March Fun Learning Holidays
My kids love a reason to celebrate. Who doesn’t? These fun holidays can be a great way to celebrate and provide fun learning opportunities for your homeschool. Here’s my list of unit study ideas to incorporate in your homeschool in March.
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What to Celebrate in the Month of March
Each month has designated awareness holidays, and these can be a great way to introduce your kids to a new experience or get them to try something new. They can also be used to spend additional time focused on a particular area of interest.
Women’s History Month
There are many examples of women who contributed greatly to the world. Choose a specific woman your kids are interested in learning more about, or do a quick overview of several to celebrate Women’s History Month in March.
Here are a few resources to get you started.
womenshistorymonth.gov: Many links to helpful resources included here
Smithsonian’s History Explorer
Not For Ourselves Alone: Ken Burns’ documentary about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Teachers Pay Teachers Women’s History Resources
Books to Explore Women in History
National Nutrition Month
Learning about nutrition is often overlooked in our busy lives. You can’t go wrong when you focus on eating whole, healthy grains, vegetables, and fruit. My Tasty Tuesday learning pack offers fun learning projects like reading nutrition labels, taste testing activities, healthy snack printables, and more!
Read: How to Plan a Homeschool Theme Day (Tasty Tuesday)
National Craft Month
For those of you with artistically minded kiddos, give them permission to craft to their heart’s content in celebration of National Craft Month. And if your kids aren’t the crafty type, this could be the month to introduce a simple craft project for them to try. Tie it in to another of their interests. For instance, if they’re into sports, maybe they’d like to make a sports themed decor piece for their bedroom. Or if they love science, perhaps they’d enjoy building a model of some kind.
You never know when something will connect with your child in a way you didn’t expect.
Read: 99 Fun Paper Activities for Kids
St. Patrick’s Day: March 17
You’ve probably seen plenty of leprechaun traps and rainbow crafts, but St. Patrick’s Day is definitely worth learning about.
St. Patrick’s Day Unit Study from Freedom Homeschooling
Ireland Unit Study resources from Heart and Soul Homeschooling
National Week Holidays for March
These are awareness weeks during the month of March that can be used as homeschool learning opportunities.
Celebrate Your Name Week: 1st full week of March
- Check out the website House of Names to research your family name
- Interview grandparents or other family members about the history of their surnames
- Have your kids research the meaning of their given names
- Practice signing their names
- Try a creative lettering technique to write their name: start with this article from Artist’s Network describing how to create several hand-lettering styles
National Crochet Week: 2nd week
Learn to make a simple crochet project if your kids are interested.
National Day Holidays for February
These individual day holidays can be incorporated into a variety of learning and fun.
National Anthem Day: March 3
Learn the history of our national anthem.
National Proofreading Day: March 8
Teach your kids some basic proofreading marks.
Plant a Flower Day: March 12
This is a great day to get out in the garden and plant a flower (or a dozen)! Your kids can learn about the planting zone for your location and which flowers can be planted at this time of year. Additionally, they can take responsibility for caring for their flowers—weeding around them and watering them as needed.
Learn About Butterflies Day: March 14
You may not have given butterflies much thought since your own elementary school days. Check out this free unit study on butterflies to learn more about their anatomy, types, and where they live around the world.
Pi Day: March 14
Bake a pie with your kids today. While you’re waiting to eat your homemade deliciousness, see who can memorize the most digits of pi. Here are the first 30.
3.14159265358979323846264338327
Freedom of Information Day: March 16
Learn about the Freedom of Information Act and it’s importance to our democracy.
World Poetry Day: March 21
Spend the day reading, writing, and memorizing poetry. Here are a few resources to guide you.
- Poetry4Kids
- Poets.org: Poems for Kids
- Poetry Foundation
- 30 Short Poems for Kids (from Mom Loves Best)
Take a Walk in the Park Day: March 30
Get outside and explore nature today.
- go on a nature scavenger hunt
- download the iNaturalist app to identify plants, trees, and creatures
- bring a sketchbook and draw a nature scene
- climb a tree, cross a stream, or hike a trail
- start a list or nature journal of birds, trees, or flowers your kids see and identify
World Backup Day: March 31
If you have older kids, this is a great opportunity to teach them the importance of backing up their files and data. Whether you use a portable hard drive or cloud storage, your kids will forever benefit from knowing how to save photos and files from their phones and computers.
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How to Use March Fun Holidays for Unit Studies
The key to using fun holiday lists like this in your homeschool is to keep it simple. Don’t try to celebrate every single holiday or awareness theme. You and your kids will be overwhelmed.
Keep a list of fun holidays and note down the ones you celebrate with the year and what you did. Next year, come back to the list and pick another one or two to celebrate.
There are, of course, more “national days” you could choose to celebrate that are not included in this list, many of them focused on food. It’s fun to choose a few of these as well to add in treats here and there or as a way to have your kids try new foods.
Find additional March fun holidays that aren’t necessarily learning-related in these two articles.
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