June+stuff


 * June**

For those of us still teaching! Hang in there... June=Flag Day and Father's Day and:

[|http://www.theteach erscorner. net/calendars/ june.php] Monday is Oscar the Grouch's birthday and Friday is Donut Day AS WELL AS National Gingerbread Day! National Dairy Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, and National Iced Tea Month! Links for all of these and more. No link for LEON Day, which is June 25 and marks six months from Christmas and `til Christmas! LEON is of course, NOEL backwards. (Searches introduce you to Leon Day, a pitcher for the Negro Baseball League, and Hall of Famer!) I did find [|http://familycrafts .about.com/ b/2007/06/ 25/happy- leon-day. htm]

[|http://www.holidayi nsights.com/ moreholidays/ june.htm] June 13 : Sewing Machine Day

[|http://www.suelebea u.com/june. htm] Includes a School is Out section but the dreaded 404 Not Found for "Beach Cams Around the World"

[|http://www.browniel ocks.com/ june.html] Includes History of Graduation, but the dreaded 404 Not Found for Dairy Month. Lists Monthly, Weekly, Daily observances.

[|http://www.foodrefe rence.com/ html/html/ juneevents. html] June dates in Food History; click on a date to read each entry. (such as June 2, 1928: Kraft created Velveeta :-)

Better yet, leave 'em laughing: [|http://www.ahajokes .com/school_ jokes.html] [|http://www.ahajokes .com/school_ jokes_for_ kids.html] [|http://www.basicjok es.com/dtitles. php?cid=24] [|http://funnyjokes4k ids.blogspot. com/2009/ 04/jokes- about-school. html]