International Chalk the Walks Day is on 19th August this year. It always falls on the third Tuesday of the month. It's all about getting that feeling of the old days, grabbing some chalk, and writing a happy thought. Have fun doing it, and remember that the goal of this day is to spread joy! Go write a beautiful message on the footpath with chalk?
Last year we did this in our school playground during Book Week, as a way to honour the ideas Bob Graham highlighted in his shortlisted book The Concrete Garden. Each class was given a piece of concrete wall or pavement to design and decorate with chalk. You can read about what we did here and see other books with similar ideas. It was great fun and we had many great photos for our note day.
The 19th August is a very popular day as it is also Orangutan Day and Potato Day. I have written about these before. See the links. Potato Day is nearly as popular as Underwear Day in a Prep library, probably because of Sue Hendra's Supertato books.
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