National Doughnut Day

I first heard about this day on Facebook when a former student mentioned it on his page. I thought of a number of ideas and thought, with the school-year about to end and Summer around the corner, why not serve students a bit of history and a treat.

National Doughnut Day is not only a day where doughnut shops treat customers to free doughnuts, it was a holiday to recognize the women who served World War I soldiers. The Salvation Army helped to organize this occasion in honoring those women.



Here are few activity ideas:
* Research various doughnut recipes you can create in the classroom and mix the dough in class.

* You can purchase plain doughnuts from your grocery store and provide different toppings the students can use to make their one of a kind doughnuts. Some stores sell a glaze or you can whip up an easy glaze like this one.

* For younger, and perhaps a healthier route, treat student to doughnut shaped cereal.

* Use doughnut shaped cereal to make lanyards or necklace treats by stranding the cereal through a colored yarn or string.

* Read a children's book about doughnuts to your students and have them discuss or create a circle chart about the story. Like Who Needs Donuts? by Mark Alan Stamaty Other books can be found at your library.

For activities that inspire creativity, but without the sugar:

* Create various circle and pie charts catering to the theme of World War I, Women in World War I, and facts about the Salvation Army.

* The Salvation Army does so much to help others, why not create a Doughnut Poster thanking them for what they have done in history and today?

* Students can draw or paint their own doughnut design. Encourage various designs. How cool would it be to eat car-shaped dougnuts, huh?

* Visit the nearest doughnut shop. Krispy Kreme dougnuts is a great location for students to see the doughnut making process. Inside their stores they have bakers and a factory style conveyor belt to display the doughnut making process. Plus, kids get a spiffy hat.



There are all sorts of ways to make learning fun (and edible)!