National Days to Celebrate in January with Kids! (free printable)
We all know about the standard national holidays in January, but what about those unique, sometimes off-the-wall national days to celebrate in January? As a homeschooling family, the national days to celebrate in January make for some pretty fun ways to think creatively and encourage literacy!
Why Include National Days to Celebrate in January?
I know January can be pretty chaotic. You’re finishing up celebrating the December holidays while gearing up for a new year of making goals and getting back into your regular homeschooling schedule.
Why is including the National Days to celebrate in January worth consideration? Well, if you ask me, while these daily holidays are often considered to be silly and not of any educational value, I actually think otherwise! These days to celebrate in January can end up being super educational and can result in the creation of some pretty amazing family memories.
Include National Days in your homeschooling days because they make life more interesting. They open up opportunities to learn about different facts, different points of view, and sometimes even different cultures. Plus, if I have an option to celebrate to celebrate a whole day dedicated to shopping for travel…ohh…I’m gonna do it!
What About the Other January Holidays?
Wait a minute! Who said anything about not celebrating the other holidays in January? Um, not me!
Choosing to include the January National Days in your homeschool just means there will be more opportunities for celebrating! There are plenty of ways to include the National Days alongside your New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr., winter, and and any other unit studies!
How to Celebrate the National Days
Did you know that there are actually multiple National Days to celebrate each and every day?! Sometimes there are even International Days, too!
How the heck do you get to celebrate each and every one of those days? I hate to break it to you, but…you don’t.
Listen, we don’t homeschool to overwhelm ourselves. We homeschool to give our kids a quality, customized education, right? There is absolutely no need to worry yourself about picking through the “best” National Days to celebrate because I’ve taken care of that for you!
Yep! I spent multiple hours going through multiple lists to find the best kid-friendly days for you and your family to celebrate and then made a number of free resources you can use for an entire year of celebrating!
National Days to Celebrate in January Writing Prompts
I promise, these writing prompts aren’t the boring writing prompts that seem to be everywhere in the educational community. When I create writing prompts, I make sure they’re actually going to encourage the kids to think and write creatively. They’ll want to dig deeper into a subject matter. They’ll actually look forward to daily writing exercises.
Cool, right?
My kids always look forward to the daily writing prompts because they’re lots of fun. My National Days to Celebrate in January writing prompt set is no exception!
The free National Days to Celebrate in January writing prompt set includes the following:
- an entire month’s worth of daily writing prompts
- each page is dated by the month number date (ex. “January 1”), but not the day of the week, so this resource can be used for ANY calendar year
- 9 “national month” writing prompts
- just in case you come across a national day writing prompt that you’re not jiving with, there are 9 for backup! These are NOT dated, but are month specific
- a blank writing prompt template
- just in case you want to use for other lessons
- a printable with all of the National Days to Celebrate in January that we’ve included as well as 9 National Month themes we’ve included (just want that? You can score this printable for FREE below!)
- a journal cover
- plenty of space for doodles and personalization, there’s even a spot for your child/student to write their name to claim the writing prompt journal as their own.
The best part? If your kids enjoy the writing prompts for the national days in January, I’m pretty sure they’d enjoy writing prompts for national days to celebrate all year long!
Check ’em all out here:
- National Days to Celebrate in January
- National Days to Celebrate in February
- National Days to Celebrate in March
- National Days to Celebrate in April
- National Days to Celebrate in May
- National Days to Celebrate in June
- National Days to Celebrate in July
- National Days to Celebrate in August
- National Days to Celebrate in September
- National Days to Celebrate in October
- National Days to Celebrate in November
- National Days to Celebrate in December
January Conversation Cards
Ever since I was a teacher, I’ve been all about differentiating learning opportunities whenever possible. Some kids struggle with writing for one reason or another. That shouldn’t keep them from participating in a fun activity!
