{"id":4184,"date":"2013-03-18T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T01:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?page_id=4184"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:06:28","slug":"2013-04-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?page_id=4184","title":{"rendered":"2026-04 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4242\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4242\" class=\"wp-image-4242 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Daisies-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Daisies\" width=\"210\" height=\"139\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daisies<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>April is the fourth month of the year.<\/strong> Ancient Romans called the month Aprilis. This Roman name may have come from a word meaning \u201cto open,\u201d a reference to plants and flowers opening in spring. Some people believe the month was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. April\u2019s special flowers are the daisy and the sweet pea. The birthstone is the diamond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Month-Long Celebrations<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Keep America Beautiful Month<\/em><\/strong><\/span> reminds Americans to take responsibility for America\u2019s environment. Children can visit a website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kab.org<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month<\/em><\/span><\/strong> not only focuses on the roles of mathematics and statistics in education and society, but it also helps people know about changes in mathematics. Children can visit a website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/mathstatmonth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/mathstatmonth\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Weeks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>National Library Wee<\/em>k<\/span><\/strong> helps make Americans aware of all the services available to the public in the libraries. This year the week is April 8 to 13, and the theme is <em>Drawn to the Library!<\/em> Children can visit a website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/conferencesevents\/celebrationweeks\/natlibraryweek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14463\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14463\" class=\"wp-image-14463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Redwoods-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Redwoods\" width=\"142\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Redwoods-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Redwoods.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earth Day &#8211; The two small red dots are people!<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Special Days<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Passover<\/em><\/span><\/strong> begins at sunset on April 1 and ends at sunset on April 9.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong>Easter<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is April 5.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Earth Day<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is April 22. This year&#8217;s theme is <em>Our Power, Our Planet<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is the fourth Thursday in April. This year that date is April 23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is the fourth month of the year. Ancient Romans called the month Aprilis. This Roman name may have come from a word meaning \u201cto open,\u201d a reference to plants and flowers opening in spring. Some people believe the month was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. 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