Series
- Children and Animal Dental Month: Signature Program |
March |
- Jane Goodall’s birthday:
Suitcase for Survival; Animal and Environmental Careers
- Poison Prevention Month: Child-proofing Your Pet/Pet-proofing
Your Child
- Maple Sugar Harvest: Project Learning Tree activities;
May the Forest Be with You
- Women’s History Month: Heroes of Compassion
- Randolph Caldecott’s birthday: Animals in
Children’s Literature; Animals in Perspective |
April |
- Tag Day!(ID for Animals): Signature
Program
- Earth Day: Big Bad Wolf?; Urban Wildlife; Projects
WET, WILD, PLT activities; Introduced
Species
- Keep America Beautiful Month: Canines, Cats, and
the Chesapeake Bay
- ASPCA Founder Henry Bergh’s birthday: Animal
Protection Series |
May |
- National Be Kind to Animals Observance:
Signature Program; Dog Bite Prevention;
Reptiles: Diversity in Scales
- Emergency Animal Rescue Month: Signature Program;
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs!
- International Migratory Bird Day: Canines, Cats,
and the Chesapeake Bay; Urban Wildlife
- Rachel Carson’s birthday: All Creatures Great
and Small; Suitcase for Survival |
June |
- Adopt a Cat Month: A Home for Nathan
- Summer Vacation: Sharks: Who’s Attacking
Whom?; Summer Safety Program |
