"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Did you know...you're pretty unique if you were born today? It’s estimated that roughly 1 in 1,500 babies will make their debut on Leap Day. And exactly how old are you anyway? Find out on LeapZine's teachers' page! Don't miss the Kids'Page, it's a lot of fun! Or if you really like math, here's the equation to use...

The three-part condition for a leap year (culled from the Canadian Institute for National Measurement Standards):
1. If divisible evenly by 4, a Gregorian year is a leap year, with a February 29 and 366 days (e.g. 1996/4 = 499, so 1996 is a leap year), UNLESS
2. If divisible evenly by 100, a Gregorian year is a normal year with 365 days (e.g.1900/100=19, so 1900 is a normal year of 365 days; as is 2100), UNLESS
3. If divisible evenly by 400, a Gregorian year is a leap year; so the year 2008 is a leap year.

And whose crazy idea was Leap Day anyway? You'll know the answer to this little bit of trivia after reading it, here! Looking for some fun Leap Day activities to do? There's lots of fun stuff to do at Child's Place and some great Leap Day book lists at The Leap Year Museum!

A fun read for us parents by The Independent , in the UK, called 'Seize the day: The magic and mystery of Leap Years' and 'Leap Year babies enjoy a rare moment in the sun' in the Victoria Times Colonist

Keep the kids busy with these brain busters and crafts...

Leap Year Day Math Lesson , Leap 21 (Oops, sorry it's a real test!!), Leap Day Crafts,  Colouring Page, ReadWriteThink:February 29th , Leap Year Syncs with Stars  and Leap Year-February 29th

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Save February, she alone
Hath eight days and a score
Til leap year gives her one day more.

(Another Math Poem)

If you love frogs, today's also Frog Awareness Day! At least that's what it'll look like at the Zoos of the World! See for yourself -- Frogs Matter, Jump In in Calgary; Cleveland; New Westminister (okay, it's not the zoo but it is a fun place to be today!) ; Sacramento; North Carolina, Kansas and Phoenix!

Thank you to Marie, coordinator for HSN-WashingtonState, for her collaboration in finding these fabulous links for Leap Day!