nPosted on March 7, 2020
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n(First Saturday of every month)
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nTV, smart phones, computers, video games, screens-screens-screens!
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nAll of these could keep people busy indoors their entire lives…
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n…But maybe being indoors all of our lives isn’t the best thing!?!
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Studies show that being out in nature – and it doesn’t have to be a trackless wilderness; it could be just your own yard! – has good effects on our physical health and mental wellbeing.
Studies show that being out in nature – and it doesn’t have to be a trackless wilderness; it could be just your own yard! – has good effects on our physical health and mental wellbeing. n
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nOutside, it’s easier to get great heart-healthy exercise and to really stretch out our larger muscles.
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Play is good for humans (and other creatures), too. We learn a lot through play, and playing (or working at something that we love so much, it becomes a kind of play) is good for our creativity and life satisfaction.
Play is good for humans (and other creatures), too. We learn a lot through play, and playing (or working at something that we love so much, it becomes a kind of play) is good for our creativity and life satisfaction.n
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nBecause of these huge benefits, the first Saturday of every month is National Play Outside Day. Families are urged to get out of the house, together, and play sports, imaginative games, casual chase and hiding and catch games, whatever!
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nArtist Piet Mondrian’s birthday
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nEvolution of Games Day – Baseball and Monopoly Edition
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nCereal Day
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nScientist Stanley Miller’s birthday
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nAnniversary of “We Are the World”
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nBirthday of photography pioneer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
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nWorld Book Day
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nAnniversary of the launch of the Kepler Space Telescope
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nnThe Iditarod begins
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n(First Saturday of March)
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nSock Monkey Day
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n(First Saturday of March)
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nGenealogy Day
(Saturday of the first full week of March)
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest boards for:
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nHistorical anniversaries in March
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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