Teaching Calendar
Holiday & event resources for Kโ5 classrooms
May78 events
May falls during late spring, and this page tracks every classroom-relevant date for it: 30 awareness observances, 27 holidays, 9 school milestones, 8 STEM events, 3 literacy events, 1 seasonal event. Every event links to a full teaching guide with history, activities, games, and grade-level tips for PreK through Grade 5, starting with Mental Health Awareness Month, Military Appreciation Month, Star Wars Day.
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 1, 2027 โ May 31, 2027
Military Appreciation Month
May 1, 2027 โ May 31, 2027
Star Wars Day
May 4, 2027
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5, 2027 โ May 9, 2027
Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2027
Mother's Day
May 10, 2027
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1, 2027 โ May 31, 2027
World Bee Day
May 20, 2027
World Turtle Day
May 23, 2027
Memorial Day
May 31, 2027
National Physical Fitness Month
May 1, 2027
Principal Appreciation Day
May 1, 2027
May Day
May 1, 2027
Law Day
May 1, 2027
Contact-Era Explorers and the Fur Trade
May 2, 2027
Children's Book Week
May 3, 2027 โ May 9, 2027
Public Service Recognition Week
May 3, 2027
Children's Mental Health Week
May 3, 2027
World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2027
Teacher Appreciation Day
May 4, 2027
The Great Famine (An Gorta Mรณr)
May 4, 2027
National Nurses Week
May 6, 2027 โ May 12, 2027
World Password Day
May 6, 2027
Career Day
May 7, 2027
School Lunch Hero Day
May 7, 2027
Space Day
May 7, 2027
Victory in Europe Day
May 8, 2027
WWII Local History Study
May 8, 2027
VE Day
May 8, 2027
Wฤhine Mฤori Leaders
May 11, 2027
Florence Nightingale & Mary Seacole
May 12, 2027
Florence Nightingale
May 12, 2027
Powhatan
May 13, 2027
Officials and Convicts in Colonial Australia
May 13, 2027
Sacagawea
May 14, 2027
Jamestown Settlement
May 14, 2027
Jamestown Founding
May 14, 2027
Jamestown Colonization
May 14, 2027
Jamestown
May 14, 2027
Lewis and Clark Expedition
May 14, 2027
200th Day of School
May 15, 2027
Bike to School Day
May 15, 2027
Police Week
May 15, 2027
Bubble Day
May 15, 2027
International Day of Families
May 15, 2027
Pocahontas
May 15, 2027
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 15, 2027
Jewish American Heritage Month
May 15, 2027
Coding Competition
May 15, 2027
Asian Heritage Month
May 15, 2027
Eid al-Adha
May 16, 2027
Pentecost
May 16, 2027
Christopher Newport
May 16, 2027
International Day of Light
May 16, 2027
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
May 17, 2027
Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
May 17, 2027
EMS Week
May 18, 2027
Water Conservation Week
May 18, 2027
International Museum Day
May 18, 2027
The Mฤori Battalion and Wartime Leadership
May 18, 2027
Vesak
May 20, 2027
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 20, 2027
Homestead Act
May 20, 2027
School Carnival
May 21, 2027
Dinosaur Day
May 21, 2027
Endangered Species Day
May 21, 2027
World Cultural Diversity Day
May 21, 2027
Clara Barton
May 21, 2027
International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22, 2027
Field Day
May 22, 2027
Victoria Day
May 24, 2027
Africa Day
May 25, 2027
Spelling Bee
May 25, 2027
National Sorry Day
May 26, 2027
National Reconciliation Week
May 27, 2027 โ June 3, 2027
Trail of Tears
May 28, 2027
International Day of Peacekeepers
May 29, 2027
World No Tobacco Day
May 31, 2027