Special Days in February 2026
This calendar of Special Days in February is a great resource for finding a wide variety of February holidays from all around the world to use with your classroom, homeschool program or community group.
The calendar includes 24 February special days including festivals from a wide range of countries and cultures, as well as days to celebrate different elements of learning, health, food, the environment and social issues.
The holidays included represent a wide variety of celebrations to inspire learning with students in daycare and preschool, all the way through elementary and middle school. As a bonus I have linked to related, helpful resources in the list below.
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List of Special Days in February
February 1: Black History Month begins (USA): Develop student research skills with our Research a Black Inventor Worksheets.
February 2: World Wetlands Day
February 4: World Read Aloud Day
February 5: World Nutella Day
February 6: Winter Olympic Games begin • Waitangi Day (New Zealand): Learn more about Waitangi Day celebrations in New Zealand with this read aloud of William’s Waitangi Day by David Ling;
February 9: World Pizza Day: Get your kids busy with this easy pizza dough recipe.
February 10: Safer Internet Day: Explore our list of Picture Books About Safe Use of Technology or invite independent readers to explore this list of Coding Chapter Books.
February 14: Valentine’s Day: Check out our collection of Valentine’s Day Activities for kids.
February 15: World Whale Day • World Hippopotamus Day • Galileo Day: Learn more about Galileo Galilei with this Youtube video via Free School:
February 16: National Tim Tam Day
February 17: Shrove Tuesday (Christian) • Random Acts of Kindness Day: Celebrate RAOK Day with my collection of Random Acts of Kindness Ideas for Kids, the Loving Kindness Yoga Routine and a book or two from my list of Kindness Picture Books.
February 18: Ash Wednesday (Christian)
February 20: Love Your Pet Day • World Day of Social Justice: Learn more about themes of social justice with this collection of Picture Books About Diversity.
February 21: International Mother Language Day
February 26: Tell a Fairy Tale Day: I love to celebrate Tell a Fairy Day by sharing a classic fairy tale or two, having a go at telling or writing fairy tales with our free, Fairy Tale Spin-a-Story pages and finishing the day with a fun game of Fairy Tale Charades.
February 27: International Polar Bear Day
Seasonal Activities
Winter activities for those in the northern hemisphere:
Summer activities for those in the southern hemisphere:
RELATED: Looking for holidays to celebrate with students in other months of 2026? Check out our lists for January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
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