Smiles to Remember 2018 CALENDAR
What day is it? asked Winnie the Pooh. It s today, squeaked Piglet. My favorite day, said Pooh. - The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
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JANUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 NEW YEAR S DAY WORLD BRAILLE DAY 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JANUARY We celebrate World Braille Day on Louis Braille s birthday. He created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to people who are blind or visually impaired.
FEBRUARY 1 2 3 GROUNDHOG DAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 VALENTINE S DAY CHINESE NEW YEAR 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 PRESIDENTS DAY 25 26 27 28 FEBRUARY February is the month for Valentine s Day, a celebration of the heart. Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi
MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (START) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ST. PATRICK S DAY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 GOOD FRIDAY PASSOVER MARCH Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. - Unknown
APRIL APRIL FOOL S DAY EASTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ANNE SULLIVAN S BIRTHDAY 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 APRIL We must have people who shine on us, and places where we can relax, open and grow. - Barbara Gill
MAY 1 2 3 4 5 CINCO DE MAYO 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MOTHER S DAY 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 RAMADAN 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MEMORIAL DAY MAY You re never fully dressed without a smile. - from Annie
JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 EID AL-FITR FATHER S DAY 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 HELEN KELLER S BIRTHDAY JUNE "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." - Helen Keller
JULY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 INDEPENDENCE DAY 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 PARENTS DAY 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JULY Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. -Fred Rogers
AUGUST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 EID AL-ADHA 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST Vision is crucial in learning. One out of every four children has vision problems, many of which go undetected. It is important to take children to an eye care professional when they are young so that vision problems can be addressed early.
SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LABOR DAY GRANDPARENTS DAY 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ROSH HASHANAH 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 YOM KIPPUR 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 SEPTEMBER Do just once what others say you can t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. Edmund Brown, Jr.
OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WORLD SIGHT DAY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WHITE CANE DAY 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 HALLOWEEN DIA DE MUERTOS OCTOBER Did you know that 80-90% of learning occurs through the sense of vision! For children with visual impairments, learning becomes a hands on experience, in which touch is crucial to understanding concepts, places and experiences.
NOVEMBER 1 2 3 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (ENDS) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DIWALI VETERANS DAY 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 VETERANS DAY OBSERVED 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 THANKSGIVING 25 26 27 28 29 30 NOVEMBER Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever. - Walt Disney
DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 HANUKKAH 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NEW YEAR S EVE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER All children are gifts to be celebrated each day of every year, and especially during the magic of the holiday season.
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