To help with this, I created the January Conversation Cards as an alternate way to celebrate the National Days in January. They’re just as fun as the writing prompts, but instead of having to physically write down an answer to a prompt, the conversation cards present the writing prompt as a conversation starter.
The conversation cards are a great option for families that either aren’t able to complete writing prompts, don’t have access to writing tools (hello, road trips!), or are simply looking for ways to foster conversation and make memories together!
Just as with the writing prompts, the January Conversation Cards include 1 card/prompt per day in January as well as 1 card/prompt for each of the 9 National Month themes I’ve chosen.
My kids and I especially enjoy doing the conversation cards while on our way to our homeschool co-op classes. Since we have a bit of a drive from home to the classes, we have plenty of time to chat about the prompts!
National Days to Celebrate in January Activities
The daily fun doesn’t have to stop once the writing prompts or conversations are complete! There are plenty of ways to include hands-on learning each and every day.
Because there are so many special days to celebrate each day and only one of me (much to my dismay – can I please be cloned?!), ideas for hands-on fun will be a continual work-in-progress on my end. As you read the list of National Days to Celebrate in January below, if you see a day’s theme that’s blue in color and underlined…there’s an activity or resource you could use to help celebrate that day!
Just click on the blue, underlined link, and you’ll be taken directly to the activity or resource!
National Days to Celebrate in January
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- January 2: Science Fiction Day
- January 3: Drinking Straw Day
- January 4: Spaghetti Day
- January 5: Screenwriters Day
- January 6: Technology Day
- January 7: Tempura Day
- January 8: Argyle Day
- January 9: Static Electricity Day
- January 10: Save the Eagles Day
- January 11: Vision Board Day
- January 12: Marzipan Day
- January 13: Sticker Day
- January 14: Shop for Travel Day
- January 15: Hat Day
- January 16: Nothing Day
- January 17: Kid Inventors’ Day
- January 18: Thesaurus Day
- January 19: Good Memory Day
- January 20: Take a Walk Outdoors Day
- January 21: Squirrel Appreciation Day
- January 22: Celebration of Life Day
- January 23: Handwriting Day
- January 24: Compliment Day
- January 25: Fun at Work Day
- January 26: Seed Swap Day
- January 27: Chocolate Cake Day
- January 28: Blueberry Pancake Day
- January 29: Plan for Vacation Day
- January 30: Escape Day
- January 31: Eat Brussel Sprouts Day
In addition to the National Days, we’re also celebrating these 9 National Month themes for January:
- Hobby Month
- Hot Tea Month
- Mentoring Month
- Oatmeal Month
- Slow Cooker Month (yum!)
- Walk your Dog Month
- Soup Month
- Blood Donor Month
- Bath Safety Month
National Days to Celebrate in January Freebie
Can’t wait to get your hands on a poster of the kid-friendly January National Days I’ve selected. I don’t blame you – they’re lots of fun! Just fill out the form below and it’ll be sent right to your inbox!
I’d LOVE to know how your kids enjoy the national days to celebrate in January writing prompts and January Conversation Cards I’ve created! Leave a comment below or share your experience in my free Facebook group: That Homeschool Family Hangout
Until next time, stay safe and enjoy quality time with your family,
Elizabeth Dukart is a proud Florida based born and raised Jersey Girl, wife, and mom of 2 human boys & 1 canine boy.
Created in 2021, Elizabeth owns and publishes That Homeschool Family: a free resource for homeschooling parents and beyond! A seasoned blogger, Elizabeth previously published a popular location-specific family resource blog, but decided to “Pivot!” her blogging focus after she started homeschooling her two boys in 2020. In addition to this blog, you can follow Elizabeth’s homeschooling and family adventures on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. She can also be found in her Facebook Group: That Homeschool Family Hangout.
When she’s not busy taking over the world or homeschooling, Elizabeth can be found listening to music (especially The Beatles & Harry Styles!), being silly with her boys, watching movies with family, shopping, or traveling!
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