No, no, no. Stop panicking! It’s not today. You didn’t lose part of the week—I’m just being all prepared and stuff, bringing this up a couple of days early, for a change. This year, Leap Day falls on Friday. That’s sort of nice, because it allows you to do something special with the kids without it being a Big Thing in the middle of the week. (Halloween, I am looking at you.)
If you’d like to send someone a free e-card to commemorate this auspicious occasion, keep in mind that sending a Care2 eCard generates funds for charitable organizations. It’s a great way to have some fun and generate some good karma.
There’s a whole site dedicated to Leap Year Day, and even a special section there just for kids. Did you know that the proper term for a person born on February 29th is not a “Leap Year Baby” but a “Leap Day Baby?” It makes sense, but I’d never really thought about it before.
Scholastic has a few tips on how to bring math and science into the celebration on Leap Day. It was there that I first learned that Leap Day is often about… frogs. Of course.
And that (of course) led me to this article, aptly titled Come on, get hoppy. It’s a great piece about what’s happening a the Detroit Zoo starting on Leap Day. They’re calling 2008 the Year of the Frog, and a celebration of the amphibious hoppers seems only fitting for a Leap Year.
Hey, the St. Louis Zoo is celebrating, too. Activities include the suggestion that you “get your froggy boogie on” with Bob Case and his Bullfrog Blues. (That sounds frogtastic.)
However you choose to celebrate, you have a few days to plan it out, so weigh your options carefully. It only comes every four years, you know. Have an extra cookie or something!