Oct 262024
 

Pumpkins

National Pumpkin Day is today! A pumpkin is a fruit because it contains seeds. Pumpkins are very versatile: pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin butter, and the list goes on. Many people toast and eat pumpkin seeds. Idea: Children could draw a pumpkin on a vine and write pumpkin facts on the leaves.

Oct 262024
 
Austria

Flag of Austria

Austria celebrates a national day; in 1955 the country adopted a stance of permanent neutrality. A landlocked country in Europe, Austria is slightly smaller than the state of Maine, and Vienna is the capital. Not quite nine million people live in Austria. Machinery production and tourism are major sources of income. Older children can learn more at: Austria.