Here comes the sun
"Sunnandaeg" in Old English and named after a celestial body, this day of the week marks the beginning of each week.
What is Sunday?
Unlike small humans, this vibrant migrating pollinator prefers not milk but milkweed.
What is a monarch butterfly?
Dating back to Ancient Greece, this quadrennial festival of games now includes skateboarding and beach volleyball as well as events that the Greeks would have recognised, such as wrestling and boxing.
What are the (Summer) Olympics?
With a name derived from the Latin words for "sun" and "to stand still", it can occur between June 20th and June 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere and marks the day with the longest period of daylight.
What is the Summer Solstice?
With no grapes and no glue in sight, this citrus-inspired song about an ornery duck is sure to inspire you to waddle away.
What is The Duck Song (The Duck and the Lemonade Stand)
Available in both mineral, chemical, and hybrid formulations, this cosmetic product helps to protect exposed skin from harmful UV rays.
What is sunblock (or sunscreen)?
Depending on species, a colony of these can range from a few dozen members to more than 300 million and will always include a queen.
What are ants?
Dating back to either 14th century Germany, the Blackhawk tribe in Illinois, or a Kentucky farmer in the late 1800s, this popular backyard game requires two angled wooden boards placed 27 feet apart and 8 small bags filled with whole-kernel corn.
What is cornhole?
Although they can happen throughout the year, the combination of warm temperatures and high humidity in many parts of the world make this loud and flashy type of storm especially common in the summer.
What is a thunderstorm?
Look no further than this Raffi song if you're looking for a rhyming tune about a thirst-quenching fruit by a body of water, a silly mom, and a child afraid to go home.
What is Down By the Bay?
Dating back hundreds of years, these have been made out of bone, smoky quartz, jade, glass, walrus ivory, caribou antlers, and plastic, to name a few. You don't have to need corrective lenses to appreciate this practical fashion accessory.
What are sunglasses, sunnies, or shades?
The females of this common insect whose name derives from the Spanish word for "fly" love water and carbon dioxide and use their proboscis to bite, sometimes resulting in significant swelling.
What is a mosquito?
Invented in 1960 by Robert Carrier, this plastic strip was originally developed for the inventor's children as a safer alternative to sliding down their wet driveway on their stomachs.
What is the Slip 'N Slide?
The hottest of these ever recorded struck Death Valley, California in July 1913 and caused the temperature to reach a high of 134 degrees F (57 degrees C).
What is a heat wave?
In this funny but infuriating call-and-response song, Eliza had best not wait on Henry for water.
What is A Hole in the Bucket?
Arguably the most famous heliotropic flower, it (scientific name: Helianthus annuus) can reach a height of 10 feet tall.
What is a sunflower?
In addition to tasting with their feet, some members of this insect family migrate up to 3000 miles for the winter.
What are Butterflies?
Now played with plastic discs, the first players of this game used empty pie tins from a baking company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
What is Frisbee?
In a phenomenon called "the midnight sun," locations north of this imaginary line of latitude experience multi-day periods where the sun never sets during the Summer.
What is the Arctic Circle?
Presenting, removing, and shaking both the right and left versions of various body parts is what this classic children's song is "all about."
What is the Hokey Pokey?
The largest example of this horological device which dates back to ancient Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations can be found in Jaipur, but examples are also commonly found in a variety of cities and even as decorative elements in people's gardens.
What is a sundial?
The "periodical" type of this insect spends most of its life as a nymph underground, only to emerge as part of a large, noisy brood after 13 or 17 years.
What is a cicada?
This game, invented on Bainbridge Island, Washington, combines badminton nets, table tennis paddles, and a wiffle ball.
What is Pickleball?
The heat of summer causes this world-famous French landmark to grow 6 inches taller in summer.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
What is Five Little Ducks?