Spring TAD

What holiday is celebrated on April 1st each year?

• Easter

• April Fool's Day

• St. Patrick's Day

• Mother's Day

Which of these is not celebrated in the month of April?

• Keep America Beautiful

• National Poetry

• National Kite Month

• Fire Prevention

This year, the first day of Spring is on _________________.

• March 20

• April 19

• March 31

• April 1

The first day of spring is called _________.

• Autumn Equinox

• Vernal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

April Fool's Riddle: What can be broken, but is never held?

• bone

• cup

• air

• promise

Riddle: What is always coming, but never arrives?

• the weather

• time

• tomorrow

• a plane

April Fool's Day originated in 1592 when France switch calendars from April 1st being the beginning of the year to January 1st. People who did not know about the change were called April fools.

• True

• False

During the vernal equinox ___________.

• there are more hours of daylight than darkness

• there are more hours of darkness than daylight

• there are equal amounts of daylight and darkness

Scientists found children grow faster in the spring.

• True

• False

All continents start spring on the vernal equinox.

• True

• False