July 3:\u00a0 Fireworks at Compo Beach!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n July 9 <\/span><\/strong>The month of Ramadan<\/strong> is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is the holiest month of the year. During Ramadan many Muslims fast from dawn until sundown, abstaining from food and drink. The fast is for self-purification and renewal<\/span> July 14<\/strong>:\u00a0 Bastille Day<\/strong>:\u00a0 On July 14th the French celebrate Bastille Day. This day marks the end of monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution. A favorite way to celebrate in France is with a picnic. You can plan a picnic with the children \u2013 it\u2019s a simple adventure to eat outside on a blanket. Or try the Picnic Memory Game. A player names something they will pack for the picnic, then the next player names what he is bringing and what the other person is bringing. This continues with everyone taking a turn until the list is too long to remember or everyone is laughing too hard to play!<\/p>\n
\nJuly 4: Independence Day<\/strong> was first celebrated on July 8, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was read to the public. By the 1880’s, the Fourth of July had become the most significant patriotic occasion in the United States. The holiday is presently celebrated with parades, fireworks, picnics, sporting events, and music. Children can have fun making paintings of fireworks:<\/span> Use a large piece of paper. Let children drop small amounts of paint (different colors works well, or just use blue and red for a patriotic look. If you can, get black paper and use red, white and blue for fireworks in the night sky). Have the children swirl the paint out with a spoon, let them keep swirling from the center, in all directions around the drop of paint. Some of them may overlap, and that is fine, too. When it is finished it looks like fireworks bursting in the sky. Or give the child a straw and have them blow into the pools of paint to make their own free form painting of fireworks.<\/p>\n
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