This Month™ · 2026

September 2026 Activity Calendar

Daily Learning Activities, Games & Printables for Pre-K to 8+

🎒 Back to School 🕍 High Holy Days 📚 Literacy Month 🎭 Arts in Education 🌎 Hispanic Heritage
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Back to School
Back to School with a Braille Slate Name Card Craft
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National Literacy Month
Close-Up: Dolly Parton & the Imagination Library
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Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
Proof by Underpants: The Ig Nobel Science Story
Read Aloud: An Ode to Underwear
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National Wildlife Day
Animal, Plant & Fungi Game
Instant Lesson: How Do We Classify Living Things?
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National Honey Month
Discover the Secret Bee! Honeycomb Hex Pattern
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National Literacy Month
Wormly: Back to School Edition
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Labor Day — Schools Closed
Teacher’s Guide to Labor Day
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International Literacy Day
TEJ Audio E-Reader
Wormly’s Back to School Sentence Practice
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Library Card Sign-up Month
Library Mouse Book Review
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Library Card Sign-up Month
Book Review: “A Love Letter to My Library”
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Patriot Day · 9/11 Remembrance
Read Aloud: 14 Cows for America
News Spotlight: What We Forget When We Remember 9/11
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah Apple and Honey Garden
Teacher’s Guide to the Jewish High Holidays
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National Literacy Month
Find Your Next Read Aloud
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National Coloring Day
Mindfulness Coloring Pack
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International Dot Day
Dot-to-Dot Constellation Maker
Polka Dots Everywhere! The Work and Life of Yayoi Kusama
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Monarch Migration Season
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Lab
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International Microorganism Day
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Arts in Education Week
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Arts in Education Week
National Dance Day
Time Machine Lab™: Dances Around the World
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World Children’s Day
This World Children’s Day: Better Family Conversations
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Yom Kippur
Teacher’s Guide to the Jewish High Holidays
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Autumnal Equinox — First Day of Fall
PHYSICS Friday™: Fall Harvest Challenge!
Fall Harvest Instant Lesson
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International Day of Sign Languages
ASL Matching Game
Teacher’s Guide to ASL
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Approaching the Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon Cultural Guide
Glowing Lantern Engineering Challenge
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Sukkot Begins at Sundown
Teacher’s Guide to Sukkot
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Harvest Moon — Full Moon
Harvest Moon Engineering, Fractions, Book Review & Coloring
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World Tourism Day
Taste Travels
Taste Travels Instant Lesson
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Unleash the Power of Latino Literature Book Recommender
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Honoring Spanish Language Day with “The Interpreter”
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International Translation Day
Language Matching Games
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Monthly Themes & Special Days

🏆Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (Sept 3)
🦋Monarch Migration Season (Sept 16)
🖍️National Coloring Day (Sept 14)
🐾National Wildlife Day (Sept 4)
🍯National Honey Month (featured Sept 5)
🛠️Labor Day (Sept 7)
✏️International Literacy Day (Sept 8)
📚Library Card Sign-up Month (featured Sept 9–10)
🇺🇸Patriot Day · 9/11 Remembrance (Sept 11)
💃🏾National Dance Day (Sept 19)
🔴International Dot Day (Sept 15)
🦠International Microorganism Day (Sept 17)
🤟🏾Approaching the Harvest Moon (Sept 24)
🧒🏾World Children’s Day (Sept 20)
🍂Autumnal Equinox (Sept 22)
🤟🏾International Day of Sign Languages (Sept 23)
🌕Harvest Moon — Full Moon (Sept 26)
✈️World Tourism Day (Sept 27)
🌐International Translation Day (Sept 30)

September 2026 Activities & Resources

Observance scaffold complete — activity assignments in progress.

Sept 1: Back to School — Back to School with a Braille Slate Name Card Craft
Sept 2 — National Literacy Month: Close-Up: Dolly Parton & the Imagination Library
Sept 3: Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony — Proof by Underpants: The Ig Nobel Science Story · Read Aloud: An Ode to Underwear
Sept 4: National Wildlife Day — Animal, Plant & Fungi Game · Instant Lesson: How Do We Classify Living Things?
Sept 5 — National Honey Month: Discover the Secret Bee! Honeycomb Hex Pattern
Sept 6 — National Literacy Month: Wormly: Back to School Edition
Sept 7: Labor Day (Schools Closed) — Teacher’s Guide to Labor Day
Sept 8: International Literacy Day — TEJ Audio E-Reader · Wormly’s Back to School Sentence Practice
Sept 9 — Library Card Sign-up Month: Library Mouse Book Review
Sept 10 — Library Card Sign-up Month: Book Review: “A Love Letter to My Library”
Sept 11: Patriot Day · 9/11 Remembrance — Read Aloud: 14 Cows for America · News Spotlight: What We Forget When We Remember 9/11
Sept 12: Rosh Hashanah — Rosh Hashanah Apple and Honey Garden · Teacher’s Guide to the Jewish High Holidays
Sept 13 — National Literacy Month: Find Your Next Read Aloud
Sept 14: National Coloring Day — Mindfulness Coloring Pack
Sept 15: International Dot Day — Dot-to-Dot Constellation Maker · Polka Dots Everywhere! The Work and Life of Yayoi Kusama
Sept 16: Monarch Migration Season — Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Lab
Sept 17: International Microorganism Day
Sept 18: Arts in Education Week
Sept 19 — Arts in Education Week: National Dance Day — Time Machine Lab™: Dances Around the World
Sept 20: World Children’s Day — This World Children’s Day: Better Family Conversations
Sept 21: Yom Kippur — Teacher’s Guide to the Jewish High Holidays
Sept 22: Autumnal Equinox, first day of fall — PHYSICS Friday™: Fall Harvest Challenge! · Fall Harvest Instant Lesson
Sept 23: International Day of Sign Languages — ASL Matching Game · Teacher’s Guide to ASL
Sept 24: Approaching the Harvest Moon — Harvest Moon Cultural Guide · Glowing Lantern Engineering Challenge
Sept 25: Sukkot begins at sundown — Teacher’s Guide to Sukkot
Sept 26: Harvest Moon (full moon) — Harvest Moon Engineering, Fractions, Book Review & Coloring
Sept 27: World Tourism Day — Taste Travels · Taste Travels Instant Lesson
Sept 28 — Hispanic Heritage Month: Unleash the Power of Latino Literature Book Recommender
Sept 29 — Hispanic Heritage Month: Honoring Spanish Language Day with “The Interpreter”
Sept 30: International Translation Day — Language Matching Games

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