April 8th is... National Zoo Lovers Day, Draw a Picture of a Bird Day/Draw a Bird Day, National Empanada Day, National All Is Ours Day, Ponce de Leon Day (1513), Dog Farting Awareness Day, International Feng Shui Awareness Day, National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, International Romani Day, Step into the Spotlight! Day, Trading Cards For Grown-ups Day, Tutor Appreciation Day, Milk in Glass Bottles Day (1879), Rex Manning Day, rince Siddhartha Gautama's birthda/Buddha's Birthday
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-- A day for all who love visiting the zoo and seeing all the unique animals who call the zoo home. A day when the world celebrates the education and awareness brought by zoos around the world. Zoos allow us to observe these animals in their habitats and learn about their habits. Zoos also allow us to help protect endangered species through research and reproduction in captivity. In the U.S., an estimated 175 million people visit one of the nation's 350 zoos every year.
Read: Life at the Zoo
-- This is the perfect book for every budding zoologist and animal-loving kid! Featuring illuminating photography and writing from Michael George, Life at the Zoo provides a precious glimpse inside the beloved institution. Children can meet the creatures who live there — and the people who care for them, too. They will have so much fun, they won't even realize how much they are learning!
• Zoo Coloring and Activity Books
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Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
🐵 Zoo Animals Theme Activities and Printables
🦁 Free Zoo Worksheets and Printables
🐺 Folding Paper Zoo Animals
🐪 Zoo Animals Counting Mats
🐼 Fun Colouring In for Kids at Dublin Zoo - Dublin Zoo, Ireland
🐸 rintable Zoo Scavenger Hunt Book
🐧 Safari Theme Zoo Date and Printables - From The Dating Divas
🐨 Zoo Board Game | Free Printable Papercraft Templates
🦏 Crafts and Activities | San Diego Zoo Kids
🐘 Zoo Check-Up - Teaching Mama
Draw a Picture of a Bird Day/Draw a Bird Day
- In 1943, 7-year-old Dorie Cooper visited her uncle in the hospital (who was wounded in the war) and asked him to draw her a bird. This turned into a contest, and soon all the men on the ward got involved. When Dorie died in a car accident three years later, the soldiers, nurses, and doctors filled her coffin with bird pictures. Ever since then, those men and women remembered the little girl who brought hope to the hospital ward by drawing birds on her birthday, April 8th.
Buddha's Birthday
- Prince Siddhartha Gautama's birthday is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mahayana Buddhism. In Japan, Buddha's birthday -- Hana Matsuri, or
Flower Festival-- is celebrated every year on April 8th. Those who go to temples bring offerings of fresh spring flowers. It is a time for hanging lanterns and enjoying communal meals. Joyous parades of musicians, dancers, floats, and dragons are common throughout Asia.