March Special Days: Holidays & Celebrations in March 2025
March is packed with exciting, educational opportunities for engaging students with learning about cultural festivals and important days of awareness related to the environment, education and health, and this calendar of special days in March 2025 makes it super easy for teachers and homeschoolers to choose and organize their own classroom (or school wide) celebrations.... The post March Special Days: Holidays & Celebrations in March 2025 appeared first on Childhood101.
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March is packed with exciting, educational opportunities for engaging students with learning about cultural festivals and important days of awareness related to the environment, education and health, and this calendar of special days in March 2025 makes it super easy for teachers and homeschoolers to choose and organize their own classroom (or school wide) celebrations.
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Whether you’re planning classroom activities, theme-based lessons, or community outreach projects, March’s calendar features days that celebrate culture, creativity, history, nature, and diversity. Fill in the form below to have the entire Special Days calendar for 2025 (including March!) complete with activity links delivered directly to your inbox.
List of Special Days in March 2025
Explore the following dates in March 2025 with our suggested activity links to inspire curiosity and foster a love for learning in students of all ages;
March 1: World Compliment Day • International Ideas Month begins: Get creative ideas flowing with your students with these Mystery Bag Challenges, Construction Challenges or this list of the Best STEM Sets for kids.
March 2: Fastelavn (Northern Europe): Read more about Fastelavn
March 3: • World Wildlife Day: Check out our list of 21 Kids Nature Movies • Wangari Maathai Day: Learn more about Wangari Maathai with this video from The Nobel Peace Centre;
March 4: Shrove Tuesday (Christian) • Pancake Day
March 5: Ash Wednesday (Christian)
March 7: Cereal Day
March 8: International Women’s Day: Why not celebrate IWD by adding a selection of Strong Girls Graphic Novels to your classroom library? And add a set of our Inspiring Women Quote Coloring Pages to your plans for the day.
March 9: Barbie’s Birthday
March 11: World Plumbing Day
March 12: Plant a Flower Day: Have fun making DIY Seed Tape
March 14: International Day of Mathematics: We have a collection of fun Math Activities to add to your plans for the International Day of Mathematics • Holi (Hindu): Learn more about the holiday of Holi with this video from Behind the News;
March 15: World Speech Day: Inspire your students with some great kid-friendly speeches from our collection of 10 TED Talks for Kids
March 17: St Patrick’s Day: Get set for St Patrick’s Day with our printable St Patrick’s Day Activities
March 18: Global Recycling Day: A DIY Worm Farm is a great, hands-on way to get children interested in recycling!
March 19: International Day of Digital Learning: Check out our collection of Coding & Digital Learning Resources
March 20: World Storytelling Day: Why not try Story Telling with Story Stones – a great resource for inspiring children to create stories to share • World Oral Heath Day: Find out more about World Oral Health Day at worldoralhealthday.org
March 21: World Poetry Day • International Day of Forests
March 22: Earth Hour: Get started with titles from our Earth Hour Books for Kids collection • World Water Day: We have 10 Fun Water Play Ideas that are great fun for kids
March 23: World Meteorological Day: Get started with these Learning About Weather Activities • World Bear Day
March 25: Waffle Day (Sweden)
March 27: World Theatre Day: Find out more about World Theatre Day at world-theatre-day.org
March 28: Wear a Hat Day: Find out more about Wear a Hat Day for brain tumour research at braintumourresearch.org
March 30: International Day of Zero Waste: Find out more about reducing your waste impact at the United Nations event page • Mother’s Day (UK & others): Check out our Mother’s Day Cards and DIY Gift Ideas for kid friendly ideas
March 31: Crayon Day: Get creative with crayons with these two fun ideas – Crayon Resist Leaf Art and DIY Rainbow Crayons • Eid al-Fitr (Islam): Learn more about the Eid with this video from Behind the News;
Seasonal Learning Activities
Spring activities for those in the northern hemisphere:
Autumn activities for those in the southern hemisphere:
RELATED: Looking for holidays to celebrate with students in other months of 2025? Check out our list of January Holidays and February Special Days.
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