March Observances
This annual extravaganza in New Orleans is also known as Fat Tuesday.
What is Mardi Gras?
It ends the day before Lent.
Spring allergies are intensified because of this.
What is an increase of pollen from flowers?
The biggest spring allergy trigger is pollen. Trees, grasses, and weeds release these tiny grains into the air to fertilize other plants. When they get into the nose of someone who's allergic, they send the body's defenses haywire.
Name 2 sports played during the spring.
What is tennis and baseball?
Other sports include lacrosse, softball, track & field, and volleyball.
Spring symbolizes this.
What is rebirth?
True or false? Bulbs are planted before the ground freezes.
What is true?
Every March 17th, parades and celebrations honor this saint.
Who is St. Patrick?
People across the globe wear green on this day. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
This bird is often associated with Spring in North America.
What is a robin?
The male American Robin sings the most beautiful tune. He is often the last bird heard as the sun sets.
Children love this activity of hunting for eggs during this holiday.
What is Easter?
Decorating eggs is an ancient tradition. Archaeologists found fragments of carved ostrich eggs used as drinking vessels from 60,000 years ago in Africa.
Spring is considered which season of the year?
What is the first?
Winter is considered the last season.
The largest part of a flower.
What are petals?
During the second week of March, many people in U.S. states and parts of Canada will change their clocks to this time.
What is daylight saving time?
An easy way to remember which way to turn the clocks is to remember "spring forward."
Birds sing a lot more in the spring for this reason.
What is they’re attempting to attract partners?
Name 3 festivals/celebrations of spring.
What is Easter, Mother's Day, and Father's Day?
Other celebrations include Passover, April Fool's Day, Earth Day, Arbor Day, and Cinco De Mayo.
This natural phenomenon occurs more frequently in the spring and less frequently in the winter.
What is a tornado?
Tornadoes are formed from thunderstorms, but some can be created over water too.
The term ‘spring chicken’ means this.
What is young?
The origin of the phrase actually comes from its literal meaning. In the early 1700s, Farmers found that chickens born in the spring brought better prices than 'old' ones that had gone through the winter.
We celebrated this children's author on his birthday by playing Bingo.
Hint - The author wrote The Cat in the Hat and many other rhyming books.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
March 2nd (his actual birthday) is also known as National Read Across America Day.
Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring festival celebrated in this country.
Where is Japan?
Spring arrives in China at the same time as this event.
What is the Chinese New Year?
These countries have public holidays during Chinese New Year: China, Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, North Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Brunei.
More and more Western cities celebrate this festival in recent years, like New York, London, Vancouver, and Sydney.
Fill in the blanks.
"April _____ bring May ______"
What is showers and flowers?
This is a popular springtime saying that refers to the fact that April is typically wet and flowers blossom in May
In this Pole, spring arrives, as well as 6 months of darkness with no visible light.
What is the South Pole?
This popular cookie sale is in full swing during this month of March.
What is Girl Scout?
The sale typically runs from January through April. According to Google Trends, in the U.S. overall, Thin Mints are the most searched Girl Scout cookie of all time.
Name a yellow spring flower.
What is a daffodil?
People gift daffodils during spring because these happy flowers symbolize new beginnings and friendships. There are over 13,000 different varieties.
The most common spring outdoor activity for kids.
What is flying a kite?
The earliest kites were flown thousands of years ago and made of leaves. The world record for the longest kite fly is 180 hours.
This myth is associated with the first day of Spring
What is the only day you can balance a raw egg on its end?
According to this myth, the Sun’s position in the sky means that you can stand an egg up on end during the precise moment of the vernal equinox. Same with brooms.
Spring fever is associated with this.
What is daydreaming?
This term refers to a both psychological and physiological symptoms associated with the arrival of spring, including restlessness and daydreaming.