Early Years Theme Dates: August

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To make it easier for you to plan fun, enriching activities for your children, we thought we’d share some trending dates coming up in August.

Trending dates in August

The whole month of August celebrates National Wellness Month
A great opportunity to practice wellbeing strategies for yourself but also to show your children. Visit our wellbeing articles for the latest research and free expert tips!

August 9. National Book Lovers Day #Book Lovers Day
What are your children’s favourite books? You can use this day to get them to choose what they want to read and have some fun while learning! If you’re after something for yourselves, here is a roundup of 10 CPD reads for Early Years practitioners featuring some of our expert speakers!
August 12. World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
A great opportunity to tell children about Elmer, the patchwork elephant. You can find a helpful Elmer youtube video here.
August 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
An opportunity to teach children about the importance of relaxation, mindfulness and self care. Here are some of our resources that can be helpful:
How to stay calm when children have tantrums?
How to connect with an anxious child
How to prevent burnout in Early Years
Free yoga video for children (and why yoga can be helpful)
August 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
Have you tried to make lemonade out of dandelions? Here’s Kinderly childminder Vikkie’s tried and tested, delicious recipe!

August 26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
How about sharing photos of your furry friends? or use this as an opportuity to teach children about dogs? Here’s a roundup of 10 of the best dogs in children’s books as selected by charity Booktrust.

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